A Day in the Life of DTS!
Thought I would share a bit of our Discipleship Training School (DTS) daily schedule with everyone! I haven’t blogged in a while but after you read our schedule you will know why!
6:40 AM Beep Beep Beep (my alarm)
7:45 AM Breakfast
8:20 AM one of us leaves to take the kids to school
8:30 AM-12:30 PM Lecture
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Prep for the after-school program that occurs on Wednesdays (we do a two hour after school program with K-3rd every Wednesday) or we are on a local outreach or small group time.
2:50 PM one of us leaves to pick the kids up from school
5:00 PM Journaling/Quiet time (AKA do homework with the kids!)
6 PM Dinner
7 PM (on Mondays) we have another time of lecture
11 PM Bed??
In addition to the above schedule David has work duty once or twice a week from 2-4:30 and must refill the wood boxes three times a week (we have a few buildings that are heated through wood stoves). I have dinner prep two nights a week from 4:30-6. Our family is also responsible for cleanup for all meals every Thursday. We have weekends a bit more free although there are some that are blocked out for special events and outreaches. Phew….not done yet! We have six pages of journaling to do every week and scripture memorization. We also have book reports to do which means having to have the time to read the book! For those of you who know me, you are probably laughing….I thrive on this type of craziness! For those of you who know Dave…pray!! Hahaha!
There are 8 of us total in our DTS and already we can’t even think about the day we have to say good-bye to them. They are amazing and we are so blessed to share our days with them. Today we had to say good-bye to Petra and Jeannine, two girls from Switzerland that have been with us since we arrived. They are fantastic young women who love God. We anticipate seeing them next year when they hopefully come back to WA for their own DTS (we are working on that still!).
Overall, this schedule has been an adjustment for us both but we are appreciating the time away to be in the Word of God and to spend time as a family. We also feel so fortunate to have this time together to build a solid foundation to return to New Beginnings. That’s it for now…..
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Hey guys, love to read your blogs and keep up with you. So proud of what you are doing as a family. Its fantastic!! We miss you and Lexie especially misses Malia. Give your kids a hug from us. Looking forward to seeing you and catching up at the fundraiser.
Love,
Ranae
Hi Waits – love reading about your adventures.. You are all pleasing God – faith pleases Him..Be blessed , this time will go fast. How great to meet new believers and new friends. Love you all – Janice and Jimmy
Hi guys. We miss you so much. You are an amazing inspiration to us. We are praying for you and know you are making a difference in this world. Love, The Keolkers
Hi Hon, Just great to hear from you. We miss you all so much. You and the kids seem to be the #1 topic on conversaton lately. I am certain it will get worse b4 it gets better. Are you going to get to come home for Thanksgiving? Just wondering. We went to Scott’s funeral in Everett yesterday.Literily stand room only. Love you guys. Dad got to thank the church today for all they have done. Very emotional for us. Love you call when you can!