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“Rejoice in the Valley”

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

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Hume Socal!!

What an amazing week it’s been here at Hume SoCal. After the long, winding drive from our home in Sierras to Green Valley Lake in the San Bernardino forest, the last thing everyone wanted to do was “squeeze every last drop of energy” out of us, according to camp director Bob. We were won over, however, by his persistent thankfulness and genuine excitement to see the camp transformed by our hard work.  My assignment for

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A Relaxed, Fun Week

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

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A Week of Ups and Downs

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. 

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First Blog of the Year!

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

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Israel Update!

Hey guys, I am so happy that I can tell you a little bit about my trip in Israel!  This trip is so cool to go to the places where our God actually stepped foot on! I will tell you 3 places in Israel that I have loved going to so far. The first place that has been my favorite that we went to has been the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea has been something

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