On the 5th April the YWAM London team opened its arms once again to 5 bright young DTS students - all ready to jump in and see what God has in store for them this DTS.

Megan, originally from South Carolina, gives us some feedback about how its going so far...

"Here in London we’re in the middle of week seven of the Discipleship Training School and as one of the five students, let me tell you it has been an adventure! I arrived on the first of April and I don’t think my brain has stopped working since I arrived. I arrived with another student and the rest of the girls trickled in over the course of the next week until we were finally all together by the weekend. Yes, you’re assuming correctly, this DTS was an all girls school. Where are the guys, you may wonder? We wondered the same thing but it has been nice with just the five of us girls. We’re like a room full of sisters.

Our first adventure and mission as a DTS team, however, was to figure out how to fit everyone in our room. We all crammed into a room full of bunk-beds and cupboards and tried to shimmy and shake everything into a proper place and now we finally have a system that works (and I say ‘system’ very loosely).

When the actual school began a week after our arrival, I felt like I was riding a roller-coaster to the top of the first major hill and I drew in a deep breath just before we took the plunge into our full time schedule. Our week begins Monday afternoon with small group and our first class of the week is Tuesday morning followed by Salsa class in the evening. Salsa is REALLY interesting, let me tell you. I don’t think it is physically possible for my hips to move like that, but we’ll see how it goes by the end of the DTS. Wednesday we go as a team to a church about twenty-five minutes (by twenty-five minutes I mean it is really forty-five minutes when you consider London traffic) away from where we live to help at a soup kitchen for the homeless. We are there most of the day after class lets out at lunch time and it has really blessed me to go and serve. I really enjoy Mercy Ministries and this one is beautiful because of the hearts of the workers there and their goal to share the love of Christ with the men and women who come. Thursdays are pretty quiet, sometimes we have class at home in the base and then Fridays we go to our church across town in Notting Hill and spend the day there to help out and end the day with art class and evangelism.

All in all, the thing I’ve come away with most so far is the unconditional love that our leaders exemplify. Their patience and care for us has touched me deeply. This base and these missionaries who have welcomed us into their family and home with such open hearts and minds have blessed me beyond words and expression and I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to begin to return their blessings. Their mentorship and discipleship will be with me long after September when this school ends. Every day teaches something new and their love and support make sure to not only stamp the lessons we learn but help us to place a seal over our hearts to better serve God. They lead by example and love and just watching that is a DTS in and of itself."

Keep coming back for updates on how the school is doing and let us know if you are interested in doing one.  God bless!