I arrived home in Honolulu, HI on Saturday! It is so good to see familiar faces and catch up with friends. This week we began leadership seminar. For the next couple of weeks, everyone one on base (base staff, DTS staff, leaders) will all be spending time together, training, serving the community, and drawing closer to the Lord as we prepare for what's to come this year.
DTS staffing was definitely not my original plan, but as I spent time praying about where the Lord would have me go, my heart grew more and more for this program. I am so excited for the students to arrive and begin their experience.
What's more, my plan was to support staff for the September school. Essentially, DTS staff is made up of outreach staff - staff that will take the students on their outreaches - and support staff - staff that will come alongside each team of staff and students as they prepare for outreach. The plan was to support staff the September school. However, as I'm noticing more and more in my relationship with God, there are always fun surprises!
So, I am officially outreach staff! It's a new development, and I completely feel the Lord's leading in this. Over the next couple of weeks I will be praying about where God is wanting me to lead a team. All of the outreach staff will be praying individually. In a couple of weeks we will all sit down and pray together and reveal where we feel called to go. From there, staff will be paired up and teams will begin to develop.
I am a mixture of emotions right now. But, more than anything, I am just so aware of how faithful God is. He continues to speak to me about taking this one day at a time; trusting that He will supply me with everything that I need for this season.
The students will be arriving by September 23rd! We will spend the first few months in training (lectures, worship, evangelism, community outreach, etc.), then off to another country mid-December through February! I will let you all know as soon as I can what country I will be leading a team to.
More to come soon...
~Megan
