DTS was a life-changing experience for me. Everyday I had new things pouring into me whether it was a new idea from a speaker, words and pictures from God or encouraging prayers from people at the base. It was a season of constant growth for me, building me up with scripture and truth and giving me a heavenly perspective of myself and the world around me. I realized how much more God has for me as His anointed daughter and humble servant. My time at Seamill also gave me a greater passion for reaching out and sharing the freedom and love I have experienced in the past six months with others. DTS has been a pivotal season in my faith journey and I'm so excited to see where God leads me as I continue to trust in Him!
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I have tried to put my experience at DTS into words; I have tried to explain it to my friends, to my family. But each time, I come away feeling as if I have not done it justice.
Before DTS, I felt stuck. I had so much fear about my future, fear about making the wrong decisions and such confusion about my faith and what I believed. There was a stronghold of fear of man in my life, but I did not recognize it.
During my DTS, each week, God chipped away at a different part of my heart, a different part of my life. At least once a week, I was on the floor in tears. It was not easy, it was not painless, but it was worth it. He broke away the strongholds of fear; He broke away the strongholds of insecurity. He took me into His arms and reminded me every single day of His immense love for ME.
It was by far the most challenging six months of my life thus far. I was stretched to measures that I didn’t know I could go to. My beliefs were pulled into question and I was challenged to find out for myself what I believed. Jesus was there the whole time, holding me up when I had no strength to stand on my own.
If I could take one thing away from these six months, it is truth. And the fact that no matter what happens, no matter how I feel or what others may tell me, there is truth. And God’s truth always remains. Discovering His truth about me and about my life made a huge impact on me. It changed the way I want to live my life… the way I am living my life. I have a new identity and that identity is rooted in Jesus Christ. I suppose the question now is “what’s next?” truth is, I still don’t know. But I am not afraid anymore. I am on an adventure with my Savior. :P
Sarah Simpson
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This is a book that my parents read when my brother and I were small, and I could recognise a lot of their approach to parenting as I read it. Gordon MacDonald has written several books and I have found them to be stuffed full of wisdom and insight. He is very careful to only write about things that he is living out. He shares stories, both of his successes and his learning moments and helps us think about intentionality in how we steward our family.
During the course of DTS I had a choice, and the choice was to either want the more of God, or stay lukewarm the way I was. I chose to go after God with everything I had, and I saw the miraculous, I dreamed dreams, I saw spiritual things and that was only because I stayed so close to God and refused to let go. He spoke something very clear to me when I was on outreach and it was the word "beloved" but He told me that I needed to let myself "be-loved" by Him and since that day I have been learning to rest in my Father knowing that He loves me and He is closer than I can imagine.
During DTS I was picked up and all the worldly desires were shaken out of me, and now at the other side I can see the glory of God working through my life and how now I want to be serving Him for the rest of my life.
Ian and Deborah Matchett
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Ian and Deborah Matchett are serving with YWAM in Seamill, West Kilbride, and have two beautiful daughters, Zoe and Hannah.
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