This week, we started the quilt for our class, we listened to Jim Cook speak, we finished Mere Christianity, and we had Oscars Night. But we’re also trying to bond as much as we can before we have to leave. It’s been a sweet time here and we can all thank Jesus for all He has done to create this flourishing community. Okay, so every year the class puts together a quilt. The students create

  Joshua is back in the building! The students experienced a nice, restful week at home after a long trip in Israel. It was refreshing and re-energizing for most. Now, the students are back to finish up their time in the building. They’ve got a little more than one week left in the Joshua building! For the past couple of days, the students helped serve the residents of Hume Lake’s subdivision by raking the pine

Tomorrow we leave for Israel! This whole week has been packing and preparing for what God is going to do, and what we are going to experience. As I’m reading the gospel of John, it blows me away that we are going to be in all these places that Jesus did these miracles and ultimately died and conquered death for us. Guys night this week was a blast. Harry had an idea that at first

What intrigued me most about Joshua when I first applied were the missions trips and traveling. So far, on every single trip we have learned so much and have seen the Lord do amazing things. I also never want to take for granted the blessing it is to simply live life everyday with my best friends. Sometimes it can be hard to fight the temptation just to ‘get though’ these last few weeks. Just to

This week our Joshua class has been preparing for our big Philippians test that was on Thursday. We recited our final chapter and took a test on the knowledge of Philippians. The test was a pretty confusing for all of us, but the staff was really gracious and humble about it and in the end, the majority of us passed!! All of us were pretty excited to be done with the stress of Philippians and

This past week hasn’t been to eventful in the Joshua building. Students have fallen into a steady rhythm, since they’ve been in the building for a solid month. When they aren’t preoccupied with homework and Philippians, you can often find Joshua students hanging out in the catalyst room or playing boardgames. Recently, the students have gotten their backpacks, packing list, and room assignments for the upcoming Israel trip. All the students (and staff) are pretty

For starters, NO MORE 5ams!!! WE GET TO SLEEP AGAIN!! 5ams were well deserved and we worked hard while doing them… but i don’t think they will be missed much.. at all. We also got our ISRAEL INFORMATION!! Let me just say, everyone is getting SUPER excited about Israel! We got tons of information poured at us and we got backpacks and water bladders! It had tons of stuff inside and I think for most

Right back at you with another JOSHUA BLOG!!!!! This week in Joshua has been a real exciting one. On Thursday afternoon we were assigned 5 AMs!! BUM BUM BUM!!! If you are unaware on what 5 AMs are basically when the staff have seen a lacking in our chores so they decide that all of us do our chores at 5 AM until breakfast at 7 AM, but fortunately they were lifted on Thursday. On

Wednesday night consisted of two things. Movie night and broom hockey. Yes, movies are against our Joshua covenant. The staff decided to let us watch a film titled Denial. We all got cozy and cuddled up on the couches in the great room and watched the movie. It was a sweet time and moving film. Shortly after the movie, we moved over to broom hockey. Broom-hockey is a staple of Hume Lake Winters! Having never

It’s the boys of room 102 comin’ at ya with another blog post. This week we are experiencing our third and final preview, there are about twelve preview students, and it’s been great to have them in the building with us and give them a small taste of what life is like as a Joshua student. Today during SWEEPS in ponderosa kitchen, head chef carl sliced a potato in half with a samurai sword which