My dad is wanting more of a visual of where I am and what I do. So I put together these little satellites. With detail galore of my schedule. You probably wont get as much of a kick out of this as my dad.
Quite often a group of us will take the red route. The red route ultimately leads to the pier where baptisms are done. But this route is also taken for many other things. Such as wednesday night outreaches (where He led me to Naa'auo), small group outings, one-on-one-fun, personal Jesus hangouts, and fro-yo (frozen yogurt). Also at the pier is where I met my friend Gille. Gille is an older man who has special needs. He sits in the sun a lot in his mobile chair that is decorated to the max in hawaiian gear. Gille is an amazing artist and he paints. With his nose. He has a brilliant smile and he smiles even bigger when I say so. His wife is a sweet dedicated women and reminds me of Jesus in a way. Might be how she saw Gille and took to him, caring for his every need. Such a love. Definition of unconditional.
Its rare that I take the blue route. But every once in a while I need to walk there with a group so I can stock up on grape juice and shampoo.
Typical schedule includes waking around 6ish, rushing to get some oatmeal at the food line, then heading to the Flags of the Nations to sit with Jesus and watch His sun rise. Then a quick stop at my room for a swig of grape juice and to grab class notebook. Then to class at 8:00. Either worship, book of James study, intercession, or announcements until 9:00. Then the speaker goes till 10:30. Then we have a coffee break. I normally go back to the room for another sip of juice. Then class again till 12ish. Drop off books in room, grab shoes (required for food line), then head to lunch. Always sit outside. Its lovely and breezy. After lunch sometimes we have free time or we have DTS meetings. Today we met with our outreach teams at the Banyan Cafe. If there are no meetings, you might find me eating mangos with friends, watching John Piper, or going down to the water with Jesus to look into tide pools. At 3:00 p.m. I head to Work Duty. Right now I am finishing up a logo for an organization birthed from YWAM. Its a lot of fun, and the other workers are brilliant servants for the Lord. At 5:00 p.m. I am done and I go back to the room to grab my shoes. Yea I'm always barefoot. Then food line. Chill with food and persons at the tables till about 6, then head on. If there isnt intercession in the prayer room, worship at Ohana Court (we really have amazing worship experiences. Nothing I have ever seen/done before), or outreach down the red or blue arrows, its free time again. This is when Katie, Jonas, Brandon, Seth, and I typically find something to do. Around 9:00 or 10:00, I will hit the prayer room on my own. Then crash. Im typically one of the last to go to sleep out of 8 girls. Climbing to the top bunk with the lower bunk occupant asleep is not easy.
Sundays are quite special: Go to food line early then head to church with Katie and Seth. We go to Living Stones now. Last Sunday we had three breakthroughs while we prayed together with some other new friends at the church. I sit in a tree during this service. Barefoot. Then we catch the shuttle back. Often we go do something fun now. Like cliff jumping at the End of the World. This last sunday in particular is when we reconnected with Naa'auo and played piano, ate sushi, and talked about Jesus. At 3:00 is when I play soccer and get huge bruises. After soccer we head straight to the food line for dinner. By this time each week we are all half asleep and can only watch Lord of the Rings at this point.
Now you have tasted a YWAM DTS student's schedule. I would recommend this schedule to anyone, too. If interested in seeing whether or not the Lord has you doing a DTS, investigate www.uofnkona.edu.
Off Ali'i Street on the way to the pier
