Reconstruction

Three buildings being renovated. Moving our kitchen into a different building. All staff moving into different rooms. Department training. Base cleanup. DTS staff training. Spring school graduation. Fifteen days until our fall students start arriving!!!! AAAAAAAAA! :)

Here is a tiny glimpse of the reconstruction that is happening on our base:

Through this crazy time of reconstruction and other various things that have to be done before our next school, we are discovering on a new level what it means to have Jesus as our source of strength. Stress over time will eventually reveal what our functional source of life is.

Stress + Time = Source of Life.

Also! I was preparing myself to be Kitchen Head again during our school this fall, but was asked by our leadership if I would be one of the DTS leaders instead. A DTS leader is a staff that works directly with the students during their three months of school at our base, along with leading a team of students on a three month outreach to Southeast Asia. It is going to be a huge school for our base :) we have 38 students (and counting)! This responsibility is one of the most demanding and time consuming jobs here, but can also be one of the most rewarding. I am growing more and more excited about being apart of this school that starts in September and will continue with outreach until March. I will happily keep you updated on details, the students, and what God is doing as time continues.

Being a DTS leader also increases my needs financially to an extra $2,000-2,500 (expenses for the outreach to Southeast Asia), and I would love if you would prayerfully consider partnering with me in this need. Thankyou for your support in other ways as well-I am so often encouraged when having a rough day by many of you :) thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!

~Violett