Kaleo Ministry

Good morning!
This past week and weekend have been super hectic! Although we don't have class, there is tons of homework and such for us to do. On Wednesday we, 15 of us, went to S.A.L.T.S, which is the group we went sailing with, and helped "put the boat to bed" for the winter, taking down sails and scrubbing and cleaning. It was extremely good to see the crew again, they're awesome people. Then on Thursday, that same group of us went caving in the Horne Lake caves. It was definately a good experience, being in all sorts of tight spaces and figuring out how to get through tiny holes and such. I did shed some blood that day, fell and was saved from a tumble only by my butt, but generally we had a super fun day. After that, we hit the wave pool in Nanaimo for a good time of relaxing in the hot tub and fooling around in the pool.
Wednesday night was, again, our junior youth night, filled with a bunch of crazy kids, Some frustration for me comes during the small group times that we have. Generally we split up into guys and girls, and in the guys section we started out with 15 guys roughly, and ended up with about 3 at the end. It was frusterating, because the rest of them were just going crazy in the big room around us, and they generally have a mind of their own, just running wild. Meanwhile, of course, the girls group is still totally together, listening quietly, with the exception of the three that hid out in the bathroom. Continue to pray for this, that our guys would be willing to sit and listen to what we're trying to say.
This weekend was a blast, I was a counsellor for eight 8 and 9 year olds. It was the Qwanoes Juniors Retreat, and a bunch of us had signed up for the weekend to be counsellors. Although there was some rough spots, trying to get them to bed and such, we had an amazing time. The discussion times were not bad, but they definately wanted to have pillow fights more than they wanted to chat. We ended up having the sweetest pillow fight of my life one of the mornings, and they definately left happy. While it was challenging to have them running all over and, one guy especially, being clingy, it was very much worth it. It was extremely funny to see on Saturday morning, after everyone had been there less than 12 hours, they were all rushing for the pay phones to call their parents.
Anyways, there is work to be done and lots of it! So thankyou for prayers and support, I will see you in November! God bless.