Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11

Sense of time is totally lost in YWAM. I've only been here for three weeks, yet it seems like I've lived here my whole life. We're learning a lot about each other, and our classmates have truly grown to become brothers and sisters in Christ. Our theme for DTS is "undivided", which is based on the above scripture. The DTS leaders prayed over us way before we even arrived, and this scripture came to them during a prayer meeting. Our class is truly undivided. We come from all over the world with one goal in mind; to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

This concept was introduced to us this past week while we were at the Eagle Rock base of YWAM Denver. This base is about thirty minutes from Arvada, and it's hidden away in the Rocky Mountains. It was awesome to get away from the Arvada base, and spend time with other DTS students and staff. I played some frisbee golf, which I haven't played in quite sometime. Needless to say I'm not very athletic, but the guys who were playing were very encouraging and gave me some frisbee tips. We also hiked up Eagle Rock mountain, which was really intense! The thin air and high altitude makes simple activities like walking a total chore, so it was pretty difficult for many of us to climb up a mountain. But it was worth it at the top! I'm still having difficulties loading my pictures to the computers, but hopefully I'll post some up before the end of the week.

The teaching this week was on relationships, which was an appropriate topic for us since we were bonding closer together at Eagle Rock. It was taught by John Murphy, who is a staff member at YWAM Denver and has done teachings on relationships for other DTS schools as well. God has shown me the importance of relationships, especially relationships with other people. John has taught us that we need to treat people based on their value, not their behavior. Each person has value, despite what we might think of them. If we view each person this way, then our perspective of them completely changes. It has certainly changed my perspective on relationships with others, and I continue to seek God in this area of my life. Relationship with God also needs to be established, and we need to know our place with God before we can establish our place with others. We are all sons and daughters of God, and until we understand this then we will have a very difficult time relating to others. This is just a snippet of what we've learned this past week in class.

We arrived back in Arvada on Thursday night, and then the next night both DTS and Phase II went on an outreach to Evans, CO. Evans is a small town about an hour outside of Denver, and we went door to door placing door hangers for a new church that is starting up called The Gathering. With 50 YWAMers, who knows how many houses we have hit with door hangers??? The church's first meeting was this morning at 10:30 MT, and we hope to find out how many people came in the upcoming week. It was interesting going door to door. I was able to talk to a few people about the church. Most people happily received the invitation. There was one house where I was almost chased by a pit bull. The dog blocked the door way, preventing me from approaching the doorway. I wasn't able to leave it on the doorknob, so I dropped it on the door step.

As for my overseas outreach, I have decided to go to Brazil. We will leave on June 18th, and we'll be back on August 4th. The first three weeks of the outreach will be on a boat sailing down the Amazon river. We will visit tribal communities who have never heard of Jesus Christ, which involves a lot of hiking and hot weather! Then the last half of the outreach we will do inner city ministries, particularly children and orphan ministries. So we have the best of both worlds on this trip. The first payment for the trip is due this Thursday, but praise God for His awesome provision because this is already covered! However, I still need to raise another $1550 for the trip, which at least half is due on May 11th.

So here are some praise reports and prayer requests:

• People seem to be feeling better! We still have a few sniffles here and there, but no where near as sick as some people were the first week we were here. Praise God for people getting better!
• Continue to pray for my classmates and their choice for outreach. We are suppose to notify our leaders by Thursday, and some can't decide where they are going. Pray that God will give my classmates wisdom and strength to step out in faith.
• Pray also for His provision to continue to flow. As for me, I've raised half of my outreach funds, but I still have another half to go. Pray that I will keep enduring in faith, and only God will send the funds for all of us to go to our designated outreaches.
• Pray that God will continue to do heart surgery on us. God has continued to show us His character through DTS, and we don't want to ever forget it! Sometimes the class can be a bit overwhelming with the information, and we need time to let it sink it. Pray that God will continue to show us understanding through the teachings, and that we won't give up through the difficulties.

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Thank you again, and God bless!