December 7, 2009

This week was a very relaxed time for me and also very fun. We got to have our chirstmas dinner which was really fun for me because it felt like the first real sign of christmas was finally here. Everyone was dressed up nice and fancy and the food was amazing. Right after that was the kaleo talent show which was super cool. Me and Caroline were chosen to plan it even though we were probably two of the worst people for that job. But it all worked out all right and the talent show actaully turned out pretty good I thought. This day was really full of events. Before we had our dinner and talent show we went to get a christmas tree which was an awesome adventure. The main event of the week was definantly the youth conference in Vancouver. I didnt end up going but we had some great times here at camp too. I felt like I got a lot closer with the 8 people that stayed because I had all day just to hang out with them. We went to Victoria one day where I got to meet up with my friend who goes to UVIC. We all had a sweet group hangout every night and watched a movie or something and just really got to know each other a bit better. I have been really busy lately with homework and other things and havent had a lot of time to spend some personal time with God. But a couple times this last week I have had a chance to get some alone time and come to God about a lot of stuff that has been on my mind. Overall this was an awesome week. This will be my last blog till after Christmas so have a very merry one! byebye

November 30th

This week at Kaleo was pretty much all filled up with Foundations of Church Ministry Class. I thought that this was a really cool class. I found it very easy to pay attention becuase everything that we talked about was stuff we can actaully apply to our own lives. We can use what we learned to look at our own churches both back home and here at kaleo. Both of the books that we read were really helpful for this. Although I didnt agree with everything that was said in them they were very observant of the problems and various aspects of the church. I feel like I have a better appreatiation for how sweet my church back home is now after reading all about the problems that so many other churches have. I learned not only a lot about my church but also a lot about myself this week. I learned about the things I should be doing as the bible commanded in my own life. I really learned about what we should be doing to evangalize to the community and how important it is that we do this. During a lot of chapels we often hear peoples testimonies. A couple weeks ago i thought that I might be ready to share mine. So i was said next time it is one of those awkward ones where no one talks for 10 minutes and jim has to say "out loud" i would share mine. Then one of those days this week jim asked who was sharing today and it started getting quiet/ awkward. I was kinda wishing someone would share really quickly but then i just decided it must be the time for me to share. I was super nervous! I felt like i was in a vortex of fear for a while looking at the ground 98% of the time and i forgot a couple of things but I am so glad that I shared. I got to get a lot of stuff off my chest that I had never told anyone before. And I have never shared my testimony either so it was a really great experience. Everyone here is so awesome and supportive and genuinely interested that i felt really good after i shared and was encouraged and got prayed for by my awesome roomies. And that wasnt even the end. Then I got tons of hugs on top of that which are definantly in my top ten favorite things in the world. It was just a great experience and an epic week. Anyways, byebye untill next week.