I was feeling a little nervous yesterday just being thrown into this, and especially because Erin and I were the first to arrive and our rooms were freezing (we have space heaters, that weren't on yet), but being around Lesley yesterday was so uplifting. She is 35, and her twin sister Elise is here as well, and she is SO excited about being here. Like, I'm talking, she said she kept pinching herself on the plane ride over here because it is a dream come true for her (her words). She and her sister resigned from their jobs, packed up their apartment into storage, dropped everything and came here. This is the last year they would be eligible for a DTS (Discipleship Training School - what my program is called), because once you are over 35, you have to do a "Crossroads DTS" which is meant for people who are married with children, and neither of them are married yet, so they really wanted to do the regular DTS with us.
Anyway, being around her and her positivity yesterday was really a blessing and an answer to what I asked ya'll to pray for yesterday - that we would focus more on what we have instead of what we don't have. I can already feel myself being more excited and focused on what a great opportunity this is, and how much I know God will change us and reveal himself to us.
And I also got an answer to the second thing I asked ya'll to pray about - that we would start forming solid relationships with the other students. Eating lunch and dinner together yesterday with everyone, it was so obvious how well we all get along with each other. While everyone is really different, we all still mesh well together - the conversations were so fun - all bantering back and forth, laughing, being ourselves. It was so obvious that the Spirit was working among us, sowing peace and friendship already. So thank you for your prayers!
I am going to post later today with a couple pictures!
Love to all,
Chels
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