This week of Kaleo we had a 24/7 week of prayer. We set up one of the rooms to be the prayer room for the week. Each day someone would have an hour slot to pray and to have some down time with God. It was pretty awesome. There was something like this at redeemer last year but i never went. This was really refreshing for me. My devotional life was really lacking prior to this week. It was good to have a set time. I want to take that hour and expand it into the weeks ahead. I hope to set aside more time in prayer and devotions. I knew it was something I had to change and I've really realized it this week. There was a lot going on in the prayer room with words of encouragement, prayers, scripture, and a lot of heart. The week was really good for the community as we laid everything down. We had chapels everyday and a lot of people are able to share their story. I haven't yet but I think my time is coming soon. It also poured into our chapel on tuesdays as we spent a lot of time in prayer and listening and encouraging. I've been listening to a lot of Jon Foreman latley and his one song "White as Snow" has been a constant theme in my life. I need to be washed white as snow and it is happening here. It's been a long 6 months for me.
Summer/Fall has officially come to an end in BC. IT feels like ontario right now but it sure doesnt look like ontario. On Friday night I experienced my first BC snow fall. It was quite ironic as one of the staff members presented a snow watch plan for us and told us rarely would we have to do it and that night it SNOWED! It was pretty exciting. On the way back from the youthgroup I help out we got stuck going up a hill in one of the big vans. It didnt really phase me but to others it was pretty scary. We got saved from a couple fire department guys. It was pretty fun. Reminded me of Ontario. When I got back I got my roommate Erik to come outside and we truly experienced an Ontario winter birthday in BC. It was Erik's birthday so we decided to stay up. Our snow watch was at 2 so we were just like whatever we will stay up. We slid everywhere, made a snowman, through snowballs at each other and others and just had tons of fun running through the snow. We ended up staying up till 4 which was pretty costly as me and erik both got sick :(. I've been fighting off this sickness for a long time and yeah it hit me.
The snow really got me excited for Christmas. As much fun as it is out here, I'm excited to head back home and spend some quality time with the family and friends. I'll be home for a whole 3 weeks so I hope to get lots of missed sleep and rest up and not be tired all the time. Yeah im just excited for christmas. I'm also very excited to see my nieces! I thought I would only be gone for two months and its been 5... I got some pictures of them today so it was pretty exciting. I'm missing out on them growing up. Well until Christmas I have lots of homework to do so hopefully I'll feel motivated to do it all :)
11/22/10
11/15/10
This And That...
Hello there
As I'm sitting here I dont really know what to type. This week we had another class. We had a class called Hermenuetics. I wasn't to sure what it was going to be about, but i learned that it's interpreting the Bible which was pretty sweet. For a long time I really wanted to read my Bible more but the more i thought I just didnt know where to start. What I learned in this week was to read the Bible for all its worth. I thought it was just reading the text and getting something out of it. Now i know there is so much more. We looked at John 3:16 and yeah there was just so much more there than what i thought before. It was really refreshing to know a little more how to read the Bible. I'm excited to take what I've learned and apply it to my devotional life.
hmm week highlights. Monday I had class pretty well all day and then we had a gym night and it was just good to get some exercise. Tuesday night was pretty sweet. It was the first time we had chapel without leaders so it was really awesome to see the ideas bounce of one another of what direction we are going head into the year. This year is an amazing opportunity to share in community with one another. It's exciting. On wednesday I had the chance to go to the Chemainus theatre to go see a christmas carol. I usually dont go to plays but for some reason I decided to go and I enjoyed it. Maybe someday I'll go and see one on broadway. mmm nothing really stands out from thursday. Friday we finished class early and I had a chance to go out with Jay, one of the kaleo leaders. It was really good. That night I helped out with youth group and watched Toy Story 3. On saturday i helped out in the challenge course, hopefully for the last time. haha.
