Letters from the TL: Hello Kentucky!

Hello everyone! As you hopefully know, I’ve been in San Francisco since Saturday. Though I have only been at the YWAM base since Monday afternoon. My time here so far has been absolutely amazing. I live in the TL (Tenderloin), on Ellis Street, in the midst of a massive homeless community. There are hundreds of homeless men and women who wander my streets 24 hours a day. There is a church ministry right across the street that takes people in every night. It is actually the one Will Smith stays at for several nights in the movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness”.
I am living in a small apartment on base with five other girls. They are fabulous!
First, there is Ramona. Ramona is our Swiss girl. She is 20 years old. Born and raised in Switzerland, she is tall and precious and has a fabulous accent. She speaks German and brought us a bunch of Swiss chocolate (!!!).
Erica is next. She is 18 years old. Erica is half Italian, tall, dark and gorgeous. She’s super outgoing, trendy and loving. Her bed sheets are pink and she gave Jeremy the nickname of “GQ” because she says he looks like a model. Erica hails from Seattle, Washington.
Carrianne is 20 years old. She’s short with dyed black hair and pale skin. Adorable freckles. You can hear Carrianne’s laugh from miles away; she snorts then gives out huge bursts of laughter altogether. She’s hardcore into Hannah Montana and Zebras. Carrianne is from San Jose.
Sierra is tall, 18, and loud. Darkish brown curly hair. Very outgoing. Vegetarian. She’s super cute, talks a lot and loves her dog. Very sweet. Sierra came to us from SoCal.
Jordyan is our baby and our country girl. Coming in at 17 years old, she is YWAM SF’s youngest student. Jordyan lives on a mountain in California. She wears no makeup and dresses slightly grunge, with huge, tie-dye hippie shirts, massive sweaters and plaid pants. Absolutely unique. She talks like Rebecca Crone.

We have 16 students total: several from California, one from Ohio, two from Washington, one from Canada, one from India, two from Switzerland, and one (of course) from Kentucky. We are all very different from each other and incredibly unique. We all come from different places and different backgrounds but we’re all coming together for one purpose. And that is to spread God’s word in the streets of San Francisco, and then overseas in SE Asia.

This entire first week is orientation so we’re all just getting to know each other, and the staff, and the new world around us. Getting accustomed to the city-life is not that difficult, and all our homeless friends and neighbors are more than happy to help if we have a question. Our storefront is open to the public from 9am to 5pm Monday thru Friday. There’s water, ping-pong, books, couches and chairs, and a piano that all our neighborhood friends are more than welcome to use while the storefront is open. This gives us all a chance to interact with people, make friends, and evangelize.

I am very excited for what God has in store for DTS 2008 and beyond. I miss you all and will update you often. I am very busy so I am sorry if I cannot keep in touch as well as I would have liked.


I love you all!

Love all, Serve all.
LoveLoveLove.