Long overdue

Hi everyone,

I hope that my posts so far have not sounded too mysterious, but they've kind of been typed in-between periods of activities or before dinner and also on my iPhone which is not the most ideal. So I apologise if you've not heard very much, but the main thing is I'm alive, I'm doing well and praise be to God. :)

Can't do a post without saying again how God is faithful and has provided, even blessed, me with a wonderful community here at DTS. I don’t know everyone well, but they have all been as welcoming as they can be. If I've not said it before, there are 43 of us students, 14 staff, 1 school leader. There are 6 different streams here: Devoted (focus: prayer & worship); Go (focus: evangelism); Pacific Challenge (focus: reaching Pacific Islands); Medical; Worship; Justice (focus: on those who don’t have a voice; are suffering injustice). That’s a lot of people. And a lot of dishes to wash; which is my duty on Tuesdays.

 Each of us has duties spread over the week. The whole idea is to serve one another, contribute to the running of the base. I have dishes for lunch and dinner on Tuesday; duties at the house I’m staying in on Wednesdays and Thursdays. We also have discussions within our streams – twice a week; outreach (mission) preparation will happen soon and will be take one of those discussion slots.

I stay a short walk away from the base with 5 other young women and a married couple in another house. 2 rooms have been partitioned off – the couple take one room and we girls take another. I think the 8 of us are the oldest students here so it’s nice to have some space. I'm really thankful for my roomates. We've grown closer over the 6 weeks and that's really good.

The 6 maidens of the Redman's House on a Road trip to Rotorua!

So… this is first Friday that I’ve really had (more) time to sit down at the base and type this relatively long post because most people have gone to a conference. If not, the base will still be busier/ more crowded.

We stay a good 10 minute’s drive from the supermarket/ post office area. So most time is spent here at base or down at the valley. I really like going down to the valley. It’s very peaceful and it’s good to be there, spending some time with God.

Phew. It's really been some time since I spent so much time on a laptop. Or any electronic device. So that's it for now, folks.

p/s: sorry, left my iPhone cable down at the house and so don't have pictures to upload (again!)

God bless you and keep you.

Tilling the Soul

If I can sum up what had been happening this week, it would be that God's been tilling the soil of my heart. 

It's amazing how God just knows us so much better and deeper than we, or any person for the matter, could ever analyse ourselves. And He the Holy Spirit is able to reveal to us the deepest areas of healing we need, areas of bondage or lies we need freedom from, even when we didn't know it was there. 

More than that, and that God is able to free us. 

John 8:36

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.