Sunday was a fun day. I got to babysit! It was Jay's wife birthday on sunday so i volunteered my roommate and I to babysit his three kids. Kiai - 4 Titus - 3 and Koen - 1. As you can see by the ages it was a gong show! but it was so fun. Those kids were such a blast. We were running around for a couple hours and just having a good time. We made chicken fingers,... i mean nuggets. the kids got confused because i said fingers.. and KD for them and it was just fun. Koen, who usually doesnt eat that much, ate 4 nuggets and a plate full of KD. it was impressive. The most challenging and new thing was changing a diaper. I must say me and erik did a good job with a little help from kiai. It was just soo good. I miss my nieces like crazy and im really sad about not spending a lot of time with them. i'm missing out on everything and they will be so big at christmas!
Im getting pretty excited about christmas. Its going be good to see the whole family and friends when I go back. This week is a week of prayer so everyday I get the chance to pray for an hour in the prayer room. I'm really looking forward to what conversations I'm going have with God and what I'm going learn.
- mike
As I'm sitting here I dont really know what to type. This week we had another class. We had a class called Hermenuetics. I wasn't to sure what it was going to be about, but i learned that it's interpreting the Bible which was pretty sweet. For a long time I really wanted to read my Bible more but the more i thought I just didnt know where to start. What I learned in this week was to read the Bible for all its worth. I thought it was just reading the text and getting something out of it. Now i know there is so much more. We looked at John 3:16 and yeah there was just so much more there than what i thought before. It was really refreshing to know a little more how to read the Bible. I'm excited to take what I've learned and apply it to my devotional life.
hmm week highlights. Monday I had class pretty well all day and then we had a gym night and it was just good to get some exercise. Tuesday night was pretty sweet. It was the first time we had chapel without leaders so it was really awesome to see the ideas bounce of one another of what direction we are going head into the year. This year is an amazing opportunity to share in community with one another. It's exciting. On wednesday I had the chance to go to the Chemainus theatre to go see a christmas carol. I usually dont go to plays but for some reason I decided to go and I enjoyed it. Maybe someday I'll go and see one on broadway. mmm nothing really stands out from thursday. Friday we finished class early and I had a chance to go out with Jay, one of the kaleo leaders. It was really good. That night I helped out with youth group and watched Toy Story 3. On saturday i helped out in the challenge course, hopefully for the last time. haha.
Sunday was a fun day. I got to babysit! It was Jay's wife birthday on sunday so i volunteered my roommate and I to babysit his three kids. Kiai - 4 Titus - 3 and Koen - 1. As you can see by the ages it was a gong show! but it was so fun. Those kids were such a blast. We were running around for a couple hours and just having a good time. We made chicken fingers,... i mean nuggets. the kids got confused because i said fingers.. and KD for them and it was just fun. Koen, who usually doesnt eat that much, ate 4 nuggets and a plate full of KD. it was impressive. The most challenging and new thing was changing a diaper. I must say me and erik did a good job with a little help from kiai. It was just soo good. I miss my nieces like crazy and im really sad about not spending a lot of time with them. i'm missing out on everything and they will be so big at christmas!
Im getting pretty excited about christmas. Its going be good to see the whole family and friends when I go back. This week is a week of prayer so everyday I get the chance to pray for an hour in the prayer room. I'm really looking forward to what conversations I'm going have with God and what I'm going learn.
- mike
11/7/10
Wild Goose Chase
Hello all
This week we had a reading break! The Garners, who i knew from the summer, opened up there home to me and my roommates. John and I were the only ones who went while Erik stayed back, which would have been a good idea because there was a LOT of homework i needed to catch up on. I opted to go because I really needed to get away from camp. WE are blessed with a really nice piece of property, but at the same time you just need to get away. It was such a blessing :)
Sunday after i finished working with Qwanoes i left for Surrey to get out of camp. I met Amy over the summer and briefly met Nancy, her mom. We went out for supper and it was a chance to meet the people who i would be staying with, the craziest, funniest family i have ever stayed with.
