Hello all, October 26, 2009
So this week was very interesting. We had our class hermeneutics. The class was really good and I learned a lot on how to read and understand the bible. I did really well on my assignments and I have an overall interest in this topic. We got into lots of discussions and one particular one was on the subject of baptism. Some people believe that you need to be baptised to get into heaven and some people believe it’s an act of obedience. It was a very good conversation and I came out having more open views. On Wednesday night we had youth group and it was pretty fun. I am beginning to really enjoy our youth group. I am getting to know the girls. Again my prayer request is that the girls will listen in our small group time. There is about 1 or 2 that answer all the questions and then the other ones just want to talk and not pay attention at all. So my prayer is that apart from all the fun they will have their desires will eventually change and they will want to actually be involved and listen to the lesson. On Sunday I went to church and let the whole games program for the Jr. Church kids. It was really fun and it was good to get to know some of the kids. They were pretty open and I got the feeling that they just want someone to hangout with and laugh with. They were cute and I think there is so much work God wants done at Warmland church. Tonight I went to New Life for a worship service and it was amazing. There was a portion in it where people just told stories of how God has been faithful to them and it is so encouraging to me hear stories like that. God is so powerful and he really works in so many lives. Thank you again for praying. Please pray for our surf trip for the weather. I am so excited to learn to surf!
God bless you all this week!!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Kaleo Blog #4
Hello everyone,
Well this week was so fun. On Tuesday we went caving and I had never been close to a cave before and I thought I was going to hate it and be scared of bats and spiders, but it was not like that all. I ended up loving it and there were no bats but we got to climb up high in the cave and go down low through small spaces. At one point we were all in different spots of the cave and we all turned out our lights and sang some worship songs. It was so cool and I will always remember that. On Wednesday we had a calmer day to sleep and catch up on homework. Wednesday night I had youth. Youth went well. I think this was the first Wednesday where I was actually able to make connections with some of the girls. It has been slow to make friends with them and let them get to know me because I tend to be shy at first but being a leader at youth I realized I need to go above and beyond and really try to get to know these girls. Steveie G gave a lesson on being a good friend and then we broke off into our normal small groups and we went through questions. Sometimes its frustrating because its only the same people who answer questions and you can just tell the some of the girls are not listening at all and there is no respect even when we are praying. So that is frustrating but I am really praying for my group and hoping that somehow God will reach their hearts and they will want to know more. We played some games after that everyone had a good time at. Then we helped clean up the whole place from all the games and went home. The next day all of the girls went to the old ladies home in Crofton. It was really good to be there. We were able to sing to them and just talk and get to know them. It made me realize how important it is to be thinking and praying for unsaved people especially older people. Sometimes being in a community with all Christians you can forget about non Christians but I am trying to pray for them and we would like to visit these ladies again. This weekend at Qwanoes was the ladies annual retreat. I signed up to serve for that whole weekend where ever they needed help. Turns out they needed help in the kitchen. So Friday night I did dinner dishes and helped bring up food to Clun Cocco for the ladies snack. Saturday I was in the kitchen all day making bread, cleaning up, and getting dinner ready. Saturday night we had to get the ladies snack ready again and clean the whole kitchen. Sunday I missed Church because I was on breakfast dishes and lunch set-up. I did lunch dishes and then I was finished for the weekend. It was definitely a long weekend and it was hard because all of our homework pre-course was due on Sunday and I had to move out of my room and do all my laundry all weekend because of our bed bugs situation which most of you have beard by now. SO, this weekend was very busy but overall good and I praise God we moved out of our rooms ok and all my work got handed in on time. Almost every day I learn something new here and I am continuing to love it. Please pray for me this week as I move back into my room I am really hoping that I won’t get any bites and that I will really enjoy and be able to focus in my Hermeneutics class.
God bless you all!
