Hi everyone!
hello from 4,000 miles west! I am in B.C. and I love it. I have really enjoyed my time here so far. Our team of 28 students our amazing people that I can't wait to get to know more. We have been blessed with solid godly leaders. Thank you so much for your prayers, I am so excited to see what God has planned for this year. Part of of our year involves serving in a local church. The church that I chose is called Warmland Community Church and it is located in Crofton. Warmland is a very different style of church. It is held in a community centre and is very geared to non-Christians. We play some secular music to encourage people to come to church and to make them feel more at home. Church is not about the type of building it is about the message that we are trying to get across. Our first Sunday was there today and it was different but very good. Today we were not involved so much in our ministry because the pastor wanted us to experience a real sermon there. We talked to some of the members in the congregation and got the feel of the church. We also had to help stack the chairs because it is in the community centre. It is now Thursday and last night I had the opportunity to be involved with Warmland's youth group. We had a get to know you night which was really fun. The kids that go to warmland are very different then kids that I am used too, so I think God is really showing me that I need to love the difficult kids and treat them the same as I would easy to get along with kids. I feel burdened to pray fro the girls in my small group, they are all in grade 6 and they seem very distracted from God and my prayer is that by the end of this year they will know God and his love so much more. Overall, this first week of Kaleo has been so amazing and I have already been so stretched out of my comfort zone, whether it was climbing a mountain to being involved with a non traditional church. I am so excited to see what God has in store.
Talk to you next week!
God bless and thank you for all your prayers!
