Faith, Hope & Love

Hello There,
So this week has been a pretty laid back one. We had a Camp Ministry course on Tuesday then later on in the week we had the opportunity to go back to S.A.L.T.S. to help them set down for the winter. So we went to Victoria and were able to hang out and help out by sanding the different masts, dories, and paddles. It was such a great day getting to build better relationships with fellow students as only half the school went at a time (so we went the first day then the 2nd day the other half went). On Friday I went to youth in Cowichan Lake which was quite sweet. I felt more of myself as I've been having difficulty letting my personality shine through at youth. It was super nice as when we were doing the games, I felt like the girls started to connect better with me as they started to pick me in the games often and I felt apart of their circle of highschool friends in the best possible way. Sherri spoke at the end of the night and gave a devotional about Peter walking on water and then we broke off into little groups and I had a group of 3 other teens and we talked about having faith in Jesus in times where we look around and get scared of what's happening around us. Two of the girls opened up and shared about their certain situations which was really incredible how they let me into their life yet so heartbreaking at the same time. I can't imagine the different stresses these girls have that should not be happening to them but because of parental issues they are carrying so much baggage that is not theirs to carry. At the end I was able to pray for them about their situations. Its crazy how many of these teens have been so willing to open up and share about what's going on in their life. I feel just so unworthy to be hearing these stories and so humbled when it happens. I've been having a hard time since being at Kaleo really spending those times with God and finding my strength in Him and here at youth and even here at Kaleo people have came to me for advice or for someone to talk to and I just feel like I have nothing to offer, that I'm all spent. It's been very comforting that through my inconsistency God has been gracious and has been helping me in these situations. Basically I would just really appreciate it if you would pray for me. Pray that I would be able to seek God with everything and be able to surrender everything. I'm at a point where I need to seat God on the throne in my life and knock me off, it's something I have been having to do continually and I know it is a continual thing so prayer that I would be able to do this and grow deeper in my love of Christ and be able to accept his love and trust him would be great. For the kids if I could get you to pray that they would know the love of the Father and that God would continue to speak through our youth leaders Michelle and Sherri as well as our Kaleo team going there that would be equally great. This next week we are taking Hermeneutics by Merrill Dyck which should be a interesting course and I am looking forward to being assisted and challenged on "How to read the Bible for All it's Worth". Thanks once again for all your support!