Time for another blog post! Not a whole lot has happened since our last
post, but do have several cool things to update you on!
After a fantastic weekend, Dan and I were pumped for a new
week of lectures. We decided to start getting up earlier, allowing us a consistent
quiet/Bible reading/hangout with Jesus time. God has placed a newfound hunger
in my heart (and I think in Dan’s as well) for His Word. I want to read scripture. I
have always had those moments of guilt where I new I should be reading scripture. But now I actually enjoy it! God is so
incredibly good to place that desire in my heart. Getting up early is no fun but we stay so
busy, and as unpleasant as early rising is, it just made sense. Anyway, getting
up early has actually been nice. I feel so prepared for the day by the time
breakfast roles around at 6:45.
Monday morning dawned rainy and wet. After breakfast and our
normal work duties, we had “whanau” (family) time. Whanau time happens every
Monday morning, and it is a great way to start of the week. The entire school,
both students and staff gather together for tea and a sweet snack. Sometimes we
have something to pray for, and other times we just fellowship and listen to
David Cowie share funny stories. This time he sat down with his granddaughter to give her "advice" which consisted of things like "Don't ever let the dog watch your food."
Our lectures began after an awesome worship session. This
week David Cole is teaching us about repentance and restitution. Not necessary
a light topic, but David presents it in a positive way. Something he said stuck
with me: “repentance is a gift from God”. That’s a pretty cool way to look at
it. If we had to live out our relationships with God without the gift of repentance,
our lives would be miserable. Having to carry around all the burdens and sins
that we’ve committed would be a living hell. David is a great teacher, and God
has used him to bring the truth of repentance to our DTS.
On Tuesday we had BSS, and because the weather had changed
for the better, we had it outside. Exercising outside was glorious, and I am definitely
feeling the sit ups today. After BSS, we got a crowd together to play ultimate frisbee.
Ultimate has quickly become our favorite sport, we just can’t get enough. With
a hunger that only lots of physical exertion can bring, we devoured dinner (Fish Thai Curry that night). Our
food has been incredible! Not at all what I expected. We are blessed to have
several talented ladies cooking for us.
This morning (Wednesday) started off on a tasty note! Today is Swiss
Day, the birthday of Switzerland. Because we have several Swiss folks here, the
lovely Swiss ladies baked Swiss bread for us this morning. I think I had like
four pieces. It was so good; I have a newfound love of the Swiss people.
Everyone decided we needed to have Swiss Day once a week. Today was also our intercessory
prayer day, so after breakfast we dove into prayer. Today we prayer for various
issues within the countries of New Zealand the United States Israel and
Switzerland. Intersession is such a cool thing, and we all had a great, Holy
Spirit-led time.
We had more lectures today, and David Cole has continued his
presentation on repentance. I hitched a ride into town this afternoon to stretch
my legs (okay, the real objective was potato chips). I had a relaxing night,
and watched a movie with some of the other students. It’s a little strange for
me to realize how much I love being in community, because I have always thought
I was a hardcore introvert. I still think I am, but I am definitely having a
blast with all my God loving friends. Fellowship and community are such
indescribably good things.
That’s about it so far, nothing too major has happened. But
I am finding out more and more that God is in the small things too. He’s in the
short heartfelt prayer. He’s in the decision to get up a bit earlier to get in
the Word. He’s even in the quick chat between friends. Our God is so big that
He’s in the small things.
Seth
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