Sunday, March 10, 2013

Fully Funded!!!

    I wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone of my supporters that made this adventure possible. It's not the easiest thing to keep in contact with everyone from down here but I am SO thankful for anyone who has helped me to get to where I am now. God has being working in me and changing my life in ways I never could have imagined. This week two great things happened. First I was able to pay off the entirety of my school tuition (thank God). After that my outreach team had our first official meeting where we discussed possible cities, places to stay, and cost. After hearing the approximate cost I went to my computer to check how much money I had left over after paying the school... It was just above the approximate cost of the outreach! Thank God and thank you all who have paved the way for me to be here. I can't wait to see you all when I return.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Intercession for India

 We just sent out two girls from the base to India so in their honor we had a giant Indian night of intercession. We ate with our hands, learned some fun phrases, and even had a Bollywood dance!

Somewhat recent pictures

Hey guys! Sorry I don't get to upload too many pictures of myself. I'v been taking video and photos at most of the event we partake in which as you can imagine means I'm not in them. Here are a couple of decently recent photos of me so you guys can remember what I look like. 

We made it in the news!

     Recently we all went out as a team to one of the poorest parts of cartagena for a time of evangelism. We split up in small teams and went all throughout the neighborhood hitting houses, stores, and people in the streets. We were able to have a big collaboration in the community with drama, music, and preaching. A news team showed up and captured us in action and yesterday they uploaded the story! You will only see me in it for a second or two because I was doing video and photography of the event but it's awesome to see all my brothers and sisters in action!

Click here to see the video!!! (Sorry it's in spanish)

Sunday, February 17, 2013

More Pictures of Cartagena

Down town Cartagena

A view of the city

My DTS Class

Here is a picture of my DTS in lecture. 

It's hard to see but this our class, 51 students and 20 staff. As you can imagine it's a bit on the difficult side to establish relationships with all of these people (in spanish), but I'm trying my best. Regardless of language or closeness we all love each other and we're all family. 

Weekly Schedule

This is my schedule every week for twelve weeks... It's awesome to have so much time for God but sometimes I wish we could mix it up a little bit.

Monday
5:30 - 7:30 ~ Mandatory Quiet Time
7:30 - 8:00 ~ Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 ~ Daily Chores
9:00 - 9:30 ~ Intercession Time
9:30 - 12:30 ~ Lecture
12:30 - 1:00 ~ Lunch 
1:00 - 2:30 ~ Free Time
2:30 - 5:30 ~ Interest Groups
5:30 - 6:00 ~ Dinner 
7:00 - 9:00 ~ Lecture 
10:00 ~ Lights Out 

Tuesday
5:30 - 7:30 ~ Mandatory Quiet Time
7:30 - 8:00 ~ Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 ~ Daily Chores
9:00 - 12:30 ~ Lecture
12:30 - 1:00 ~ Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 ~ Free Time
2:30 ~ 5:30 Creative Time (AKA Acting)
5:30 - 6:00 ~ Dinner
7:00 - 9:00 ~ Lecture
10:00 ~ Lights Out

Wednesday
5:30 - 7:30 ~ Mandatory Quiet Time
7:30 - 8:00 ~ Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 ~ Daily Chores
9:00 - 9:30 ~ Intercession Time
9:30 - 12:30 ~ Lecture
12:30 - 1:00 ~ Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 ~ Free Time
2:30 - 5:30 ~ Pastoral Time
5:30 - 6:00 ~ Dinner
7:00 - 9:00 ~ Lecture
10:00 ~ Lights Out

Thursday
5:30 - 7:30 ~ Mandatory Quiet Time
7:30 - 8:00 ~ Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 ~ Daily Chores
9:00 - 12:30 ~ Lecture
12:30 - 1:00 ~ Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 ~ Free Time
2:30 - 5:30 ~ Evangelism
5:30 - 6:00 ~ Dinner
7:00 - 9:00 ~ Lecture
10:00 ~ Lights Out

Friday
5:30 - 7:30 ~ Mandatory Quiet Time
7:30 - 8:00 ~ Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 ~ Daily Chores
9:00 - 9:30 ~ Intercession Time
9:30 - 12:30 ~ Lecture
12:30 - 1:00 ~ Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 ~ Free Time
2:30 - 5:30 ~ Present Assignments
5:30 - 6:00 ~ Dinner
7:00 - 9:30 ~ Family Reunion
10:30 ~ Lights Out

Saturday / Sunday
Saturday and Sunday very but usually include things like deep cleaning, going to church, and catching up on assignments like research projects, book reports, and journal checks.