In Rewind-The Last Few Weeks

It sure does feel strange to be graduated from the School of Discipleship and right between coming back on staff with GFA, and not gone yet.  I’m glad for the chance to stay here longer to help out in the office during the craziness of the new data change, and to help train the new student that will take my place in the Volunteer department. But it doesn’t leave much time for processing all that has happened this year and the last few hectic weeks of class.  So I was re-reading my latest Owley Report (Newsletter) and here are the things I wrote about.

• The Bonsai House!  This is my last newsletter while living in the Bonsai house.  I’m going to miss my roommates that became like sisters.  I’m sure glad we will spend eternity together! Check out some stuff we did on Youtube!  Just search “Ninjacat12890”
• We went evangelizing for the third of July.
• My entire School of Discipleship class. We had a bunch of fun together and learned a lot from God this year. I’m glad I got to go through it all with them.  I’m never going to forget this year that we spent together.
• We got the chance to challenge ourselves by participating in a ropes course together.  Some of the challenges were trust exercises, jumping off a 25 foot pole onto a trapeze bar, and climbing a 30 foot rock wall followed by a zip-line.  It was awesome!  Not to mention the fact that we saw an armadillo!  Alive!!!
• We have one more week of classes left! Recently we finished the book Stoked, by Danny Lehman. It was very challenging, and I enjoyed it.  Next we go through one of Uncle KP’s booklets called Stay Encouraged.  Before we go through that though, we had to give 10 minute speeches on a verse or passage in the Bible that God used in our lives this year. I gave mine on Romans 8:28.
• On July 20, 2010 the August School of Discipleship class of 2009 graduated. It was an amazing ceremony, Uncle Gayle Erwin, author of The Jesus Style spoke, and the students each shared a parting gift of encouragement and thanks to the staff and families of GFA.  This has been an amazing year full of growth, laughter, and love.  Four of us are coming back on staff after we go back for support raising.  The other three are all going home to see what the Lord’s plan is for them.  Please be praying for each of us in our journeys with God. 🙂

Even though those last weeks were packed full of lessons from God, fun activities, and lots of cleaning, it was awesome to spend it with my class.  Our class really did become like a little family unit within the GFA family, and I will continue to pray for my amazing friends/brothers/sisters.