Hello!!

IF you are reading this, it is because you know a student at the World Race Discipleship & Leadership Training Academy (WR DLTA). As the WR DLTA manager, I want to take this opportunity to explain what DLTA is and why we exist so that you can better understand how you can join them on the journey and why you should!

World Race DLTA exists to develop mature disciples of Jesus Christ who are activated in their calling and purpose in the Kingdom of God.

This is our goal!! We begin by building a solid foundation in understanding and interpreting Scripture. This piece of discipleship is so neglected in our ministry! Almost none of our students come in with the Hermeneutics or even Inductive Bible study skills. It is one of the fundamental pieces of discipleship that is neglected with our youth, and we work hard to give them the opportunity to grow considerably in this by taking a college level hermeneutics course.

From here we spend time building what I call “Discipleship 101” tools. Students receive and use the tools themselves and then are likewise equipped to pass those on to whoever they disciple in the future. These tools include:

• Understanding and solidifying identity in Christ
• How to actually forgive and release others
• How to recognize sin and repent readily
• Identifying and breaking habitual and generational sin patterns
• Overcoming fear and anxiety
• How to identify emotional/relational wounds and receive healing from Jesus
• How to identify spiritual oppression, be set free, and set others free

We also train students in wholistic living so they improve their “adulting” skills and ability to care for themselves by:

• Training in physical, emotional, spiritual and relational health
• How to create healthy habits and rhythms
• Living in community
• Having to grocery shop and manage a budget (many of them for the first time!)
• Finding ways to serve others in everyday life with required service hours
• Training in financial planning from a professional!

Finally, at the end of all this we explore what the Kingdom of God is and what their role might be in the Kingdom. We spend a lot of time in reflection on the things that stir their hearts, what skills they have (or need to pursue), their natural gifts, and aspirations in the Kingdom. They finish the semester with a Capstone project where they are able to explore what they perceive their calling to be and we take time with 1-1 Coaching at the end of it to evaluate and help them make a plan for the future.

Students are also given lots of opportunity to grow in their leadership skills by:

• Leadership roles within the class and their community
• Leading a retreat to care for one another during the semester
• Leading a service week (sometimes local, sometimes we travel regionally for this). They are responsible for handling details and executing a week in service to others!
• Required presentations and other teaching opportunities
• An optional leadership club where students dive into leadership skills that will serve them the rest of their lives!

Now that you have a better understanding of what it is we do, in case you are not already convinced, this is why you should invest in a DLTA student:

Our students are passionate disciples of Christ. They want to serve Him with their lives, but they don’t always know how to do that. At DLTA we are helping them build a boat. They need a vessel that can weather the storms of life that come their way and still hold on to Jesus. They need to repair any holes in the hull of their soul. They need to know how to open up their sails to have the Holy Spirit move through them into a world that needs the light of the Gospel. And they need a map, or at least a compass, to direct them to the places they can partner with God to see the Kingdom come to earth as it is in Heaven.

Investing in a DLTA student is investing in their impact in the Kingdom for the REST OF THEIR LIVES. Every life they touch will be directly impacted through the time they took to build their boat. We hope that you, as an investor of a student, will understand the long term significance of your investment. And we hope that you, as an investor, will encourage them in their journey. That you would pray for them, because this important work is not only difficult, but the culture and the enemy do not want seafaring vessels taken to the ends of the earth. But we are here to build boats and send them out: whether across the street or around the world.

Will you partner with your student by investing in their time at WR DLTA?

His Kingdom Come,
Holli Scott
WR DLTA Manager
Adventures in Missions