first week of DTS!

So I’ve been here at the YWAM base in Herrnhut, Germany for a little over a week. It feels like home already, like I’ve been here for longer than just 9ish days.

Here are some bullet points that will help draw a picture of my life right now for you:

• I live in a house in town with 7 other girls as well as a couple, and all of us are doing the Justice DTS (Discipleship Training School). The boys live in a different house closer to the Water Castle.
• It’s about a 25 minute walk to the Water Castle from the Justice House (where I live). We have meals and class in the Water Castle. The walk is pretty—I go through town, down (or up, depending on which way I’m going) a hill called Slow Death and then through the forest. It feels like a fairy tale!
• There is a café in the water castle!!
• I had a few classes this week! We have had lectures about definitions of justice, prayer and God’s calling in our lives as made evident by talents, passions and interests.
• I’m in far eastern Germany, and it’s beautiful. I can see hills of the Czech Republic and Poland in the distance when I am walking down Slow Death (the hill).
• I pass a lot of huge slugs on my walks.
• It’s not humid here, which is a wonderful and welcomed change from Indiana.
• My weekday schedule: I wake up at 6, have lectures in the morning, do my work duty in the afternoon (mine is cleaning the Justice House) and then do whatever activity is planned for the evening (movie night, community dinner, worship service, etc.)
• My weekend schedule: I wake up a bit later, go to the Castle for brunch (brunch here means that you eat breakfast and then pack a lunch from the breakfast that is set out) and participate in different activities. Last night we had a BBQ to welcome new students. Yum!

It’s so neat to be in a community with people from different countries and with different Christian church backgrounds. Like I said earlier, I already feel at home. I am so excited for everything that the Lord is going to be doing throughout my time here!

Hugs!

Meghan