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Snow, Celebration of Discipline, & the DR

Update on the weather: it has barely stopped snowing since Wednesday morning and it’s amazing. Wednesday morning, we found a small ceramic chef that came out of nowhere just sitting in the split hall and scaring lots of people. A good handful of students were already out and about because of 6 AMs and breakfast KP so at least the girls got a nice scare early in the morning. The day went on as a

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That’s It!

This has been a week that feels like forever. We have the ever looming day of departure for the Dominican Republic. The excitement and anxiety are every present in our group. We are beyond excited to go, but also very aware of the fact that we have no idea what to expect or to not know what God has in store for us. Fellow classmate Simone leans more to the excited side because in her

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Prep for the Dominican Republic – Part 1

♪Friday morning rain is falling♪ and the rest of the weekend and following week and probably forever. Everyone in the building is stressed about Philippians but excited for the weekend. This past week everyone was consumed with memorizing Philippians and trying not to get 6 A.M. consequence. Unfortunately, some people didn’t pass but they weren’t too upset about 6 AMs. After passing (or not) people began working on the next test on Monday… Isaiah test

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Fred Blackburn & Philippians Chapter 2

Wednesday was just another normal day, except it was the last day we had preview students in our room. Breakfast was the normal, exciting, cold continental complete with cereal, fruit and bagels. After breakfast, devotionals, the day went on as usual. The preview students went home right after lunch, while we were preparing for the book discussion. At the beginning of lunch, we received word of having a family meeting, which has always been a

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A New Year!

Hey, everyone, Just checking in to give all you fine folks an update on life here at Joshua. We got back from Christmas break last week and things have been super hectic. It was great coming back to the building and seeing everyone again. As much as we appreciated the time at home, it’s great to be back. Upon our return to the building Thursday evening, we ate dinner and then received our work assignments

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A Pause Family Christmas

What a wonderful life…it’s been a hectic week here at the Joshua building. All of us students and the staff are getting ready for the long hall/ hibernation over winter break. So Wednesday was the big day: Old testament, theology praper, Ragamuffin Project— surprising glitter project, and the grand finale of the Christmas dinner and Ginger bread competition. Old Testament was awesome!! We learned about the Bible’s 2nd love story Ruth, Naomi and Boaz and

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