I cannot believe that the past few morning of mine have been
spent walking through the snow covered forest in Herrnhut, Germany. Just last
week I was in Thailand.
Woah.
The last few days have been filled with jet lag problems,
unpacking, hours of conversation with missed friends, so much laughter, tour
planning, debriefing our time in Thailand and looking ahead to what’s next! I
cannot explain how filled with joy my heart is being back in Herrnhut. It feels
good.
So here is to catching up!
I arrived back in Herrnhut from Thailand Friday morning. It
was a long 62 hours of traveling by bus, train and plane. God did so many
amazing things through our team in Thailand! I can’t wait to share stories with
everyone when I get home! It wasn’t so fun saying bye to our friends we made in
Thailand, but it is so great to smile as we look back and see just how big God
moved in our time in Thailand. The weekend was spent catching up with dear
friends and catching up on sleep.
But there was little time for hanging out. We are already in
the full swing of things here at Y.W.A.M. Herrnhut!
We just finished up debrief sessions as a school and as
individual outreach teams. It is so surreal to sit and really process all that
we did and saw on outreach. Debriefing has been so effective in really taking a
step back and looking at the big picture and really see how God moved. My team
had a wonderful outreach. God built up so much faith in us and grew us in bold
obedience. Hopefully time will permit me to post a blog sharing way more about
outreach. So many crazy stories filled with His glory!
While celebrating the victories and walking through what all
happened on outreach our school is hard at work pulling together the ATOM. The
ATOM is a magazine that compiles photos and stories of our experiences
throughout DTS and outreach. Putting together a near 100 page full color
magazine in less than a week is an insane task! I cannot wait to show everyone
the finished product. Until then you can checkout the last MOTA’s finished
product here!
On top of all this we are all also getting prepared for
tour! Tour is essentially a week we take to travel to our fellow European
classmates communities and share our experiences throughout DTS and outreach.
We have a total of 13 different tours going to 13 different locations. Most are
here in Germany, but I will be heading to Spain with 12 other of my friends!!!
I am so incredibly excited! God has already been so faithful in providing the
finances we needed as a team for transportation and food. I am so excited to
see what He does when we are actually in Spain! We will be sharing what MOTA
is, our experiences throughout DTS and our art to multiple churches, college
groups and youth groups around Barcelona.
I seriously cannot believe that DTS is coming to an end. It
seems like just yesterday that I walked through the forest for the first time,
but in 17 days I will be back in Texas! It has been a beautiful journey and I
know God has so much more just around the corner with tour and a beautiful
celebration on our graduation night. And I have a feeling that this past 6
months is just the beginning of what He has in store for my life and His
kingdom coming.
Thank you so much everyone for all your encouragement and
prayers! I know I say it a lot, but I can’t express how much the support is
appreciated and how it directly effects not only me, but it directly effects
the people I have encountered throughout this time.
Our God is a big God family and friends. And He is able to
do far more than we can imagine! I have seen this and personally experienced
His faithfulness in this the last 6 months.
Until next time!
Much love! xoxo
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