Hello, everyone! This has been my first chance to get on here. I have had no wifi since arriving at my Discipleship Training School, and I finally purchased it. Now, I will be able to keep up with you guys! Wow. Where to begin? It's amazing to think that I've only been here for a week. It feels like I have been here for a month. So much has gone on, and I can truly say that only a week of being here has changed me, genuinely. It truly has. I didn't know that change this quick and this powerful was even possible, but I have learned more about God in this week than I have in years. God has been opening my eyes to so many fundamental truths about Christianity, His love for us and His nature that I can't believe I missed all of these years. Everything I am learning has me UNBELIEVABLY excited about what the weeks to come have to reveal to me. Now, a little bit about my living situation for all of you curious people out there: Our class has 28 students in it from all different ages and walks in life. We have people who are in their teens all the way up to people in their 70's. (The picture below is our class plus the staff that is guiding us through our lecture phase.) I have three wonderful roommates, Tracy (who is here from South Africa), Emily (from Houston) and Jackie (from El Paso). We get along SO well and have had such a blast spending time together and getting to know each other. I am so thankful for them. I know, without a doubt, that God put them in my life with the purpose of encouraging me and helping me walk out my faith that is so rapidly evolving into something more powerful than I ever thought it would be. We share a dorm-style room, which, at first I was a little iffy about, but God has helped me change my heart and see the lessons I can learn from living with four girls in one room (patience, community, the importance of being open about your weaknesses, etc...). Our days are very busy. We wake up, have breakfast at 7, have our quiet times start at 8, class starts at 9 and goes until 12, then, lunch until 1:30 followed by our second session of class until 3. Afterwards, we all have work duties at different times. Mine is after dinner and goes for two hours. One of the other DTS students, Kris, and I clean the office building. That in itself has taught me things, such as letting God speak to me while I am working and having a willing heart. During our free time, many of us students go swimming in the big pond on base. Also, a large group of us has started running together every other night to stay in shape. By the end of the day, usually I am so tired from all of the learning, cleaning and running around that I have absolutely no problem going to sleep, which is definitely a blessing, since mornings start early and the days are long!
This place is amazing. At first, I felt disappointed. It was not what I expected it would be, but as soon as I decided to push that feeling aside and reminded myself that God has me here for a reason I have felt a peace like I have never felt before. This place is truly changing me, and I feel my passion for God and my yearning to know Him better grow stronger every day. I cannot wait to keep y'all updated as I grow and dive deeper into my relationship with God. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty. -2 Corinthians 6:17-18
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AuthorOlivia DeLaney is a recent college graduate that blogs about her transition into adulthood and the adventures along the way. Archives
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