Well this week was so fun. On Tuesday we went caving and I had never been close to a cave before and I thought I was going to hate it and be scared of bats and spiders, but it was not like that all. I ended up loving it and there were no bats but we got to climb up high in the cave and go down low through small spaces. At one point we were all in different spots of the cave and we all turned out our lights and sang some worship songs. It was so cool and I will always remember that. On Wednesday we had a calmer day to sleep and catch up on homework. Wednesday night I had youth. Youth went well. I think this was the first Wednesday where I was actually able to make connections with some of the girls. It has been slow to make friends with them and let them get to know me because I tend to be shy at first but being a leader at youth I realized I need to go above and beyond and really try to get to know these girls. Steveie G gave a lesson on being a good friend and then we broke off into our normal small groups and we went through questions. Sometimes its frustrating because its only the same people who answer questions and you can just tell the some of the girls are not listening at all and there is no respect even when we are praying. So that is frustrating but I am really praying for my group and hoping that somehow God will reach their hearts and they will want to know more. We played some games after that everyone had a good time at. Then we helped clean up the whole place from all the games and went home. The next day all of the girls went to the old ladies home in Crofton. It was really good to be there. We were able to sing to them and just talk and get to know them. It made me realize how important it is to be thinking and praying for unsaved people especially older people. Sometimes being in a community with all Christians you can forget about non Christians but I am trying to pray for them and we would like to visit these ladies again. This weekend at Qwanoes was the ladies annual retreat. I signed up to serve for that whole weekend where ever they needed help. Turns out they needed help in the kitchen. So Friday night I did dinner dishes and helped bring up food to Clun Cocco for the ladies snack. Saturday I was in the kitchen all day making bread, cleaning up, and getting dinner ready. Saturday night we had to get the ladies snack ready again and clean the whole kitchen. Sunday I missed Church because I was on breakfast dishes and lunch set-up. I did lunch dishes and then I was finished for the weekend. It was definitely a long weekend and it was hard because all of our homework pre-course was due on Sunday and I had to move out of my room and do all my laundry all weekend because of our bed bugs situation which most of you have beard by now. SO, this weekend was very busy but overall good and I praise God we moved out of our rooms ok and all my work got handed in on time. Almost every day I learn something new here and I am continuing to love it. Please pray for me this week as I move back into my room I am really hoping that I won’t get any bites and that I will really enjoy and be able to focus in my Hermeneutics class.
God bless you all!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Kaleo Blog #3
Hi everyone!! October 12, 2009
First off I would like to thank everyone for praying for me and for the weather of our sailing trip. For those of you who did not know, our whole Kaleo group of 28 students boared Monday morning a 138' gaff schooner morning for 5 days. The weather was so beautiful the whole trip. There was one day where the wind was crazy and we hoisted up the sails. It was amazing the whole ship was on a starbard tack(leaning to the right side) and I thought we were going to touch the water but we didnt. The trip overall was really fun and I learned a lot baout sailing the people I was sailing with. One scary funny story that I had to overcome invloved the ship's lifeboats/dories. Most of you know how much I love the movie Titianic and lets just say that being on this old boat for 5 days....Titain came up a lot. But on the second day we anchored the boat and our whole group piled into thses very small dories. I was so terrified. First of all the group leader said she this was the most people they had had ever in these boats and I was sitting on the group because there was no room and this boat was the tippiest thing I had ever been in. And to make things worse the water was freezing and I was in pants, socks, sweater, coat, and hat. So falling in would probably not be the best thing. Anyhow we made it safely there and back but It was very scary and I had to overcome my fear and go in them again the next day!
But all of those fears aside I had such a great trip and I will always remmeber my five days on the Pacific Ocean. This week at Church I didn't really have the oppurtunity to help serve since we missed youth group because of being on the boat. On Sunday it was my turn to stay up in the service and Pastor Scott preached a good message titled "Dragging people tp Christ". It was all about witnessing to people and it reminded me how much I forgot what it was like to witness. Being ere surrpounded by almost always Christians I forgot how much of my life involved witnessing to my friends back home, and this service helped me remeber how even though I am not always around non christiansI can still pray for everyone back at home and for oppurtunities at here. THen after church I was able to help stack up the chairs and take down the church since its in a communtity centre. God blessed us this week with an incredibale trip. Thank you for your prayers, God bless!
