This week was so amazing and 100% blessed! So instead of doing my regular Church Ministry this week, ( I did not do that because I was out of town) I did some ministry with people I met around Victoria.  So my week started off with me going to Victoria with the India team. They all went back up to camp but I stayed in town. That night I met up with a guy in my church to go to the gym and the pool. So a friend of the friend I was working out with just so happened to be a young guy that I went to High School with, we had never talked before though. It turns out he did not have much going on that night in Victoria so I told him he should come to my youth group in Victoria. He came by my house to hang out and then we went. After that we went out till the late hours of the night and talked with friends. He and some other people ended coming back to my place and we talked till about 2:30. 

The next night I ended up hanging out with him again! We went to a hockey game that I got tickets for.. Ended up going to play pool and foosball at my old work. Then the really cool thing was that we got to talk to eachother for a long time that night one on one. He really opened up to me about some things going on in his life right now. I really felt that God brought him into my life for that reason, to tell him how good God really is throughout these troubling times. Anyways, it was a great time of building a relationship and getting to talk to people about Jesus! 

We are all God's creation!

After reading the Old Testament all week I am immensely encouraged and inspired! It is so good to realize that we have a creator who loves us. Just going for a walk the other night.. I really began to realize my purpose in life, that God put me on this earth to live in it and walk with him. It is funny that I was living as a believer in Christ for a long time but never got that sense of belief in where I came from. I knew about Adam and Eve, the first people in the history of creation, but I never felt much of a connection with them. They always felt like a completely unrelated people to me, but now I feel totally related to them and I know that I came from them.. It is so cool! 

I took a break from my ministry this week, but I will be going into youth group now for this month. I did go to the Wood families house this weekend after church. They invite us over (all the New Life Kaleo people) one week every month now. Anyway, my time with other Christians has been great lately, I am really enjoying being with them. All in all I am looking forward to getting more involved in the youth.

Another Good Week!

So, I did not actually get to teach my class this week for two reasons. One was that I was not feeling good, and the second was that we actually had too many teachers for our class! It was good tho, as I had some time to just rest this Sunday, after church I had a great day with some friends watching the superbowl. And I met some cool new people too! I have been thinking a lot lately about how we Christians are all family. And what that looks like. I have been thinking that I need to devote my life to my family much more than I am. 

Earlier in the week we went to Missions Fest and I had a great time there. I spent time with my family that I have not seen in years in Vancouver. There was a little bit of judgement there on me being a Christian, some rude remarks. All in all I was grateful to have the chance to see them. I was really affected by Tony Canpolo.. He spoke on how seduced we have been by materialism, made me realize how much I have been. I feel ready to devote my life to sacrifice and missionary work..

Good Week

This week was cool. I had a lot of good time to reflect on life and everything that is coming up in my life. My time in my ministry was really good. I have had a blessed time being with a girl named Lourdess who has recently just finished chemotherapy for Leukemia. She is such a little sweetheart, and she is still very fragile and sick sometimes from her long battle with Leukemia. It is pretty cool, because my Grandma is actually her regular school teacher, so we get to talk about her sometimes and how sweet of a girl she is.. 

We missed out on our lunch with a church family this week because of some schedule issues. But IJM spoke at our church this week and I missed it. It was apparently a very good message, and I am going to get it on DVD. If I could just ask for some prayer support for everything.. Life can be difficult, and I am getting through a lot of stuff right now.. Also pray for my kids in my class!