Calm Before the Storm

Kaléo ministries
This week we were able we were back into our normal routine, except not really. We had youth here at qwanoes along with all the rest of the youth groups in the cowichan valley (except one church). Safe to say no one knew exactly what was going to happen, or how anything would turn out, but it turned out great. The game was fun, the singing was great, and our very own intern, Justin Lenny, was our speaker who did a fantastic job. Yes, it was a gong show, but one that worked.
Last week at church, an old lady that I was sitting next to, said she had a strong’s concordance that she didn’t want, and was willing to give away. This week she brought it and gave it to me, a very useful and nice gift. Don’t you just love old people? I think all three of us had a great time at church today. Katie was in the service and found it a great sermon, Ellie was with the pre-schoolers and found that enjoyable. I was with the 2nd-4th grader class, and that was a fun time with the kids. To top it off, we went to Bethel Tabernacle, to pick up the other Kaléo’s and followed through with an invite to Tim Horton’s from a very generous man from the church.
We had another Olympic meeting this week, which was very short, where we mainly talked about logistics and all that jazz. We also talked about excitements, worries, encouragements, basically just got all our thoughts out into the open concerning the Olympics. We prayed and talked about how this trip is going to be about intentionality. It is going to be much easier on this trip to not be intentional about sharing Jesus with others, and that is why this trip must be intentional.

Kaléo Life
This past week we had been engrossed in schoolwork. We had Jim’s class, Camp Ministry. We mainly were bogged down with our church committee paper, in which we have to write about a church from the standpoint of a missions committee. We also had, and well I guess still do have to read 210 pages of Christian doctrine. It’s all very interesting, and great to learn, but there’s a lot to read! But it’s still fun. I also went over to the Badke’s house about 3-4 times this week, once even when they weren’t there. Let us all thank them for their knowing and unknowing hospitality. Lastly we had our second weekly meeting with Capernwray at Macdonald’s. We’re trying to go back for another Sunday dinner, except with some more people.

Pray for:
1. Olympics, not only leading up to them, but while we are there
2. Ministries here in crofton and in the Cowichan valley
3. Concentration and sponge-like minds for Intro to Theology this week.
4. Guidance for this summer, and upcoming fall semester.