First off I would like to thank everyone for praying for me and for the weather of our sailing trip. For those of you who did not know, our whole Kaleo group of 28 students boared Monday morning a 138' gaff schooner morning for 5 days. The weather was so beautiful the whole trip. There was one day where the wind was crazy and we hoisted up the sails. It was amazing the whole ship was on a starbard tack(leaning to the right side) and I thought we were going to touch the water but we didnt. The trip overall was really fun and I learned a lot baout sailing the people I was sailing with. One scary funny story that I had to overcome invloved the ship's lifeboats/dories. Most of you know how much I love the movie Titianic and lets just say that being on this old boat for 5 days....Titain came up a lot. But on the second day we anchored the boat and our whole group piled into thses very small dories. I was so terrified. First of all the group leader said she this was the most people they had had ever in these boats and I was sitting on the group because there was no room and this boat was the tippiest thing I had ever been in. And to make things worse the water was freezing and I was in pants, socks, sweater, coat, and hat. So falling in would probably not be the best thing. Anyhow we made it safely there and back but It was very scary and I had to overcome my fear and go in them again the next day!
But all of those fears aside I had such a great trip and I will always remmeber my five days on the Pacific Ocean. This week at Church I didn't really have the oppurtunity to help serve since we missed youth group because of being on the boat. On Sunday it was my turn to stay up in the service and Pastor Scott preached a good message titled "Dragging people tp Christ". It was all about witnessing to people and it reminded me how much I forgot what it was like to witness. Being ere surrpounded by almost always Christians I forgot how much of my life involved witnessing to my friends back home, and this service helped me remeber how even though I am not always around non christiansI can still pray for everyone back at home and for oppurtunities at here. THen after church I was able to help stack up the chairs and take down the church since its in a communtity centre. God blessed us this week with an incredibale trip. Thank you for your prayers, God bless!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Kaleo Blog #2
Hello everyone, October 4, 2009
Well I have now been here at Kaleo for almost three weeks and I absolutely love it. Tomorrow we are heading off on a five day sailing adventure up the gulf islands. It has been about a week and a half since I have last wrote and since then I have been able to be involved with 2 youth group sessions, helping out with Jr. Church, and helping out with Sunday school. For youth group we all played some games at the beginning then we all had a group lesson on John the Baptist and after I helped out in my small group and went through discussions questions with the girls. Last Sunday I also helped out the pastor's wife with the younger kids in Jr Church. I helped her lead the craft which were science experiments and then clean up after. Today was church again and I went to Sunday school with Stevie-G and helped out with the gr. 5-8 keeping them under control. They were interesting kids. I think one thing I really feel burdened to pray for is a general interest in God from the kids. I would say most of the kids just come to youth and Sunday school because it is a place they can hangout out and eat cookies. It would be amazing if something hit them and they realized how amazing God is and how much they need him in their lives. If you could please pray for Warmland's leadership team which consists Pastor Scott, Ross the worship leader, and Stevie-G the youth pastor. They have a huge job in planning all of the youth and church events and reaching out to a very different community that many of you are used too. A quality that I can already feel developing in myself through this ministry is leadership. With these kids it surprises me how much they need to be told what to do and how little they know about God. During small group I have to step up and answer questions and really try to get them involved. I have also learned not to try too hard with them and just focus on praying for them and becoming their friend and someone they can look up too eventually. God has truly blessed me with an amazing opportunity to be involved with Warmland Community Church. I am learning so much and thank you so much for your prayers. I love it here so much and I feel so blessed to be a part of this school.
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