I haven't written a post in two weeks because I was on reading break and instead of only including half of the break I have decided to include the whole thing. first of all only 13(!) days till I am on my way to Argentina. It's hard to believe that this trip has come up so fast. I am excited to go. Please pray that I would be able to do the work that God calls me to do and that I will step out in faith to do effective ministry with the Argentine people. Also pray for my brothers and sisters going to India. I went on a hiking trip with them to train and man it is going be physically demanding. Pray that they would find strength to cary on an important task of prayer through a dark country.
For our overnighter we had a great time bonding with the whole team. I have to admit I was a little jealous of the India team going to Mystic Beach, but its all good. I think I will be heading there after I get back because I get back a few days before the other team. However I'm not letting that get in the way rather I'm going focus on whats ahead. We went over what we are going be doing and its going be some cool stuff. Were putting on a retreat, doing more hands on stuff, putting on an overnight camp and lastly but not as important we will take in the sights of Argentina. I hear its beautiful so I will try to get my photography skills up and running. (No promises though) I feel a lot more content about Argentina and I'm excited to see whats in store for my team.
For reading week I had the privilege of going to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Shoreline Washington. The graciously opened up there home for there "favourite" west coast nephew. I took a 2 hour and 45 min ferry ride to seattle. I got to stay in the apartment over there garage for the week. They embraced me with open arms and it was a good time for me. I needed to be away from camp to be rested, something I have trouble doing. It was a refreshing weekend and I was excited to spend it with family. My uncle and aunt reminded me of a young couple again. It's only them two at home so I got to be the child for the week. I think they liked that. It was nice that I got my own space, something that I didn't get a chance to have at home during christmas. I have to admit I didn't do a whole lot of homework done but that's okay because I needed rest most importantly. I got to run errands with my uncle and got to take in the sights and sounds of seattle. There are so many STARBUCKS in that area. It truly is the Tim Hortons of Canada, which i guess is american now....
On Saturday we took a trip to south Seattle. There we went to Pike's Market place, which was packed with people. I like going to markets so I enjoyed it quite a bit. I even got a shirt from my relatives, which had Starbucks on it! The very first one too. Those who are reading don't fret.. my allegiance hasn't switched from tim hortons to starbucks. We also went to go see The King's Speech. An excellent choice of film if I don't say so myself. Sunday was a slack day and was a day of rest for the three of us. It was a good day. On Monday we went to downtown Seattle again. This time we went on an underground tour of the city. It's rather remarkable if you ask me. The city was burned down in the late 18 hundreds and to stop the tide from wiping out the streets, the mayor decided to raise the city up a whole 15 feet! We took a tour of what Seattle looked like before and it was so cool. It's declared a historic site now. It was just so cool and really blew my mind. After that we went for India food (India team, I'm jealous but not really because we get an Argentine bbq... bon apetite!). We then went up the Seattle Space Needle. I was truly a tourist that day as I didn't go up there the first time I was there. The next day I spent attempting homework and hanging out with my uncle and Aunt. Kudos to my uncle and aunt who gave me a good week of rest and relaxation. The week seemed to fly by as I'm already back. And what an adventure it was to get back to Kaleo! (It involved a boat, a soaker, a bus, a car, and hate to say it, STARBUCKS!)
It was a good week for me to step back and debrief in a way about my time at Kaleo. A lot of good has come out of this year. I had a phone chat with my Dad and I felt content about saying I am good. He read my struggles and it has been good for me to express them. I feel I can hide a lot of my true emotions. I feel when I write on here I am able to express them a lot more. I think we will go through trials and temptations but if we persevere a lot of good will come out. As I am changing I am even seeing a lot of good out of the summer. A summer which was the hardest thing for me to do.
I will end with James 1:2-3, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."
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