Our first week - Orientation week

The first week of our DTS has been a busy week. Our days have been a variaton of this:

• Breakfast at 6.50 am
• Quiet time at 7.20 am - spend alone time with God - reading the Bible, praying, journaling etc
• Worship and devotion at 7.50 am 
• Orientation at 9.00 am
• Lunch at 12.30
• Break at 1.00 pm - not really a break cause we are going to read the entire Bible during our DTS.
• Dinner at 5.30 pm
• Bible reading at 6.30 pm
• "Get to know you" at 7.00 pm - Get to know some of the staff members and 6 of the students
• Go to bed at 10.00 pm

On friday we had a bonding day in NYC. We spent the entire day going from one thing to another. Miracously Ane made time to do some shopping as well!

NYC Taxi

Ground Zero

NY by night

Ane and her two room mates

Fun fact: Did you know that all YWAM staff are supported from the outside and no one gets a sallery trough YWAM? Even the founder!

Today's activity

Caught by a tornado

Picture from Brooklyn taken by a New Yorker

Ok, we admit that the headline is a bit tabloid, but last night we got stuck on Manhattan for several hours due to a tornado. Luckily, the tornado did not pass Manhattan, but it passed both Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. We were supposed to take the train back to Long Island at around 19, but didn't get home until 00:30 due to damages on the railroad.

Ane with her brother and sister in law; Kristen and Jocelyn

Appart from that we had a great day in the city, where we met up with Jocelyn and Kristen. Today we're just relaxing at the base, since we have had two days in a row at Manhattan. We've just been out running, and now we're planning on going out eating. 

Ane posing in front of a Visit Norway poster

That's it for now. School is starting on sunday, so more updates will probably be posted in not to long.

Finally there!

At the airport in Reykjavik

Just a short update from us:

Last night at 9.30 pm we arrived at the YWAM base in Smithtown, on Long Island. The start of this journey was long, but it went well. We had a good night sleep, and are now ready for our first day in New York. Today we will probably meet up with Ane's brother and settle in.

Off to New York :-)

Tomorrow is the big day, when we are finally off to New York! For the next 6 months we will be staying in the US, doing a Discipleship Training School (DTS) through Youth With a Mission. We're doing something called a compassion DTS, with a main focus toward adults and children with special needs, as well as human trafficking. You can read more about the DTS that we're doing at http://ywamny.org/

Right now there is some packing that needs to be finished, but we just wanted to let all of you know that we hope to update this blog regulary so that everyone interested can follow us here. We are thankful for everyone praying for us!