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Hey everyone, sorry about the long gap in between my posts again...im a busy guy, haha. To start off, for those of you who are friends with me on facebook, you can check out some pictures that i threw on there yesterday. And if you arent my friend...then become my friend and then look at them. And if you dont have a facebook then just bum off of one of your friends and look at them through their facebook...whatever works. So anyway, spiritual warfare last week was AMAZING. I guess our teacher is like famous around the world...so that was pretty sweet. To give a quick example...he spoke at a conferance in a province in China that consisted of 200 Chinese underground church leaders. He was THE speaker for this conferance. He spoke all day long for a couple days. He had to be snuck in and everything...i think thats pretty tight. So thats just a quick example of our teacher. If you would like details on the class, feel free to shoot me an email or phone call and i'll see what I can do. Anyways, the weeks have been flying by. I've already been here a month and it only feels like a couple weeks at the most. I guess that means i'm having a really good time so thats a good thing. I no longer feel like a freshman. I feel like one of the normal YWAMers now which is a pretty sweet feeling. And since we have gotten into the regular schedule it has been harder to find time to get on the interenet. And this past weekend I was sick so I pretty much slept the whole weekend. Well, im out of time, I have dinner prep soon so I gotta run. I'll try and update sooner than next week. C ya everyone!

A busy busy week

Hey guys and gals, I know its been a whole week without a posting on here and I apoligize but it was a REALLY busy week. One of the other schools, the SOME, was in Miami evangelizing for the week so all the rest of us had to pick up the slack on work duties and other items such as that. We also had a few more classes than normal with a few extra things we did. So it was really busy and honestly, when I had some free time I used it to either chillax or sleep. Oh yea, and we had to finish reading our first book by friday so that also took away some of my precious blogging time. But im not gonna go on trying to explain my lack of blogs. Instead i'll actually explain to you some of the things that went on. This past week the teaching was on something called, "The father heart of God." Which was all about God as our heavenly father. It was a pretty intense week that ended with a four hour session dubbed as forgiveness friday. We basically sat in our small groups and forgave everyone who has ever hurt us in any way. We prayed them out loud. It got pretty intense at times as some people revealed some really hurtful times in their lives. So that was this past Friday. Ummmmm this week we are being taught in Spiritual Warfare and i LOVE it. Today was the first day of the teaching and it was amazing. I believe that this is going to be my favorite week by far. Gosh for some reason i cant really think of anything to talk about that happened in the past week although i know that a bunch of stuff happened. Im having a major brain freeze and now i have to go. So sorry about the lack of updates. Ill try and make sure my next blog, which i promise to do within the next 2 days or so, will be filled with stories and details. But now i gotta go...peace!

New week...new stories

Hey everyone! So I heared from a few birdies [who shall remain nameless [brent and lizzy]) that you guys got to hear about my friend demetrius in church. Yea, that was an awesome experience. If you have no idea what I am talking about then just ask one of the named persons above or soemone who attends OCC and they should know about it. Anyways, i'll try and keep you guys updated on that. I hope to work to a point with him that I can take him to church with me. Speaking of church, if you remembered in my last blog I mentioned a church service called status that i was going to attend this week, i promised to tell you all about it. Well we went to it last night and it was AMAZING! Im pretty sure the average age of it was about 25-30. The worship was aweseme and the presence of God was so evident. They sang my favorite song, Mighty to save, and i was pumped. As soon as they broke out into the bridge to start it off i was doing mental fist pumps and smiling as wide as a river freshly flooded after an april rainshower. haha that was so cheesy...anyways, its a really great church and I'm pretty sure i am going to be going there the rest of my time here. Oh yea, and the preaching was really good too. Although i do miss cap'n dubs (Pastor Wayne) sermons a lot. And both dans are pretty good too. ANYWAYS....today we started a new week of classes. The class this week is on Biblical Restoration. Today was really sweet. The YWAM Orlando...head honcho if you will...is teaching on it and he spent our first two hour class telling us his testimony. It is one of the most remarkable testimonies I have ever heard. I felt like i was watching a movie. Later this week i'll tell you guys what I am learning in this class. Today he just talked about how a relationship with God is needed and the different aspects that go into having a relationship with Him. Ummmmmm i cant really think of anything else to say.....oh yea wait....so saturday night all of us DTSers went to downtown disney for a couple hours. Well we were just walking around and we saw a harley davidson store. Well if you remember from my last blog i showed you a picture of John Wayne, the korean. well this is his first time in america so we just had to get a picture of him on a chopper. So i grabbed a leather jacket and he threw it on and jumped up on the chopper. And another piece of information about the chopper...it had an american flag as the decoration on it. So it was awesome! I'll put the picture up later this week for you all to check out. You probably wont appreciate it as much as I did but im still putting it up. Well i think thats all, if i forgot anything i'll just throw it into my next blog. Thanks for spending your time reading my gibberish....BYE!

First week of classes........WOOT WOOT!

