So, where to start? Every day begins at 7 with breakfast. After breakfast, we have Quiet Time until 8:45. This is our personal time with God, and we can spend it any way we like. Some people will go running, because that is how they connect with God. Most of us either sit on our beds or on a couch or chair and have our quiet time there.
After quiet time, we have group worship for about an hour. The first few days, we always worshipped through song. Yesterday we were given paper and writing utensils and we wrote notes to people, writing what we saw in them or a message that we felt God wanted them to hear. It was really awesome! Today during worship, we prayed in small groups for each other, and after, individuals told the big group specific things that they wanted prayer for. And as a large group, we all prayed for them.
After worship we have class. The first couple days were different, because it was orientation and introductions, but on Wednesday, Thursday, and today, we had a wonderful woman named Kathy Ryan come and speak to us about hearing God's voice. The lessons were amazing... we all learned so much! And partway through her lesson, on Wednesday, Kathy sent us outside to listen for God in creation. It was a beautiful day and we all heard and saw God in different ways, which some of us shared once we gathered back in the classroom. Yesterday in class, Kathy again felt called to release us into nature, so we spent another half hour outside. It was wonderful! Today, we wrapped up the Hearing God's Voice unit.
The afternoons are pretty relaxed. We each have our chore that we have to do every day. We are in groups. The chores include food prep, maintenance, cleaning, and food clean-up. I am on the J-crew, as we call ourselves. We are the janitors. I figured after helping clean the church for 6 years, I'm pretty good at cleaning toilets! :) Its actually the best CR (Community responsibility), because it takes the least amount of time- with 6 of us, we are done in just under an hour. The other CRs generally take closer to two hours. When you are not doing your CR, you have free time. I have spent my free time just hanging out, as well as reading my homework out in the beautiful sun... we have have absolutely gorgeous weather this week!
After dinner, we occasionally have things going on. Once our regular schedule starts, we will have our focus night on Mondays (we have two focuses in our DTS... Children at Risk, which is mine, and Rescue Ops. We do everything, including outreach, together, but our focus nights we are separated), worship on Thursdays with another DTS located in downtown Madison, and on Friday nights, we have a movie night.
Tonight, we have our reveal night for our small groups and one-on-ones. It should be good to find out what our small groups will be.
So yeah, that's a VERY quick summary about what has happened so far. VERY quick.
Last night, when Kenzie and Rachel were hanging out on my lap, Kenzie told us about how, while walking that day, she had met one of our neighbours. They said hi, and he then asked her "So are you a part of the group on the corner there? What are you guys, the Faith Yams or something?"
The faith yams, that's what we are around here!
So I thought I'd post a few pictures, let's see how this works!
And one of the girls received a package of cookies in the mail today from her grandma. They were absolutely delicious, and so if any of you feel the need to send me cookies (or anything else!) my address here is:
Katie Roest
YWAM Training Center
N1707 County Road N
Columbus, WI, USA
53925
Please keep me in your prayers as I continue on this so far amazing journey! While living in a room with 12 other girls isn't as hard as I thought it would be (apparently I sleep like a rock. Cause the French Canadian girl sleep talks -in English and French, which is why it is apparently hilarious- and I have yet to hear it!) but I miss my own room. And all of you!
Thanks, and blessings,
Katie
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