DTS is happening!

DTS (Discipleship Training School) is well underway! Here is a peek at a typical weekly schedule for Team Chile, as well as the 4 other teams at the RIC (Rosedale International Center).

• Each morning starts with breakfast at 7:30am (if you didn't decide to get up earlier to exercise), followed by an hour of quiet time/personal devotional time.
• After quiet time, a team (all 5 on a rotational basis) leads a short worship time before the morning session. Each session takes us up to lunch time, and covers a wide variety of topics. We are blessed to have great speakers from all over, coming to teach us about their topic of expertise.
• Each Wednesday over the lunch hour, our teams participate in a fasting and intercession time. These times have been particularly bonding for Team Chile so far.
• After lunch, things get a bit less consistent.

• For Team Chile:
• Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons you'll find us at a nearby trailer park, which houses a great deal of Hispanic children. We visit them after school to assist them in their homework, since their classes are taught in English, and their parents speak mostly or only Spanish.
• On Saturday evenings, we will be help the youth group at the Spanish-speaking church we are attending.
• We also coordinate "Team Prep" times which are focused on preparing us for Chile - Spanish lessons, culture study, etc.
• Every once in a while, we manage to have a little fun. :) That's a gross understatement. Our team is enjoying each other's company very much, but we do have structured fun times in our schedule as well. Last week, we took a walk to the park and played a great game of Urban Golf (golfing toward tree or picnic table holes, with tennis balls, and golf clubs).
• Tuesday is our team's turn to do all the dishes for the teams, and on Monday nights, we prepare Tuesday's breakfast. So far, that has been pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, yogurt, and fruit. Next week, we're looking forward to trying our luck with scones.
• To make sure we're in shape for all of the walking/hiking we will be doing in Chile, we also have a whole DTS recreation time (usually a rousing game of Ultimate Frisbee), 2 hours of individual exercise, and an hour of team exercise. This week, we challenged Team Nepal and Austin to a sand volleyball game. Good times were had, but I think the wind was the official winner of the game.

• By the end of the day, we're ready for our lights out time to get some sweet rest before it starts all over again.

More posts to come soon!