Monday I slept in. it was so good to just sleep and do some homework and watch movies and just relax. Monday didn't really consist of anything productive. We had steak that night so that was good!
Tuesday was a pretty sweet day. I slept in again and I got to drive to trinity western. I knew a couple friends from the summer so i went to go visit. I also have a high school friend who now goes there. It was so good to see her as it was almost a year since the last time. I didnt even know where to begin. She didnt know why I was out in BC so i got to tell her the story of how i got here. I wish i could tell all my friends back at home why i was here, but i havent had the chance yet. It was good to catch up on life with a friend. We have both significantly changed since the last encounter so it was good to touch base again. That night another friend from the summer came to the Garner's so it was a day of meeting people.
Wednesday and thursday were pretty similar in just relaxing and sleeping and watching moives. After three months of waiting i finally got to see inception. It was definitely worth the wait :D. sooooooooo goooooood!
I would have to say on a homework level the week in Surrey wasn't very productive. However i got the rest I so desperately needed. Since the summer i havent really had a break. When i went home before kaleo it was a lot of running around. This week was definitely a week of emotional rest for me. Returning to kaleo i felt refreshed and reenergized. Now to be more productive in homework.
Friday was just the exam for OT. It wasnt too bad. I felt pretty confident about it. Friday night I helped out with youth. To be honest I havent been had the best mindset towards youth. I want to have a different attitude so i went in with a different mindset and actually enjoyed it.
The reason why my title is Wild Goose Chase is because of a book I read. On saturday I went to the office to do homework when I saw this book. I just picked it up and started reading it and before i knew it I had read over half the book. I decided to just finish it and I'm so glad I did. I know I should have been doing homework, but i was so intrigued with this book that I had to keep reading. It really spoke into my life and really it helped with whats been going on. It talked about us chasing our wild goose which is an image for God. We are chasing after God's calling and its going to lead us to different places and let us meet new people. The summer was hard but it lead to me going to kaleo. I think my Wild Goose Chase has led me to this place. I am hungry for God's word and I am getting that here. I still don't know for sure why I am here but I do know I am growing and that im learning tons :)
This week we had a reading break! The Garners, who i knew from the summer, opened up there home to me and my roommates. John and I were the only ones who went while Erik stayed back, which would have been a good idea because there was a LOT of homework i needed to catch up on. I opted to go because I really needed to get away from camp. WE are blessed with a really nice piece of property, but at the same time you just need to get away. It was such a blessing :)
Sunday after i finished working with Qwanoes i left for Surrey to get out of camp. I met Amy over the summer and briefly met Nancy, her mom. We went out for supper and it was a chance to meet the people who i would be staying with, the craziest, funniest family i have ever stayed with.
Monday I slept in. it was so good to just sleep and do some homework and watch movies and just relax. Monday didn't really consist of anything productive. We had steak that night so that was good!
Tuesday was a pretty sweet day. I slept in again and I got to drive to trinity western. I knew a couple friends from the summer so i went to go visit. I also have a high school friend who now goes there. It was so good to see her as it was almost a year since the last time. I didnt even know where to begin. She didnt know why I was out in BC so i got to tell her the story of how i got here. I wish i could tell all my friends back at home why i was here, but i havent had the chance yet. It was good to catch up on life with a friend. We have both significantly changed since the last encounter so it was good to touch base again. That night another friend from the summer came to the Garner's so it was a day of meeting people.
Wednesday and thursday were pretty similar in just relaxing and sleeping and watching moives. After three months of waiting i finally got to see inception. It was definitely worth the wait :D. sooooooooo goooooood!
I would have to say on a homework level the week in Surrey wasn't very productive. However i got the rest I so desperately needed. Since the summer i havent really had a break. When i went home before kaleo it was a lot of running around. This week was definitely a week of emotional rest for me. Returning to kaleo i felt refreshed and reenergized. Now to be more productive in homework.
