24/7 Week of Prayer: God has done some amazing things in such a short week. He has shown me the power of prayer and how significant it is in order to grow stronger, to be honest and real with people and God; having a strong prayer community; amazing conversations; and surrendering yourself. I was really challenged with God. I felt that i had passion in my prayers rather then just praying for the sake of talking. I meant what I said when I would pray. I also felt really challenging when praying with others. It was peacful and refreshing. 

Extreme Makeover- Church Addition: Warmland Community Church just bought the old hardware building in Crofton to build new offices for the board. A couple of us walked over to help. It was really cool to see the majority of the church helping eachother out and committing to something that is striving towards the betterment of the church. God is doing wonderful things in that church. I love watching it grow. 

This week has tought me a lot about perseverance, struggles, joy, peace, surrendering, confidence, contentment, community and love. I am so thankful for what the Lord is doing in my life. I feel like a new person. I am just so excited to come home and talk with you and tell you about my new life. 

This week we are starting our last class of the semester. Church Ministry. It is really cool already. The class has really asked some challenging questions about the church, questioning certain motives of certain churches and so on. This will be a good class. 

Malayne

Jr High Retreat: I worked another full weekend in the kitchen for the Jr. High retreat. Chopping, slicing, stirring, and frying eggs are now my specialties. :) Im pretty much a professional cook. I deffintly do not give the kitchen staff enough credit when it comes to cooking for 150 kids. They are amazing people and they are serving the Lord in such an awesome way. 

=Wating for Jenna in the car 

READING BREAK!: I love reading break!!...a bunch of people left for the week so there is only about 9 of us here. We all went out to BPs (including camp staff) last night for a wonderful dinner. Good stories and good laughs. We mainly have been watching movies and eating. (Media fast? i think not!)...When your on reading break, the main focus should be catching up on your studies. I have failed to do that so far. But i have learned my lesson not to leave really important assignments to the last minute. I will get on that tomorrow haha....

                                                                                          

MISSION DECISION!!: I have failed to mention to my fellow readers what missions trip I have chosen for next year! I have decided to join the Vancouver inner city team!! This trip contains of 12 days, 5 people, Godly hearts and vulnerbility. The Victoria trip kind of gave me a taste of what we will be doing in Vancouver. I am very excited. I just want to go and do. (be his hands and feet). God has really been putting excitment on my heart. I am excited to learn, to live, to do, to love and to do so much more! 

Thank you for everyone's prayers. You all are in my thoughts as well. Keep safe, keep healthy and have a great week. Talk to you soon. 

Malayne

HERMENEUTICS!...We just ended our second class of the year this week. It was a very interesting class. It is all about iterpreting the bible, picking apart what certain scriptures mean. Basically reading it for all it is worth. The class was very dry but at the same time very challenging and meaningful. It gave me a greater perspective of the bible and how to truly read it and apply it. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN?...Warlmand Community Church hosted a halloween party for the local kids. It was a really cool opportunity to hangout with the kids of our youth group to get to know them a little more. At the end of the night a few of us girls went the store and bought a big bag of candy and handed out to kids that were still trick or treating. It was really fun. Apparently there is a lot of illegal fire works that go on during the night, so we were kind of patrolling the town...catching the little hoolagins..

The Streets of Vic....Half of the Kaleo group had been given the opportunity to travel to Victoria for the day with a few back packs full of socks, jackets, sleeping bags and food to give to the people living on the streets. It was such a cool chance to talk to these people and really engage them with great conversation about the Lord. We were split up into groups of three or four and each took a different route around the downtown area. It took us a while to actually find someone that was 'approachable' as in not asking for money or playing instruments. We eventually sat down with a guy and his girl friend in the park. His name was wayne or "peak East" as he called himself..(whatever that means) The first thing he said to us was, "Are you guys apart of some organization?..You look very unified"...

Wayne talked about his travels around the world, how he was in a rock band for most of his days, and what life was like on the streets. He talked so much that we barly got a word in haha. but it was great to hear what he thinks of the world from his point of view. We eventually gave him some food and parted ways..

This experience gave me a whole new outlook on poverty. These people are not just street people. They ARE people and they have stories of their own. They want to be heard by anyone that will listen. God showed me comfort from these people. I was too much of an ignorant person to the situation at hand before. I had been afraid to even look at a street person yet alone talk to one. But i walk away from this experience smiling and thanking God for everyhthing he has blessed me with.