What a week it has been!! Every week we have a lecture topic and to start off we learned about the "Character and Nature of God." It was such a great way to start out, learning a lot about our God.. He is awesome! One of the things that stood out for me was that we are Righteous! We are counted as righteous by our faith alone. I knew that it wasn't through works, but I never thought of myself as righteous. What a glorious God we have... I also took away with me that God is pleased with me. I think at times we can all be very hard on ourselves. It is so hard for humans to just accept a gift, especially from God. So we try so incredibly hard to be perfect, to scrub away the junk, to do everything we possibly can to be righteous. But, in reality.. we will never be perfect. No one is good, not one (Romans 3:10)... but we are righteous through faith. So it is important to remember that changing is a process.. and that God will give us strength and help us at all times.
So... that was week one of lectures... we learned a ton from Romans 1-8. If anyone would like my notes just email/facebook/comment here... :)
I'm sure some of you are wondering what a typical day looks like for a DTS (Discipleship Training School) Student.... Welll.....
7am- Breakfast
7:30-8am- Quiet Time
8-1pm- Lecture
1pm- Lunch
1:30-6- Free time, work duties, outreach
6pm- Dinner
This is what a typical day looks like. On certain days we have prayer and worship together in the mornings and night times. There was a list of work duties we were able to sign up for. When you sign up that means it will be your work duty for the three months that we live here. My work duty is to tidy the laundry room, vacuum the stairs, clean mirrors, mop the laundry room, and few little things. We don't have to do all of this every day, but we kind of decide what day we want to do each thing. A few of them are daily.
Anywayyy....
We haven't done outreach yet. But, tomorrow we will be learning about that! During the three months that we live here, we will be doing local outreach. I think I heard there is a childrens ministry and possibly outreach to college age as well. We'll see :)
We also find out our outreach locations for the last two months that we are here. They will be somewhere in South Africa and somewhere in Asia! We have to choose one or the other. I've been praying for guidance a lot for outreach... I will let you all know what the options are, ack! Soo excited!!
I mentioned in my last blog, my two roommates Jihye (G-hey) from South Korea and Marina from South Africa.. we also have another roommate, Refemetswe (rolled R...Ref-em-et-sway) she is also from South Africa. I love my roommates! We all get along great and are having lotsa fun together. Next door there are 3 girls, Charlenn (from Canada but she is really South African because she was born here), Chirlaine (South African as well), and Tahnii-Jae (Tanny-J from Namibia)... and then we have 2 guys, Rohan from South Africa and Pascal from Kenya. They are the only guys in their room... and then last is Marcus from Germany and Evie from Norway, they are married and are such a sweet couple! They are always up for an adventure! So in total, we have 11 in our school. Some schools have 15-25 or more... but I'm glad we have a small school... makes everyone closer I think.
Our leader is Ashley and she is from Tennessee... she led and worked with YWAM in NY also, but has been in SA for about a year. She is awesome! On staff for our DTS are Ana (Brazil), Vernel (South Africa), Dachung (Nigeria), and Belinda (SA)... they are all amazing people who love God. It's so fun getting to know everyone and learning about their cultures. We have also met the staff of YWAM and some of the elders. I am so happy to be a part of YWAM because of what God has made it through these amazing people.
I'm soaking up every minute of this. I feel like a sponge... just taking it all in. I'm not sure what God wants me to do with my life, but that's why I'm here.. to find out.. and as YWAM says, "to know God and to make Him known"
I miss everyone at home but I know God is taking good care of everyone. I love you all. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. Love you guys!
and I love love love our God!!!
Kelly
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