Monday
Today the India team went on a practice trek - we weighed down our backpacks with 15 kilos of stuff (that’s 33 pounds of rice, catsup and mustard for me) and hiked through the woods, sheep folds, and horse paddocks for two hours. It was really fun; a workout, but not too horrific. In India we’ll be hiking 20 + miles a day for over a week at one point, so we need the practice.
Tuesday
We had our last small group meeting before outreach today - we had a very good tea party and talk; I love the girls in my small group. We’ve gotten very close over these 12 weeks. I’m sad that none of my small group is coming with me to India; it’ll be hard to get on without them - then again, maybe that’s a way God is challenging me…
Peter Bos shaved Joel’s head in preparation for outreach today - all accept for a strip down the middle. Yep - a Mohawk. ‘Tis awesome.
This evening Hannah Salway, Inge Bos, and Erin taught us three skits for outreach - two for children and one for adults. They’re all silent skits, which makes them easy to memorize. Vetle and Anne Joy stole the show; they are masters of physical humor.
Wednesday
Our last outreach in Brighton today - I stayed at the church to pray with Kayla, Anne Joy, and Turid (funny - the first time we went to Brighton for outreach I prayed with Kayla and Anne Joy too).
Nika, Natasha, Jon, Gert-Jan, Ruth and I walked into Staplefield for the evening - we goofed around on the village green in the play ground then went to the Jolly Tanner’s for drinks.
Ketsia, Esther, Ruth and I (small group! We always tend to gravitate towards one another) stayed up until 1am watching Memoirs of a Geisha; a decent movie with excellent costumes and cinematography.
Thursday
This morning I was awakened from my sleep-in by an inordinate amount of chatter and giggling from the other girls; apparently they’d discovered some attractive males among the 30-odd German YWAM staff here for a retreat over breakfast.
Turid, Vetle, Anne Joy and I went to the clinic in Hayward’s Heath for our Japanese Encephalitis vaccine this morning. Fun times. We’ll be getting our follow-up shot next Thursday.
The Morgan family (a family on staff here - they have 3-year-old twin boys we all fawn over) invited us over for desert this afternoon; Gary Morgan had made excellent tiramisu for us all. They just wanted to thank us for being such a great DTS (naturally).
For ministry night we split into small groups and then took turns having the others say what they’d seen change in us since the beginning of DTS… let me just say, my small group is phenomenal!
Friday
Today was the last day of lectures! How sad - it’s been amazing; I’ve learned so, so much from the speakers. I’ve been able to totally overhaul some things and confirm others.
Today was the last day of work duties as well; Gert-Jan and Allie had to leave early so I got to chop 40 pounds of potatoes and about 10 pounds of carrots all on my lonesome.
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