Good-bye to the team

Greetings one and all. Last night we had a great time here at the Joyce's flat. We invited the DTS team to come in and have a prayer time. It was the evening of the last day of their "Lecture Phase". For those who aren't part of YWAM, the Discipleship Training School of which I (Rick) am a part comes in two 'phases' - the lecture phase, and the outreach phase. Each phase is approximately three months in length. Tomorrow, the team will be leaving the King's Lodge to go to a Christian children's festival to work in the ministry teams there. Spring Harvest is a national event that takes place annually. Thousands of kids from babies to teens will gather to have fun and hear the Gospel for a week at a time. Our team will be there for two of the 5-6 weeks that Spring Harvest runs. I and my family have decided after praying that we will not attend this part with the team, but will stay here getting ready for our 2 months with the team out in Turkey. We are getting really excited about the outreach there. So, for now, we are saying good-bye to the team. They will have a great time and have much opportunity to exercise what they have been learning about being missionaries! We look forward to hearing the stories. More later. . .