my life in the mds

Once again i neglect my blog. That's life, I don't currently own a computer. So much has happened since last I had the luxury of posting. The MDS (Missional Discipleship School) started on October fourth. It's been amazing so far. It was a little awkward at first. I think becase the shadows of everywhere I've been the last few years were hanging on. I wasn't too excited to be in anything that might cause me to be responsible for something of a spiritual nature. I used to be a houschurch leader and failed, and I frequently feel like I only make things worse. I came into this school sure God wanted me here but with no idea why.

Well, I'm LOVING being a full-time student again. (Yea, I know, I'm a nerd.) And the second week of school we went backpacking for six days. It was pretty awesome. I love all things camping (except the toilettes) so I was destined to have fun. We focused on holiness a lot. I think I've been kinda running from holiness, or just quit thinking of it as something that's very important. I did a lot of repenting for my bad attitude and for not really living for God and blaming Him for stuff that's happened in my life. Other than that this trip was the most challenging trip I've ever been on. It's the first trip I've been on where I wanted to be home. We had a day that resembled hell. You can see a video here. To sum up the backpacking trip was very worth it, super fun, and probably slightly life-changing.

After we got back from that trip we had one week to learn a drama for the retreat. Learning dramas and skits in very short amounts of time is quite typical of Immanuel Fellowship. (My church, which this missions school is a part of.) A video will be posted online shortly. I'll attempt to blog about it. I know I'm at risk of sounding a bit dramatic but this retreat was also slightly life-changing for me. A bit too personal for the internet though, sorry.

I really hate doing these I-haven't-posted-in-forever posts. They're always long and rambly. So I will sum up one more time and then say good night. God's been doing a lot in me through this school. It's great. Cheers.