Well, another week has past. It is amazing on how fast weeks go here. This week we had a Hermeneutics class. We learned how to study Bible and dig deeper into how it was translated. Though it was interesting the class was not. 6 1/2 hours of talking is quite hard for my short attention span. This week was quite stressful. For class we had do a presentation on a book of the BIble. My group had the book James. We decided to talk about perseverance and went into Crofton to interview the people and see what their view was on perseverance. The people in Crofton are classic. The point of interviewing the people in Crofton was to get a worldly view of perseverance and then we interviewed the staff to get a Christian view on perseverance. It turned out quite nicely. Most of the week was spent doing homework and more homework. We are leaving for surfing tomorrow, but pray that we have good waves and that the weather is good. Thank you.
Ellie =D

Howdy,
I have been at Kaleo for a month and two days already! Though it seems to be going slow, it also is going by extremely fast. This week have been a good one. On Tuesday we went caving, swimming and shopping. The caving was unbelievable. We climbed all over inside of the cave, there was no limit on where we could go. Thankfully there were no spiders anywhere, well none that I saw. There were some very tight places where you had to climb on your stomach, which was a little nerve racking, but exciting. Once we were done caving we went swimming at the Nanaimo pool. On Thursday it was D.T.G., which means ditch the genders. The girls went to a nursing home and sang to the cute little ladies. We then went to Chermainus and shopped around. I bought this darling little Shakespeare book, which I was so excited about! The girls then ate at Kristie's house. We played games and had a sharing time. We shared of what kind of blessings God had brought into our lives. It was nice to have just a night with the girls. But in the morning we still had a surprise waiting for us. Kristie and Marissa set up a photo shoot, coffee shop, quiet place and craft room in the basement for us. We went and took crazy pictures with our roomies and then had some coffee. After the coffee we went and had a quiet time with God. And the last stop was making a sign for the boys, showing them how much we appreciate them, because they are the coolest group of guys!
Even though this week has been full of fun things it has also been a gong show! With work, school and other things it has been hard to get everything done that needs to be done. So, if you could please pray that I will be able to find time to do school and that I will understand it, that would be wonderful! Thanks so much =D

Hey there friends!

This week has been quite eventful. On Monday we left for a five day trip to sail on the Pacific Grace. We had the chance to steer the boat, do the sails, and swab the decks. The best part of the ship was climbing to the crow's nest, the view from the top is amazing. God really worked on the trip and brought everyone closer together. We also got to swing off a rope swing into the freezing cold ocean water! The ride on the swing was a blast but the plunge into the water was painful. Getting a nose full of water and your muscles freezing up was quite exciting.

Church is going better. The kids are opening up to us and the people are extremely inviting. Right when you walk in the door there are people there to greet you with a hug and a hand shake. They are looking for a new pastor, so please pray they will make a good decision and look to God for guidance.

Thank you for all your prayers!

Hello,

It has been another week on the island on Vancouver. We started our Spiritual Formation class last week, and it was a wonderful class. I can't explain how much I enjoyed listening to Dr. Penner. We started class at 9:00 and went until 3:30. The first three days us kids had to be in charge of planning a chapel service. It was a great experience, some people did rap, skits and singing. On Saturday we spent 9:00 to 11:00 alone with God. We took that time to just talk or sing to God and read the Bible. Those two hours were so precious. I couldn't believe how fast the time went. At the beginning I thought I wouldn't find anything to do, but once I started praying and praising God the time just flew by.

Last night we had a dance competition. They put us in groups of five and we had to make up dances in 45 minutes. I was on the country team! It was a blast. We have so much talent here. It was great to see some of the shy people bust out and shock everyone =D.

Tomorrow we are leaving for the S.A.L.T.S trip. We are sailing on a ship for about 6 days. We get to take care of the sails, ropes and everything. Everyone here is pumped for this trip. Please pray that the girls get well, most of them are sick. And pray that we have good weather.