Week 2 in the , surrounded by the Amazon Jungle

And now, the second week of the rest of my life has begun....
Two weeks into the DTS now,(Discipleship Training School) It's a bit different than I originally thought. But I knew it wouldn't be exactly as I expected. I'll give you a few examples. First, I thought I would be sharing a dorm with about approximately 6 guys. In reality, I am sharing a dorm with every guy here. Not just DTS students, but also all of the male staff. The living arrangements will take a bit of getting used to. But so far, I am getting along great with all of the guys. They all seem pretty cool.
Second thing that's different from my expectations is the amount of free time. Not much free time at all. We have quite a bit of homework, so most of the free time that I have is spent reading or writing. I will say that so far, I don't really mind all of the work. The classes are very interesting and, in my case, are needed.
Each week we have a guest teacher. This week, our teacher is Don Riling, a pastor in (or from) New York. I don't know much about him. (He just started teaching today) I had a conversation with him over lunch today. He seemed like a very sincere, godly man. Sometimes when you meet people, they ask you about yourself, but you can tell that they don't really care. I could tell when I told him a little about myself, he was genuinely interested. In my opinion, that says a lot about a person. ( I also think that I'm not very good at that)
This week, he is teaching on Intercession. The first class was great. I can't wait to start again tomorrow. Another cool thing is that he uses stories about his son during his teaching, and he brought his son, Brent, with him. Brent is also pretty cool, seems like his dad raised him well.
Oh a few other things that I forgot to mention: I ate alligator, cow heart, and some sort of grilled worm. The alligator and worm weren't very good. But I really liked the cow heart.. As a matter of fact, I think I might go eat more sometime this week.
Thats about it. For those that are wondering, God is really moving down here. I am excited to see what He does over the next 5 months and 3 weeks. I miss most of you guys.. :)
Mikie Faulkner