YO YO YO! Welcome to my third blog thus far. I would like to thank you for being a dedicated reader of "Natans Musings." As a reward for your commitment, i have included a few pictures at the conclusion of this blog. Anyways, a couple things have happened since my last blog update. For one, we started our real classes on Monday. It has been a really great experience so far. Our teacher this week is Jon Bills. Im not sure if that is how it is spelled but that is how it sounds...so yea, he is teaching on ,"Hearing the voice of God." He has been around for YEARS, so he has so many stories and its been amazing to see and hear all that he has witnessed and been a part of. He has experience so many miracles and all of us DTSers have just been so inspired by his words. On sunday we all attended the church that lets YWAM do most of our functions at. And while it was a rather small church, even smaller than OCC, they really knew how to bust it out during worship. I've never seen so much movement out of a mostly white church. But the worship director reminded me of ray and he even sang some songs that ray usually sings....it was like home away from home. But i dont think i am going to go there every week. There is a church around here called "Status." Its a contemporary church that i heard is really really awesome so I am going to check that out this Sunday and i'll let you all know how that goes. Well im running out of time. I have small group in a little bit so i gotta run back over to the church. Thanks for reading and see you next time!

this is just little old me relaxing at home one night

This is John. He is from colorado. This is him cleaning up in his very attractive apron after lunch one day. He grew up in YWAM bases all over the world.

This is Won-Jon. He is from South Korea. We dont like trying to pronounce that so we call him John Wayne (inside joke) but he is probably the coolest guy i know. He doesnt speak very much english but he is learning quickly. The other day we taught him phrases and words such as, "whats up dawg" "tight" "sick" and other american slang words.

Weekend worship & wackiness

Hey everyone out there in Illinois land! Its now saturday, probably the most lazy day here at YWAM. We dont really do anything so thats why im on here right now. We got up at 9 today to play basketball to work off all that food we consume throughout the week. It was quite fun. But let me fill you in on the activities of the week that are worth sharing. The week ended really really amazingly. The people in my DTS (Discipleship Training School) have really opened up and started to bond. Its been really fun. The first couple of days were difficult cuz everyone was nervous and shy and we all felt like freshman. But the last couple of days have been really good. We have had a really good time just bonding and getting to know each other. But the one thing that i wanted to make sure i shared with you was what we did last night. Let me explain...so there is a secondary school here called SOME which stands for School of Ministry Evangelism which i can come back and to after i Finish my DTS if i so wish to do. But thats a whole different blog that i may write later. So every friday night the SOME students and the staff go to downtown orlando and evengelize to the people there. Well they invited us DTSers to go if we wanted to so i went. We started out by worshiping and praying on the top of a parking garage looking over the city. After that we broke up into four teams and walked throughout the city just praying over the city about the months to come. It was an amazing time and we actually did talk to one guy because he came up to us asking for money for medicine. So we offered to walk with him to the store but as soon as we said that he bolted. But apparently he is around a lot so hopefully we have a chance to talk to him sometime. So last night was amazing and i cant wait till we actually start evangelizing to the people next week. So yea, I think thats all folks. So im gonna hit the road....adios!

They gotta realize that movies from the 90s are NOT entertaining...

YO YO YO Dudes and Dudettes. So its wednesday.....i think....yea its wednesday and this is the first chance iv had to get on the internet. I got a library card at the local library so i can use the wi fi here. WOOT WOOT!!! Maybe ill even check out a book or two...... But anyways, everything is going pretty good down here in sunny and warm orlando. Its so sunny and warm. I like how sunny and warm it is. Did i mention how sunny and warm it is??? I just wanted you all to know how sunny and warm it is. But on the serious side of things, im doing really well and im pretty much settled in and we are starting to get into a routine. Im living in a house with 3 other DTSers and two guys who are leaders. These guys are awesome and have some really amazing stories of how they got to where they are today. They make my past seem boring but whatever....i know david crowder so im set. We actually start our real classes on monday so this week is all orientation so as you probably know, that can get kinda boring at times. Especially today because they decided to show us a couple videos of this old guy talking and it was from the 90s. I'v honestly never been so bored. I felt like i was at grandmas and she was talking to me about her next sewing project. haha just kidding, it wasnt that bad. Today was the first time i've been bored so dont get the wrong idea cuz this place is awesome and im having such a good time. The food is also really good and im pretty sure they are trying to fatten us up cuz all we do is eat. And then when we are at our homes at night....we eat some more. Oh yea, there is a taco bell just down the street........so needless to say, im in trouble. I thought i was getting away from that o so delicious place. I guess im just gonna have to practice self control......lots of it. Well i think thats all for today, ill try and update you guys as often as possible. Peace!

PS. here is my mailing and shipping address. (Cuz i know you wanna send me lots of stuff)

Mail
Nathaniel Lane
C/o Spring 2008 DTS
P.O. Box 620487
Orlando, FL 32862-0487

Pachages
Nathaniel Lane
C/o Spring 2008 DTS
5796 Hoffner Ave - Suite 601
Orlando, FL 32822