Friday was just the exam for OT. It wasnt too bad. I felt pretty confident about it. Friday night I helped out with youth. To be honest I havent been had the best mindset towards youth. I want to have a different attitude so i went in with a different mindset and actually enjoyed it.
The reason why my title is Wild Goose Chase is because of a book I read. On saturday I went to the office to do homework when I saw this book. I just picked it up and started reading it and before i knew it I had read over half the book. I decided to just finish it and I'm so glad I did. I know I should have been doing homework, but i was so intrigued with this book that I had to keep reading. It really spoke into my life and really it helped with whats been going on. It talked about us chasing our wild goose which is an image for God. We are chasing after God's calling and its going to lead us to different places and let us meet new people. The summer was hard but it lead to me going to kaleo. I think my Wild Goose Chase has led me to this place. I am hungry for God's word and I am getting that here. I still don't know for sure why I am here but I do know I am growing and that im learning tons :)
11/1/10
Beginning To Break
This Week was pretty big for me. We had a chapel in which we could share confessions and yeah it brought Kaleo closer yet again. Like I said in my last post, I wanted this year to be a year of change in me. After the chapel I know this change is going to take place. Though I didn't say anything in chapel, it was after that really got me. For this post I just want to share what I wrote down after that chapel.
Beginning to break.
Well God, you have finally gotten me to break. This emotional build up of a wall has finally started to break. It was so good to cry God. It felt refreshing. I want to grow this year and I finally understand why I need to talk to people and more importantly You. Everything that was spoken tonight literally took the words out of my mouth. I am stubborn and reluctant to change. There is even a sense of disbelief. I need a prayer life God. I feel a sense of emptiness and sorrow. I want to be more like you. Bring in me a sense of joy; a joy i once had. Happiness is what I long for. A sense of peace to reign in me. I long for your Holy Spirit to enter again and remain. Mould me and shape me. To You I give my life. I am uncomfortable and long for comfort.
After the chapel i just broke down and needed to get emotions out. It has been a long summer for me and I havent been able to have the the downtime that I need to have every once and a while. I am beginning to change.
Last weeks post I posted Ephesians 4 and Matthew posted Colossians 3. After chapel I read this verse and yeah it just goes into detail from Ephesians. It was a pretty sweet verse and it really applies to my life.
Colossians 3: 5-10, 12-14
" Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator....Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
This pretty much summed up what has been going on. I need to take off the old self and put on the new self with God.
On another note we had OT. It was really good to study the OT because it is something I havent really looked at before in the last little while. We also made a movie of the OT in one week. It was hard work! Yeah until next time,
later days
Mike
Beginning to break.
Well God, you have finally gotten me to break. This emotional build up of a wall has finally started to break. It was so good to cry God. It felt refreshing. I want to grow this year and I finally understand why I need to talk to people and more importantly You. Everything that was spoken tonight literally took the words out of my mouth. I am stubborn and reluctant to change. There is even a sense of disbelief. I need a prayer life God. I feel a sense of emptiness and sorrow. I want to be more like you. Bring in me a sense of joy; a joy i once had. Happiness is what I long for. A sense of peace to reign in me. I long for your Holy Spirit to enter again and remain. Mould me and shape me. To You I give my life. I am uncomfortable and long for comfort.
After the chapel i just broke down and needed to get emotions out. It has been a long summer for me and I havent been able to have the the downtime that I need to have every once and a while. I am beginning to change.
Last weeks post I posted Ephesians 4 and Matthew posted Colossians 3. After chapel I read this verse and yeah it just goes into detail from Ephesians. It was a pretty sweet verse and it really applies to my life.
Colossians 3: 5-10, 12-14
" Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator....Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
This pretty much summed up what has been going on. I need to take off the old self and put on the new self with God.
On another note we had OT. It was really good to study the OT because it is something I havent really looked at before in the last little while. We also made a movie of the OT in one week. It was hard work! Yeah until next time,
later days
Mike
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