The new quarter for schools started on Monday, March 30th, and this time there are two schools running at the same time (Phase 2 and the Multi-Cultural DTS). Both schools are being housed at the main campus in Arvada, and the campus is located across the street from a grocery store, some coffee shops, the church I attend here, and is within walking distance of many other places. While I did enjoy being at the mountain campus during DTS, it is nice to be at the main campus this quarter.
For those of you wondering about the two schools, I am in the Phase 2, which is a leadership school, and we have 13 students (9 ladies and 4 guys). The other school, the Multi-Cultural DTS, is the same school that I just completed in February, except this time the emphasis is more on representing multiple countries with the students. So, in that school there are 16 students (8 ladies and 8 guys), and they represent 6 or 7 different countries.
Our first week was spent bonding with our classmates and our school staff, as well as a few opportunities to bond with the Multi-Cultural students and the non-school staff (those that work in the accounting department, etc.). At the end of the week my class took a field trip to Boulder, where we did a picture scanvenger hunt, and we ended the day with a group photo.
This week, week two, has been spent with Dan Thoemke, a Pastor from Hillside Church in Golden, Colorado, speaking to us about Spiritual Leadership based on the book of Esther. I honestly can say that I never looked at the book of Esther before as a place to see Spiritual Leadership until this week, but it has been an amazing eye opening experience. We also started out the week with an amazing opportunity as a class that no other Phase 2 has had before.......we had a baptism of 4 of my classmates. Chrissy, a student from Germany admitted in class on Monday that she had never been baptized and really felt it was time to make that commitment. Three of the guys (Marcelo, Scott, and Josiah) all had been baptized before, but they all had made the decision to do it because their friends were doing it, so they wanted to do it this time as an act of obedience and as a representation of the transformation God had made in their lives. It was a really neat bonding experience for us as a class.
Looking forward to updating you again next week on what I am learning in class. I just wanted to say thank you again to all of you for following me on this journey, and for being a part of it with your support and prayers. I feel blessed to know each of you.Also, for information sake, this time I do have cell phone service since we are at the main campus, and we are 2 hours behind Eastern Standard time. And my mailing address this quarter is:
Name
YWAM Denver
Spring Phase 2
12750 W. 63rd Ave
Arvada, CO 80004
God bless you and may His face shine upon you!
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