adventures...

hello all.

well it's been snowy snowy snowy here lately & a lot of it's been melting today, which makes today very wet & slushy but it's been nice to see the sun! 

it's been pretty crazy busy around here. between small groups, one on ones, lectures, worship, outreach prep & everything in between, life's really picked up. we are in our fourth week of this winter DTS & it's been great so far! this week's lectures are on Grace & Holiness, a topic that never gets old. the Gospel is such great news & i love being reminded of it. God's grace is so huge & so good. i know God's spoken to many of the students this week & i feel so blessed to see it happen, to be a part of it, & to have God speak to me as well.

last week Kris (fellow DTS staffer) & i had the privilege of taking a student from my outreach team up to Canada to go renew her passport. (it was my first time to go to Canada.) it was quite a process once we got up to Calgary, but she ended up getting her passport 20 minutes before the offices closed for the weekend! praise Jesus. i want the world to know that i survived the coldest temperatures i've ever been in: -41degrees F! Kris also showed us around Banff, which was so much fun! probably the prettiest place i've ever seen in my life, i want to go back when it's warmer. :) anyway. Canada was sweet, & i like the friends i got to go with.

we are leaving for Salem, Oregon on Saturday for a week of mini outreach. i'm beyond excited to get to go there & do some ministry with these students. we are doing homeless ministry, working in the school district there & a few other things -- i'm pumped! can't wait to tell you guys all about it. so get ready.

that's my update for now. i feel like i left so much out, but that will have to be good enough. thanks for your prayers, i'm still trying to adjust to life here & transitioning from student to staff/leaving home, but God's been teaching me a lot, so that's good. i'm encouraged by all of you & fueled by your support & prayers. y'all are the best. 

love y'all & hope you are all doing wonderful. missing you texans.

email me if you'd like. justdandyy@gmail.com.

xo rae

whirlwind

i'm alive. in montana. & loving it.

i arrived here on thursday night, and winter DTS just started yesterday. so i've survived my first two days of staffing DTS!!! what a whirlwind! this school has 43 students (bigger than usual) & 12 staff. i've jumped right in. even though i feel clueless as to what i am supposed to be doing right now & i'm trying to find my role/place on staff, i just feel so excited & blessed to be here because i know God brought me here.
i am so privileged to get to be serving here & lucky to be a part of what God is doing to make these students world changers & people who will forever impact the kingdom of God because of their time here.
wow. i am so blessed. based on the time i've spent with the students so far, they are a really really awesome group of people & i'm so ready to see what God has prepared for them in these 5 months & for us as staff as well. i believe it is going to be a sweet season. please be praying for us. i am thankful!

thanks for reading, i'm blessed by you!

i'll update again soon, but for now i'm off to go grab some coffee

& then do zoomba with some of the girls...

:)

rae

ps. there is NO SNOW here right now. can't believe it. it's been cold, but no snow yet... 

i'm probably in for a rude awakening here pretty soon. :)