Goodbye DTS

The DTS (Discipleship Training School) left just yesterday to go on their outreach. They are going to be doing some amazing work, unfortunately I can't tell ya'll what for fear of compromising their situation. Tuesday evening was going to be their last time that we would get to spend with them so our SBS met up with them for a time of worship, prayer, and encouragement. It was a great time of getting to send them off and speak truth over their lives and pray for God's grace on their outreach. They also got to pray for us in our studies this year and just were an amazing blessing.

These evenings have come to be my favorite times here at the base, for in these moments we are functioning as the body of Christ, lifting each other up in prayer as we intercede on behalf of each other. This is the opportunity in which we get to love each other and speak truth to each other's lives... these are the times that I truly have come to value... when we cry out for God to be real and work mightily for our brothers and sisters, for we all belong to him.

This time was extra special because these are the two largest schools and this is the first time we have had the chance to come together and pray for each other as a collective. The DTS is about 50+ students and our school is 43 students... so it was a blessing to get to be all together just praying as God put it on our hearts.

Many of the DTS students were a bit nervous because they have never been on outreach in a foreign country, or at the very least they hadn't been for a prolonged period... they will be gone for two months... carrying nothing but their backpack to some very remote locations as well as into big cities.

The SBS students were truly blessed too, for now is the time where the work begins to get monotonous if we aren't careful. It was such a blessing to have the DTS students intercede for us that God would give us a joy as we study his word... that it wouldn't become drudgery but that we would be refreshed by his word and press in more and more as we see Christ.