wow.
almost a month has gone by since i last blogged!
being home for Christmas was wonderful. loved seeing all my family and church family! :) miss you all already!
this past week we had class! - theology of mission with Tim Stabell who is a missionary in the Congo. please keep his family in your prayers! i really enjoyed this class and learned so much about the kingdom of God and living out His mission!
This past weekend we went to Missions Fest in Vancouver. There were many sessions and seminars as well as a film festival. I heard Will Graham speak about his grandfather Billy. I watched two films, one about child soldiers in Uganda and one about Rwanda and how hope is being restored there since the genocide. I've always had a heart for Africa and hope to serve overseas and help the poor and oppressed; bring them the hope that we have in Jesus Christ our Saviour!! On Saturday night, there was a youth rally and the International Justice Mission spoke; there is more people in slavery TODAY than ever before. "Death of millions is a statistic, death of one is a tragedy." Who will rise up?! What are you going to do about it?
'... learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.' Isaiah 1:17
On the way back to camp we drove through the poorest postal code area in Canada. There was several homeless people and many are being driven out because of the upcoming Olympics. Please pray for the homeless as well as the Olympics as we will be volunteering there!!
Over the Christmas holiday, a few people from our team that went to Panama(the Rain Makers)went to Mexico and served the people there by building houses. Please pray for the lives they touched there and the possibility of another missions trip with a similar team to Haiti or Ecuador!
this week we are starting another class which is Camp Ministry with Jim Badke!
Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and if you have any prayer requests just let me know!
love always <3
Prayer Request: please pray for me and the other Kaleo students to be disciplined as there is a lot going on in the next couple weeks and lots of homework! thanks :)
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