Week 3 DTS Equip

So what is DTS Equip all about...

To provide a resource-rich environment where DTS staff and leaders are equipped in character, skills and Spirit, so that DTS students and programs worldwide may benefit and develop according to their individual and corporate callings.

So if this is for DTS staff and leaders then why am I here...

I am in the program because I feel that the skills and topics that are taught in the DTS Equip can be used and applied to everyday discipleship and leadership wherever God calls me (and Matt too :))

Week 2 Overview:

Last week was filled with a bunch of different topics. We went over many documents that are a basic part of all YWAM as well as ones that clarify the topics a DTS program should cover. I found this information interesting, because it was neat to see how my leaders of my DTS put the topics together into the different weeks and some of the reasons they may have done certain things. It also reminded me of what I had learned.

We also had teachings last week about creating a mission statement for a DTS program, Implicational Thinking, Discipleship-getting at the belief systems of ourselves and others, Spiritual Authority and Servant Leadership. All of these were great topics that I still have so much to go over and just think about to even start applying them.

Week 3

This week we have Sarah Lanier speaking to us about Differences/Varieties. She is the author of "Foreign to Familiar" a book about the differences between hot and cold cultures. So far she has been sharing about Personality difference. The difference between Extroverts versus Introverts and the difference between Sensing personalities (left brain) verses Intuitive personalities (right brain). Later this week she will be sharing more about differences in Culture and in Style. I am excited to hear what else she has to say.

Thank you all for you prayer support!

Love, Kathy

Back in St. Croix

Hi Everyone,

As many of you know I am back in St. Croix doing a 6 week Discipleship/Leadership training school called DTS Equip. It has been only three days, but I am loving it. One of the main things I have taken away from the last three days of class is that it is so important in knowing who we are we must know our father in heaven and we can do this by reading HIS WORD! This week is about being a disciple first and always. In disciplining others we must first be willing to follow. We have learned about the basics of the gospels as well as what criteria books went through to be apart of the bible. Our speakers so far have been Jeremy and Molly West, Dave Harper, and Ligia Goncalves.

So what have I been doing since my DTS and before DTS Equip. Well, I spent a lot of time with Matt, my mom and my friends in Holland in March. I got engaged on April 3 and so I did some wedding planning before and after that :) I am getting married on August 29, 2009! In April, I went to go visit Laura in Ontario, CA; my dad in Petaluma, CA; and Karen, Daniel and the kids in Tenino, WA. I had a great time visiting and finally seeing where my parents will/are living in CA. My neice and nephew have grown so much and I just had a blast with everyone :) I returned back to Michigan on April 30 and left for St. Croix on May 9.

I just want to thank all of you for your continued prayer support and love that you have continued to show me.

Love in Christ,

Kathy Beth Miersma