First, though, let's clear another common misunderstanding up. YWAM-Denver is not in the mountains. It's not in the foothills. It's smack in the middle of a suburban community about ten minutes northwest of downtown Denver. Mountains are visible, but are partly obscured by trees and homes. In my opinion, this is an ideal location, putting us in a position where we can easily access both the mountains and downtown Denver.
The star just northwest of Denver is where the base is.
Lookup the following address in Google Maps to see our actual location for yourself:
12750 W 63rd Avenue
Arvada, CO 80004
Let's now go ahead and clear up another misperception. Our "base" is not a sprawling military-esque complex, a massive collegiate campus, or anything like that. It's a two-building compound, with a small parking lot, a volleyball court, and a few outdoor gathering places, like patio areas, our contemplation pond, and our picnic pavilion. The size of the buildings is quite small; the Admin building is just a converted suburban home, and the main building has the square footage of around three suburban homes put together. That's it! But I won't try to just tell you about it; let's do a tour.
This is a panorama picture of campus take with my iPhone.
From left to right: the pond/city park just outside the base, the smaller Admin building, the parking lot, the larger main building, the contemplation garden, and our beloved volleyball court.
The main building, seen from W 63rd Avenue. This building has all student living quarters, the kitchen and dining areas, several classrooms and study areas, a student lounge, and the childcare area
The other side of the main building, showing the contemplation garden and the main doors.
The Admin building, shown from across our parking lot. This building contains the base offices, and more importantly, our worship center, where we have worship every morning on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. DTS also uses this space as our classroom, so we spend a lot of time in this building.
The lobby of the main building.
The dining room and patio.
Our serving area and extra dining space, with the kitchen off to the right.
The kitchen, where I spend every other weekend preparing meals for my work duty.
Down in the main building's basement now, this is the student lounge. Lots of pool playing, talks about God, and research on that computer bank over in the back. Just to the left of the computers is the hall that leads to my room.
My bunk and personal space in my dorm room. I don't have anyone above me, so I have been able to set up the space to fit my tastes. The towel hanging in the middle and the blanket at the end of the bed are light-blocks. No blanket while sleeping; it's pretty hot in our room, but we have fans going and the windows open, so that cools it off at night for sleeping.
A panorama of our room. It's capable of sleeping twenty, but we have twelve. So much empty space!
So, that's an overview of the base. See you next post!
Chris
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