We had an amazing DTS (Discipleship Training School) and have many awesome stories of Gods faithfulness and his provision for our whole team while in Costa Rica and in Germany on our outreach. We have now been in Chicago for the last week sharing stories and spending time with family and friends, updating everyone there with where God is calling us to next. We had an amazing time of fellowship and we were so encouraged by the excitement that others have about what God is doing all over the world. And now we just have arrived in PA where we will be until March 2nd. We will then be going to Santa Fe, NM until the 7th of March before heading back to Costa Rica.
God has called us back to Costa Rica to work at the YWAM base in San Jose helping to staff and lead the next DTS starting in April. For the next 2 years God has called us into a training period where we will be learning what is involved in leading and pioneering a DTS because we feel God is calling us to start a DTS for people that are Deaf. Both Carole and I have a call to disciple Deaf young adults to know God in a deep intimate relationship and then go back into their community and make God known to the Deaf where they live. We are excited about what God is already doing to open the doors for this to happen in the future. We will be focusing on getting to know more Deaf people in San Jose while also working on staff with YWAM.
In our last few weeks in Germany I was really thinking about all that God had done during our DTS and i was sad about how it was almost over, but then God revealed to me what the next chapter looks likes and I wrote this:
The end is drawing near. I feel as if yet another chapter is closing and a new one is about to begin. One filled with adventure, challenges, and new experiences. A new stage where the stakes grow deeper; where failing hurts harder, but where success is a bringer of true life; where my dedication can effect many live beyond my own. This is a life with Christ; A life that begins at the end and races from the start. A life of battling in the war thats already won. Where the Word is my sword and faith is my shield. This is a life with Jesus; And this is the life where dying holds no influence, where the best is always yet to come, and where excitement bursts at every corner flowing out into the form of new life. It's the foundational energy for the building blocks of tomorrow, the revolutionists of today, and the epic ending tales of yesterdays sad stories. This "life" I can share! This "life" is my new chapter! This is a life worth fighting for!
