Hey everyone,
So like I said in my last post, I'm having a great time. It's Thursday Morning here and we just got out of a lecture about the Bible which was very interesting.
Last week was mostly going over rules( not many at this base), Child protection (which was probably the most boring movie i have ever seen), and a couple lectures on Hearing the voice of God, and some others about living in community. Thursday we left for Belfast, which is were a small civil war had been going on from 68 to 98 and there is still alot of animosity between the Falls (Irish Nationals who are mostly Catholic) and the Shankill (Irish/British mostly Protestant). We had a Lecture from John Hatch a staff member at YWAM Belfast, he talked to us about the Troubles, and about how it is so much more complex then Catholics vs. Protestants.
Saturday we went on a tour of the murals in Belfast, then we went downtown Belfast for some shopping stuff. I got a Celtic Journal and a Jacket, and now I am warm. We got back to the Base later that night and everyone pretty much went right to sleep.
This week we had Lectures on Roman Catholicism from Robb Clark who helped pioneer YWAM Dublin in the 80's, it was awesome to see how different and how the same we are. Tuesday we had our first intercession time, we pretty much just learned about what it is and how to go about it, following 10 steps by Joy Dawson who was very involved in the birth of YWAM.
Saturday we start doing Night Reach, which is a ministry that is partnered with YWAM Ireland, and basically what it is is going out to the club scene in Banbridge and handing out coffee and tea to the people who come out of the club. I don't get to go this week end but I'm very excited to do it. Monday we start Boys Brigade which is sort of like a youth group for the local Presbyterian Churches, I'm also excited about that.
Part of our assignments while on DTS is to create a Blog for the Ywam Ireland website, so keep going to that website for updates, and to get a look at the rest of the DTSers thoughts.
Thanks again Everyone and I hope this Blog is doing its job of keeping you all involved in my ministry.
Cheers!
