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Hi Friends and Family! I’m grateful to share another update from this past week at the JoshuaWilderness Institute. Yet again, it’s been a full and lively week aswe settled back into our routine after returning from our LAEvangelism trip. Even in the busyness, it’s been one of those weeksthat reminds me why I’m grateful to be here. Our speaker for the week was Dr. Joanne Jung, who teaches our class ofBiblical Interpretation and Spiritual Formation

Welcome back readers to another Joshua blog. This past week has been one of the most stressful but one of the most rewarding weeks of Joshua. Why? Well, we had our LA trip! This is our fourth one out of the five. I can’t believe how much time has passed already. We arrived at Temple Baptist, the church we stayed the night at for the week. Almost instantly we had our final training session which

03/02/26-03/06/26 As I sit to write this blog, I am astonished that the first week of March has already passed, and that we leave for LA in just three short days. It most certainly feels as if it was just this week that we were sprinting through Newark airport, praying that they would hold our plane back to LAX so that we could make it home. However, that was not this week, and what actually

Hi friends and family! If we haven’t met yet, my name is Taylor Gestl, and I’m so excited to share about this past week at Joshua. It was one of those weeks that felt full in the best way—busy, meaningful, and packed with moments that reminded me why this place is so special. We also had the joy of hosting our February Preview Students, which added so much energy and life to the week. I

Hello, friends and family! It’s me, Laila! Let’s talk about this week because a lot happened, but it went by so fast. It was a four-day work week, so Monday, we ended work just in time to play in the snow, get ready for Philippians testing, and plan a late Valentine’s Day (or week)  Tuesday, the boys dressed up made us girls breakfast, and served us. It was so sweet. The girls did dinner, we

Flying to the DR was an all-day process, but we eventually arrived early the next morning. The Dominican Republic for me was a beautiful time of change and sanctification too. I was quickly working on my site at Physical Therapy, and got to serve others through this site in the same way that I used to help Grandma Doris with physical therapy in the months leading to her passing, all of those years ago. However,