Settling In at the University of Nations, Kailua-Kona, HI

God is Good!  God is Awesome! God is really...really...really Good!!!  Jan and I have been given this incredible opportunity to be feed more and more and to give out more and more of His Love and Glory to extend His Kingdom!


We are honored to accept our leader's, Bob and Carolyn Hopkins (pictured here next to us), invitation to Staff the Fall CrossRoads Discipleship Training School here on the campus of the University of Nations, Kona, HI.

Ahn-yung-hah-say-yo!  (Hello! in Korean . . . . . We say that often around here with many wonderful Korean students at U of N)
from Jan and Darrel!

YEA!
We are settling into the routine here at the University of the Nations in Kona.  Serving here on staff for the Crossroads DTS we find challenging and, at the same time, very rewarding.

SNAPSHOP!
The “Fall 2010 Crossroads Class” consists of 50 students, 40 children and 13 staff members.  Our students come from USA, Canada, England, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Korea and China.  Students range in age from 25 to 63 and the children from 12 months to 16 years.  We have 12 families with children, 5 couples, 11 single women, and 5 single men.  

DUTIES!
During the day, the children attend the “Foundations School” here on campus which is designed just for DTS students’ children.  The adults meet for class in the mornings for lecture sessions with a different speaker each week.  In the afternoons, Darrel and I lead small groups, meet with students one to one and also lead outreach preparation classes.  Our duties also include grading students’ journals, grading book reports, CDTS School duty (Jan-Hospitality and Darrel-Transportation) U of N Leadership training, Prayer sessions, University work duty (Jan-Recycle Store, Darrel-Security) and planning & preparation for foreign country outreach.

WHEW!!!
When Jesus said the laborers are few, He was right!  We are all working hard to keep up, doing our very best, and trusting God to send more laborers for the many needs in our world.

PRAY!

• Health and energy for both of us.
• Wisdom and understanding in working with students of many ages and cultures.
• Clear direction in planning for our two month foreign outreach.  More about that soon :-)
  

TAKE A LIVELY ONLINE CAMPUS TOUR!  FUN!!!
http://www.uofnkona.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=188&lang=en

Check out our blog where Darrel is posting many more pics and info:
http://www.lowdersjourney.blogspot.com

Check out our guest speakers (and life coaches) this week, Doug and Valerie Richardson with Reinvent Ministries:
http://www.reinventministries.org

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