I Started a Blog!

So, this Monday marked my being here in Colorado for a month now! Crazy! The time has flown by!

So, since it’s been a month I thought I should write everyone another update. And I decided it might be easiest to do that with a blog. So, WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

Here's my first post!

So, I'm in Colorado doing a YWAM (Youth With A Mission) DTS (Discipleship Training School). Our base - Eagle Rock is in the mountains and it is beautiful here! There are 34 students here, and they are amazing! I've enjoyed getting to know them all!

This is the view from my deck:

God has been growing me so much since I've been here. He has especially been teaching me to give up my desires, my want for control and my expectations to Him. He’s teaching me to trust Him and just live with my hands wide open to whatever He has for me! It’s sometimes scary, but it's an exciting way to live. It's so cool to see God work! His plans are so much better then what I could come up with!

Also, an exciting update, I am going to THAILAND!!!!!!! Our group is splitting up and going to 3 different countries for outreach, so we each had to decide which one we were going to go to. And God directed me to go to Thailand. We made our first payment for outreach last Friday. So it’s official, I will be going on outreach to Thailand from December 5th to February 11th! I’m super excited!

While in Thailand, we will be working at an orphanage, with a local church, and with human trafficking organizations. During the trip we will have the opportunity to do skits and dramas, do children's ministry, lead Bible studies, share testimonies, among other things. Really we just want to go and love people, and serve anyway we can. God has amazing plans for Thailand and I am excited to see how God uses us! I know He will!

That's all for now! Have a blessed day!

Rachel