Hello everyone, I am so excited to announce that in less than 4 days, we will be reaching our 4 month mark of being at JWI. This week has been filled with so much joy, from hanging out with preview students, hearing Erik Thoennes speak, studying out of Philippians, and finishing up our first semester classes. This week was the first time this year for young adults who are interested in JWI to come up
Hi all, This blog is going to be a little different because I won’t be describing my time at Joshua in the building. Instead, I’ll be sharing about my break spent at home! So here it goes… Overall break was a pretty positive experience. I got to spend time with friends and family and I celebrated the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ in many ways. I stayed with my grandparents at the beginning of
Friends! Can you believe that it is already time for another program break!? By Friday evening, The Joshua Lodge will be empty once again as we students all head off to various places for Christmas! There has been no shortage of festivity in the past week, and may it continue! We had no speaker with us, so life around here has mostly been classes and community time—but with our evenings free we have been able
Dear friends and family, This is my second time writing for the blog and we’re now about three months in. I can’t believe how much has happened in just 90 days! This week was an exciting one as we were looking forward to the theme night we had all been waiting for, formal night! Before I get into that I want to tell you how the rest of the week went! Sunday was definitely
With Thanksgiving break behind us, the lodge is now gleaming in the full splendor of Christmas! From ornaments dangling off Morty’s antlers, to our twelve-foot Christmas tree, to snow falling on the first of December—all seems magical. You can rest assured that we here at the Joshua Wilderness Institute are making full use of this advent season, as we ourselves were the ones decorating the lodge, and have joyously begun to sing praise of Jesus’
I had a moment this week where I felt sad to be leaving for break. I am so excited to get on a plane and see my family back home, but I have grown to love and cherish my time with everyone here. Though we are all excited about the break, this was an enjoyable week in the building. We had Cory Fenn as our speaker and he did a fantastic job of laying out