So.. I arrived to the base on Sunday September 17 of 2006..
A staff girl named Tina brought me to my new room.. it was full of unknown girls! I felt SO intimidated..
I did not know how to speak to them.. they were all from US and Canada.. I was the only Spanish speaking girl there! I did not know English AT ALL.. well I knew High School English, but its nothing to do with the actual language.. Tina told me that all of the students were in the base already with exception of the two guys that were coming from Minnesota.. the girl named Amy was going to be picked up from the airport that evening.. and we were expecting the guy to come later that week because he had flew accidentally to Monterey, CA insted of Monterrey, Mexico. So he had to wait until his parents fixed the whole thing.. his story was hilarious!!
That night, we had our first meeting with the staff and our leaders.. They presented them selves to us and told us the rules and the process we would be going thru. That first week we would be going to "La Quinta" to have our introduction week. Were we would know each other and have a few little classes. On Monday, Jon the guy who had been lost.. came and we met him.. then Tina and Pepe (staff members) took us to a tour in Monterrey.. it wasnt new for me! haha..
I was going completly crazy that first week! No one of the students knew how to speak fluent Spanish.. just this one girl from Idaho.. her name is Sarah. She was the only one who was practicing her college Spanish with me and we could not understand each other sooo good. But we tried. It was fun!
That week went by so fast.. I was kinda frustrated because of the language barrier but at the same time so excited seeing what God was going to do.. Eventhough I felt intimidated.. we all became a family..
There were 2 guys from Canada.. Ahsley and Josh. 10 from the states: Jon and Amy form Minnesota, Sarah from Idaho.. Bobby, Heather and Bekah from Virginia.. Jill from Wisconsin, Nathan and Maribel form Texas and Liz from North Dakota. And one pretty girl from Mexico.. Me, the youngest one!
The first week of class was named: "How to listen God's voice..." it was awesome! God talked a lot to us in that week we were impress in how God was moving in that class room that very first week..
I am never going to forget the time were we were in our intersession time and it was time to choose the place we wanted to go for outreach.. I terribly felt a passion for Asia and Thailand was one of the options.. So I decided to go to Thailand..
God was doing so much in my heart.. I started to see His hand in my life in an awesome way..
Ron Wilson, the worship leader in that DTS had invited me to become part of his team.. playing the piano! I was sooo excited because te piano had been one of my passions.. and after I left the worship team in my church I thought I wasnt going to play anymore.. But I was wrong!
