It's DTS season again!
Heading into week nine
It never ceases to astonish me how quickly DTSs go- on the one hand, it
feels like I've been doing this for ages; but on the other, I can't
believe that we only have a few weeks left until outreach!
It's a big school this year- 26 students- and only three staff, so it's
been a big challenge to get all the behind-the-scenes stuff done while
still maintaining the time and care that each student needs. But it has
been going well; week by week students have been dealing with things
that have held them back from intimacy with God, and have been growing
closer to Him. Leading DTS is a huge commitment of time and energy, and
I've definitely felt absolutely ragged and empty more that once in the
last few weeks! But it is such a privilege to get to be a part of what
God is doing in people's lives, I really love seeing the way He'll use
me even when I feel like I have nothing left.
And in about three weeks we'll be heading off on outreach! Claire is
leading a team from the All Nations DTS, and I'm leading one from my
Sports DTS, but we will be traveling together for all but three weeks of
outreach. That's definitely an improvement from our frequent
three-month separations while dating :). We'll start off with 5 weeks in
Nepal- 3 in Kathmandu and probably 2 in a city near the Indian border
called Biratnagar. Then we'll fly over Chi.na, where Claire's team will
stay for three weeks before finishing their outreach in Western
Australia, and my team will stay for the full six weeks. We'll be going
to She.nzhen, which is a young but rapidly growing city on the east
coast of Chi.na very close to Hong Kong. It has a reputation for being
very open to the gospel, so I'm really looking forward to seeing for
myself! And we've heard a lot of stories recently from YWAM Perth teams
in Nepal seeing miracles and salvations... lots to look forward to!
Thanks for all your love and support! Bless you,
Luke and Claire
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Prayer point:
We still need about $4000 between the two
of us for outreach. It's pretty crazy going from one person trusting for
$4000 to all of a sudden needing twice that amount! But God has been
faithful before and we know He will be again.
He has already brought in about half of it, which is amazing, and He'll
bring in the rest. Will you pray with us? Our deadline to have it all
paid in by is the 11th of December. |
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