Well, if you have been following this blog then I hope that you know I am involved with the DTS (Discipleship training school) centre here at the YWAM (youth with a mission) base in Harpenden. If you did not already know that then…..now you do!
This last week has been exciting for us as a team as we have had the graduation of the school that started in September. Although I was not one of the official school staff, as we run several a year, we all get involved in some way behind the scenes, and it is an amazing privilege to see where God has brought all of the trainees that have been a part of this school. The main focus of the graduation is to celebrate the faithfulness of God in bringing these young people to a new place with him, and it is done by the trainees, with a little help from us as staff.
We had to spilt the September school into three teams for the actual outreach phase of their school, which is where we take them for close to three months of practical short term missionary work. One team went to Chile and Paraguay, the second team went to Thailand, and the third were in Germany and France. They also spent 2-3 weeks in the UK as we are a UK base we always want to do outreach into this country as well, so one group were in Scotland, one in Northern Ireland and the other spent time in England (spending 10 days in Manchester, which is my home).
All the teams came back with incredible stories of how God provided for each team (none of the teams went with enough money, but felt God had said go and so did, and all of them saw God provide what was needed where they went!) They also came back with such amazing stories of how God healed people, such as one guy who was blind, but also of how God had challenged their world view and had broken all of their hearts for the various issues of injustices they faced. The other awesome thing is that they are all determined to return home and make a difference where they find themselves next, some at university, others at home, and a few even feel that God is asking them to return to the mission field in some of the places they visited.
It is always such a joy to see how God has grown them other the time of DTS and to know that they are all on fire for God. The graduation is also a great time to think back on my own DTS and see where God has brought me since, and be so thankful for his provision, and joy in life. God is so amazing, and I never want to live another day without that relationship with him, he saved my life in a very real way, and I will forever be grateful to him.
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