Hey Everyone..

Alrighty so we finished off our final week of classes this semester. Foundations of Church Ministry with Dr. David Lee. I really enjoyed this week of class and it was something I looked forward to going to everyday. Dave's passion for church ministry was super cool to see and hear about, as well as his immense knowledge and experience with the Church. We touched on a lot of different topics such as understanding the church and its purpose, discipleship, cultural and social changes, our own spiritual gifts and discerning our call in the church. Dave kept us on our toes with morning quizzes and a final exam at the end of the week based on our notes and pre-readings. On the last day of class we entered the room only to find that Dave's wife had knit each of us our own unique mini-stocking with our names on them, filled with chocolate and candy. She said that while she knitted she was praying for each of us here at Kaleo, it was really encouraging and SO thoughtful!!

On Thursday, some of us headed down to Ladysmith to see the Light-up show that was going on in the evening. It was a pretty sweet parade and the lights were wicked awesome. There was a huge turn out of people and the night ended on a BAM-with a pretty rad fireworks show to finish things off. I have to admit, I got pretty excited to see some lightly colored fluff falling from the sky, it brought tears to my eyes even...but then i realized that it was in truth, not snow, but instead ash from the fireworks and it truly did make my eyes water!! haha 

This weekend I was invited to play with some friends of mine in a volleyball tournament that UVic was organizing down in Victoria. It was great seeing some familiar faces and being able to play some intense volleyball on an actual court with some sweet rallies and plays. I don't think I've played in a gym since back in high school, so it was great getting back into the game:)

So there are less than two weeks left of Kaleo before the break... we've got some fun events planned and a trip to Mt. Washington thrown in the mix as well. It won't be all fun and lazing about tho, as we still have a couple papers for our Church Mins course to finish up and our end of semester paper for our Field Ed class...

Phil, me, and Ryan enjoying the show...

The PPPParade... (Photo by Leila Rogers)

Fireworks!! (Photo by Philip Karklins)