The home stretch

We’re on the home stretch. Only 6 days to go. We have 4 more days of lectures, then on Monday April 11, 2011, we drive away from YWAM Tampa at 3:30am. Bound for 2 months in Thailand (we’ll be there longer, of course).It’s gonna be an awesome...

I have had writers block for the last couple of weeks. After we got home from the hospital, I literally crashed.We arrived home on Thursday afternoon, and by Friday morning I was feeling flat, physically and emotionally exhausted. I was trying to function normally, go...

The Ongoing Saga of the Hospital Stay.

It’s now Wednesday afternoon. When we arrived Sunday night, I thought we’d be here for a measly 48 hours… But this little infection on the tip of Timothy’s thumb is a bigger deal than it looks. The tests showed that the infection in the thumb...

Our First Ambulance Ride

It all started Saturday morning. Timothy woke me up with the usual slap on the head, but this time instead of telling me the sun was awake, he was saying, “Owie! Owie!” He showed me his hand and I kissed it better. During breakfast he complained again, so...

Being Rewired.

God’s Theme for our PA DTS is “Rewiring”, inspired by Lisa’s house which is currently being rewired. 100 year old rewiring was spliced with new wiring. Her electrician told her there was 100% chance of fire, confirmed when they found wiring...

Tolerance

We’re talking about world view. Here are a few thoughts on Tolerance…In our post modern world, we highly value tolerance. I’m okay. You’re okay. You believe what you want, and do what you feel is right and I’ll do the same. ...

The Kingdom of God

It’s day one of week two! The Whirlwind continues. I just woke up from a late afternoon nap, because my energy was so depleted my body simply stopped working.This week we are studying the Kingdom of God. What better place to start than looking at His Glory and...

Week 1

What a week. What a whirlwind.We spent the week getting to know the students and the staff… it seemed like absolute chaos, but then one of the students said it was great, because it was a great team building exercise and we were all a part of making the machine...

Performing Arts Discipleship Training School (PA DTS)

Today was the first official day of the PA DTS here in Tampa. I’m amazed we actually made it through. We are all still suffering jetlag – the kids keep waking up at midnight and wanting to play till 6am. But some how we managed to have leaders meetings,...