BLOG

This week can best be described as a roller coaster of emotions. The week started as normal as any week, with classes and casual building shenanigans. This week our speaker was Casey Groves and he brought a much-needed lightheartedness to the Joshua building. Casey spoke on the three main functions that God made us as humans for: eating, procreating, and ruling the world. Casey also brought unique changes to our normally scheduled activities, like new

Three words to describe this week are unpleasant, heartbreaking, and emotional. Unfortunately, as a JWI student, I would love to write about how every week is the best week ever. However, the reality is that the bad weeks will come. The good news though, is that communities grow exponentially in the valleys. As Brian Holland, who is our speaker, expressed this week, “Rejoice in the valleys, for that is where you will grow; the mounts

This week was a more relaxed and fun week. On Monday we got to meet another catalyst couple. Their names are Dearle and Becky and they also brought their fun daughter Claire. Since we didn’t have a speaker this week that time was filled with optional prayer time with the catalyst couple. I really enjoyed that time to pray with some of my other classmates. I would recommend if this program is something you are

Although it’s been a week of highs and lows for me personally, feeling the cool air warm and the thunder clouds pass has been a true blessing for everyone this week. Last weekend, many of us woke up to the booming sounds of thunder and crashing rain set off by lightning every few seconds (not an exciting sight for the people walking down at 5 am), sending awe and a little fear through those awake. 

Hi guys! It is Mary here! This weekend here at Joshua was amazing and full of fun memories already being made. A couple of us had work off this weekend so we got to go down the hill to Fresno to run some errands! Ethan, Jakob, Isaac, Lily, and I all got to go to Chik-fil-A in which we met Ethan’s parents there! After we all ate and hung out together, talking with Ethan’s mom