All my life I have been a Christian. I remember accepting Jesus into my heart at age 3. I went to a Christian school, church every Sunday and had an amazing Christian family. But, even though I’d grown up Christian, there were lies about God and how He saw me that I continually believed. Ever…
Continue ReadingMy walk with God before DTS was very much based on religion and shame. I was raised Catholic, so I was very familiar with God, it was just my understanding that I was always in the wrong with Him and there had to be things I did constantly to try to earn a few minutes…
Continue ReadingDuring my School of Ministry Development (SOMD) the Lord first placed it on my heart to be a part of YWAM Louisville’s Bible School for the Nations (BSN). I had already determined in my mind that I was going to apply for staff after I graduated my SOMD. My hope was to join at the…
Continue ReadingI’m not who I was before DTS, I’ve changed. I did my DTS in the fall of 2016, right after I graduated high school. I started following Jesus around the age of eight, and it deeply changed my priorities in life. The more I learned about Jesus, the more I was slowly compelled to…
Continue Reading“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 God was the first creative being, isn’t that amazing? One of the ways we reflect Him is in our ability to create and our desire to do so. There are so many ways to express creativity! Whether you’re a painter, photographer, graphic…
Continue ReadingI had just graduated college with a Bachelor’s in Social Work and a determination in my heart to “help” others however I could. I was a fiery-eyed social worker, ready to see justice put into action but where? How? That, I was unsure of. However, I could not deny this stirring in my heart that…
Continue ReadingThen he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.” – Matthew 9:37 – Last summer I had the amazing opportunity to go to East Asia, to a country where we hadn’t sent a team before. We were part of a YWAM project to get a Bible in every…
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