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Papers and French Presses

Break is coming quickly, and with break coming, so are the all the academic deadlines. Coming up Friday, tomorrow, is the turning in of our first big Hermeneutics paper. The paper needs to be 8-10 pages long; filled with logic and interpretation of 1 Corinthians 3:9-17. As seasoned procrastinators, most of our class has not finished the assignment yet. With French presses filled to the brim and stress levels high, we will voyage deep into

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Fellowship and Shenanigans

T’was 25 days before Christmas and all throughout Joshua not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. The textbooks were laid on the tables with care in hopes that good grades soon would be there. The students were nestled all snug in their chairs while visions of passing tests whirled in the air. I in my cap and Nick in his beanie soon settled down for a long time of study. When all of

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Cruise Night!

Wednesday – Thursday  This week’s speakers were Matt and Grace Berg, the director of Wildwood and his amazing wife. Both of them did the Joshua Program 2011 – 2012. Matt spoke Monday, Tuesday night, and Thursday morning and Grace spoke Wednesday night. They took us through Colossians 3, and talked about sin and the joy of living in Christ. One night we confessed our sin to God and a group of close friends, the next

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Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This last week was filled with wonder and joy :). Everyone either went home or visited a friend’s house to enjoy Thanksgiving. Awhh Thanksgiving…a time where Joshua students eat turkey and can’t watch holiday football. Which is perfectly fine! But, it was interesting when all the students came back to the lodge; hearing how they shared about the covenant and explain the various rules Joshua students adhere to with family and friends. When sharing with

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Our hearts will forever stay in Texas

Blog November 17, 2017 Today is a bittersweet day. We ended the week here at Hungerford and Wharton, Texas with some tears. The people here are amazing. We are blessed to be able to work for God to help them. Our hearts are full of His joy and grace. The big thing that we all have learned is how to humble ourselves. It’s not about us, but instead it’s about Jesus and working for others.

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Pray for Texas

We woke up this morning in our temporary home in beautiful Hungerford, Texas for the second to last work day of the week. We had a delightful breakfast which consisted of eggs, french toast, and bacon. To start out morning we played some cool games that Rachel taught us, that are often played in India! For today’s work, we had a list of three houses and one church that we needed to get through. Upon

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