Week One1

     Well we all made it through the first full week! Its been fantastic! Our lectures this week were given to us by Bret and Karen Curtis.  They spent the first three days telling us the history of YWAM Ships, as well as their part in the story, all the way up to our current DTS.  On Thursday Karen spent half of the lecture going into the Fear of the Lord.  She spend the first part of that discussing sin and talking about how we should respond and react to sin, as well as how to face and conquer it.  Then she helped us work through a Bible passage (Psalm 34:11-14) about the tongue and mouth to begin to help us with the first step in addressing sin in our lives.  Friday Bret told an amazing lecture about Hearing the Voice of God.  We went over the ways God speaks, discussed some of the characteristics of God that helps Him to speak and reveal Himself to us.  We also talked about the "Principles of Intersessionary Prayer" or the things to do when we are trying to hear from God.  We then split up into small groups to work through the steps he gave us to practice, and we spent time learning to hear God's voice.  We did the exercise with the intention of praying into our outreach (which we know virtually nothing about).  Many of the extremely varied and different pieces that the each group received all seemed to fit together to give us an amazing picture of our outreach. 
     As the weeks go on we are working on going through our testimonies as a team.  We are doing them alphabetically by last name (bleh), so I still wont be going for a while, but so far we have gotten through about 10, so we are 1/3 of the way through them.  I am becoming more and more amazed by me team as I learn more about each of them.  I can't wait to find out why God brought each of us to THIS DTS at THIS time, and how we will impact and shape each other. 
     I miss you all, and I send my love! Feel free to leave comments, I would love to hear all your thoughts on everything if you want to leave them!
Mahalo and aloha nui loa  (thank you and all my love)