We've had an amazing week here at YWAM Lausanne.

Maureen Menard was our teacher for the week, and she taught on the Holy Spirit.  We spent most of the time studying scripture in the Old and New Testament, as well as hearing stories about what God has done in her life.  While she does believe and taught about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, she thinks that most people forget about the main role of the HS, which is to work inside of us and draw us closer to God the Father on a day to day basis.  All of the information is too much to write in a blog, but we'd be happy share more via e-mail or in person when we return!

Below is a picture of our base, and the hotel we are living in.  We may or may not have mentioned that there are about 30 people in our DTS.  (You can view their pictures by clicking HERE)  There are three other schools happening.  "Introduction to Biblical Counseling," "Introduction to Communication and Design," and "Sprungbrecht."  All together, there are about 150 people living at our base.  The Sprungbrecht school, which is high-school age students doing a mini-version of our DTS, left on Thursday for 5 weeks of outreach in Cairo, Egypt.

On Saturday, we explored the city of Lausanne.  As we were running to catch the metro in to town, I (Jake) got on the train with Lauren close behind.  The doors began to close, and I tried (to no avail) to keep them from closing with my leg.  A few second later, the train was speeding away with Lauren stuck at the station.  All of this after Lauren had warned me three times not to get on the metro without her.  Back home this wouldn't have been a big deal, but things are entirely different with no cell phones!  Luckily, we were able to find each other at the next stop.

Lauren is planning to write more mid-week, so check back!