Hello, Joshua Blog! I thought about what to write for this week for the blog, and my heart honestly doesn’t know what to write about. The Lord has been working abundantly in my heart and making himself abundantly present, yet here’s some thoughts from Christmas break when I was really struggling in my Christian walk. I am learning that my faith is mostly a facade. It is nonexistent. My faith and trust in God is out
Hey everyone! I would describe our last week before our spring break as both peaceful and penetrating.I came off an amazing weekend training with some of my Joshua siblings at the ropes course formy High Adventure Guide job this summer! It is a blessing to be a part of the community ofHume Lake, in such a beautiful place of God’s creation. The weather this week was an amazingaddition, with the temperature reaching up to the
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