Staffing DTS

I can't express how incredible and absolutely life changing it was doing a DTS! It is a discipleship training school, the first 3 months is lecture phase followed by 2 months of outreach. I came to this school thinking I was going to learn how to help people, but what happened was God said to me, Petra I am doing heart surgery on you. GOD stripped me from so many lies I believed about myself and even on how I viewed God. I was having breakthrough everyday and revelation of Gods love and character. I felt like I was getting to know God for the first time, even though I have been a Christian most of my life. God loves us so deeply and desires to spend time with us! He is limitless and beautiful, incredible and compassionate. He is drawing people to his heart and bringing them into there identity as his children. Revival starts in our hearts and that is what God has done in me. When I felt hopeless he gives me hope, when I feel lost he directs my paths, when I doubt who I am he calls out my identity! We are children of the most high God and he is worthy of it all! The passion that has been set in my heart I cannot contain. I now want to help others step into there identity as sons and daughters.

I have recently helped lead a BDS which stands for builders Dicipleship school. We built a tiny home for people in need. It was absolutely incredible to see God working in the young men's lives!

I feel God has lead me to staff a DTS. We recently had floods in Wellington and I feel this was prophetic for my next coming season and maybe for some of yours too. Floods can destroy the things we heavily rely on like roads and bridges. I feel for me this season of staffing is like there has been a flood that has destroyed the things I rely on and what is left is to fully rely on God for my strength, for finances for wisdom. It is a huge step of faith and out of my comfort zone, but I am glad because that is often when we see Gods glory and his strength.

2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me,”My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weakness , so that the power of Christ may rest in me.

I am super excited to staff the school and know God has created me for great purposes. He knew us all before creation and has a special purpose for all of us.