The first day here I had got assigned to a dorm and my two roomates showed up a little while after me. Their names are Jesse and Jayme. We get a long great. They are amazing girls. The first night we played a "get to know eachother game." Kind of an ice breaker type thing. There are 14 guys and 13 girls as students this year and we a have a huge Qwanoes staff team that are here year round keeping the camp in good condition. We as students help around camp when retreats come. (working in the kitchen, doing maintenance, working on the challenge courses etc..)
I have already been "adopted" by a local chruch in Crofton (We are just five minutes outside of town.) About 6 of us out of Kaleo are attending. All of us got split into different groups and are attending different churches around the Crofton area. My Church is called Warmland Community. It is not like your usual everyday service. It is ment for non christian people, so Scott (the pastor) and the members make the church feel really welcoming, comfortable and opended to people who do not yet have a faith. I am really liking it so far. The youth group that they run is on wednesday nights for grades five through seven. The kids come from broken homes and are not very wealthy, but have good hearts. They love Stevie-G (the youth leader) and love what he does. I have only been once so far. I' am really excited to be apart of that church and I can't wait to be apart of what God is doing there.
As a form of getting to know eachther more and a heck of a challenge, our team climbed 7000 ft high to the top of a mountain!! it was a 34 km hike totalling three days to complete. We were split into groups of five. It was such an amazing experience seeing everyone work together and support eachother. A lot of us were struggling to get up that mountain, but we did it. You could really see people's hearts and how much we all care about eachother.
My Hiking Group
Jayme and I
Yesterday we had to write a letter in our Journals. The entry had a bit of a twist. Instead of writing the letter to God from myself, we had to write it from God for myself. It deffinitly made me think about what I need to change in myself to become a better leader. I loved that I could express myself and show who I really was in four page paper.
So that about covers all of the fun filled events that is happening at Kaleo. Right now we have a big group staying for the weekend, about 275 people, so please pray for strength to get through the weekend. It will be hard work, but i am excited to serve.
Thank you all coming to my blog. i hope you enjoyed yourself. The entries will be a little different for now on and i will give you guys A LOT more to pray about haha.
I miss all of you and looking forward to seeing you at christmas
God Bless
Ps. sorry for the spelling and grammer erros. this program does not have spell check!!!
ahaha Oh May. keep up th blogs imma bookmark and check periodically.
haha Bruce!!! yay im glad you are my first comment!!! I will update every monday!! haha
Hey kayak buddie, how is everything? let me know as soon as you get a phone so i can call. seems so long since the hedge hogs could attack....... anyways
malayne I really enjoyed your first blogg note. God is doing a wonderful work in all of you. What a terrific experience and opportunity to grow.
You are in my prayers daily.
love you Sweetie,MOM
Sue Chase would like to be on the list.Can you add her? kerusse@telus.net
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