Well this is the last blog before I see most of you in person, as I'm coming home on Wednesday night! I'll be home until the 2nd of January, and inbetween that time is a mad scramble to do Christmas things, see people, work, and hang out with family...along with reading the Pentateuch I might add.
This past week at Warmland has been very stress-free, as on Wednesday night we had a New York missions meeting, where Kim (our team leader) got permission from Stevie (youth leader) to let me miss a night of youth. At the meeting we watched a slideshow/video of last year's trip and kindof got a glimpse as to what the area is like and what the trip will actually consist of. It was also a good time to hang out, discuss fundraising, and chill. The next day we rose bright and early to head up to Mt. Washington for snowboarding! It was my first time ever, and the next day I experienced extreme soreness, but it was a great time, so much fun. Friday night youth was cancelled, so we hung out again.
Saturday night was another power outage night, seems to be happening more and more frequently, so we fired up the grill and ate burgers, played games and, when the power came back on, had our first ever talent show. Needless to say, I was not a participant because of my lack of talent, but good times were had. Sunday morning we woke up to snow, and headed out to church where, again, I was in the Sunday School portion of church, helping the kids act out the Christmas story for the rest of the group. Fun times. As much as I complain about how different Warmland is from Ross Road back home, it is encouraging how much the kids adn I are getting along, as well as the teens in youth.
Anyways, home in a couple days! See ya then...
Monday, December 10, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
almost home!
good evening from a landscape with rapidly diminishing snow...so sad! ahh yes this past weekend has been one filled with snow, and just when it got to a good amount, turned to rain and washed it all away.
Last week was Church Ministries class, the first time we've had a class in a long time. The week was somewhat hard to pay attention to the prof, David Lee, pastor of Sardis fellowship baptist church, had interesting content, but the delivery and way he talked made things boring to me. Not that he's a terrible guy, I loved him, he's awesome, but yeah that's just how i felt. This week was also my first week of (yes it's hard to believe, even for me) having a girlfriend. In case you haven't heard, I'm dating a girl named Kelsey Poetker from Edmonton (seen in the picture at teh Ladysmith Festival of Lights). She's a pretty awesome girl and we've been getting to know each other; it's kindof exciting!
Youth last week was somewhat hectic. On Wednesday night we had four leaders including me (also the youth pastor, and two people who work at camp) and a ton of kids, and they just were not in teh mood for listening, or respecting for that matter. Bit of a gongshow,and when we made it through we just kindof looked at each other and went "phew". Friday was somewhat better, only had 5 kids and had more leaders than that. We had somewhat of a Christmas party, watched a movie and pretty much just chilled together which was sweet.
As mentioned, we were in the Ladysmith Festival of Lights this past week, on Thursday. We were perched on a float affiliated with the Ladysmtih Baptist church and sang christmas carols as we paraded down the main street. it seemed like the whole town came out, it was pretty sweet. then there was fireworks, a fight on the street, and we were done for the night. anyways thats a look at the week that was, coming home in 10 days!
Last week was Church Ministries class, the first time we've had a class in a long time. The week was somewhat hard to pay attention to the prof, David Lee, pastor of Sardis fellowship baptist church, had interesting content, but the delivery and way he talked made things boring to me. Not that he's a terrible guy, I loved him, he's awesome, but yeah that's just how i felt. This week was also my first week of (yes it's hard to believe, even for me) having a girlfriend. In case you haven't heard, I'm dating a girl named Kelsey Poetker from Edmonton (seen in the picture at teh Ladysmith Festival of Lights). She's a pretty awesome girl and we've been getting to know each other; it's kindof exciting!
Youth last week was somewhat hectic. On Wednesday night we had four leaders including me (also the youth pastor, and two people who work at camp) and a ton of kids, and they just were not in teh mood for listening, or respecting for that matter. Bit of a gongshow,and when we made it through we just kindof looked at each other and went "phew". Friday was somewhat better, only had 5 kids and had more leaders than that. We had somewhat of a Christmas party, watched a movie and pretty much just chilled together which was sweet.
As mentioned, we were in the Ladysmith Festival of Lights this past week, on Thursday. We were perched on a float affiliated with the Ladysmtih Baptist church and sang christmas carols as we paraded down the main street. it seemed like the whole town came out, it was pretty sweet. then there was fireworks, a fight on the street, and we were done for the night. anyways thats a look at the week that was, coming home in 10 days!
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