Missions Fest!!!!!!

Hey hey everyone. What a week this was. I'm almost amazed at how much someone can do in a week. It started out with finnishing up the prayer room and heading into a hectic week. We had class monday and tuesday which was sweet, didn't do much on monday but I did finally spill out the fact that I was feeling left out of the kaleo group a lot. During worship there was a time for sharing, so I finally piped up and let it all out. After that I felt a lot better knowing that the truth was out. On tuesday we had a fireside (which if you do not remember what that is it's when we go to random staff members houses) I went to Isaac's house, allthough he had forgotten about the fireside, so we went to coffee on the moon and super store. It was me, deb, and Aaron. It was fun! Wed we had a crazy day. It was finally time for someone to share her story. It was hard, and a long one, but she did a really good job in getting the courage to let it out. Then the new york team had a meeting with 2 special guests....KIM AND KIM!!!!! Then came from NY to do some stuff here in canada and speak to us. I miss them SO much and was SO happy to see them again. After that I did a bit of homework then hit a yearbook meeting where we were presented with our team shirts!!! They are SO amazing. Jordan did a really good job on them. Then later on that night me and Amelia had a chat. It was really good. It was good to be able to see eye to eye with someone about some things and such. I really enjoyed talking to her. Here's a pict of the shirt by the way. Then it was time to pack up and head to.......MISSIONS FEST!!!!!

So my time at missios fest was both rewarding and painful. It started out fine, I was using crutches because my knee cap moved and that caused my leg to swell and have a lot of pain. So that was the first adventure. When we got there we went shopping and such and hung out at the church that we were sleeping at and went to bed. The next morning we woke up and went to a muslum mosque (dont know if I spelt that right) That was interesting. We were all shocked at how close to christianity it was. Then we were driving to a temple when the van needed gas. So we (jordans van) start to turn into the gas station and BAM! we hit a car that tryed to drive past jordan as we swerved out a bit to make the corner. So that was umm....for me scary seeing as crashes are my biggest fear in life, but for others interesting I guess. Although Jordan was not the slightest bit impresses hahaha. Then we got to the temple, listened to a guy with a strong accent talk about cow poo and pray in a different language. It was scary and you could feel the bad spirits around the room. But hey, at the end of it we got samosas!!! Hahaha Then it was time to hit the real missions fest. it was really neat. I went to a youth rally that was amazing and hung around looking at booths, met up with friends, and got a surprise visit from a friend back home!

The next day started out fine, woke up, packed up, went to missions fest, went to a session about God's daughters praying, met up with friends, went for lunch, and then the crazyness began. My camera bag is huge, and really heavy. Walking with crutches with that on your back is hard. So I set it down behind the qwanoes booth and went around with friends to the booths and such. Then we went into the hall and waited for another friend to come. When we found her I went back in to get my bag cause I wanted my camera.....and it was gone. After finding out that no one at the booth saw it, no one had turned it in, and it was not with me I went to security. At this moment I have lost basicly $3000 worth of camera gear, an ipod, bible and note books, and many other small items. Some one stole it, and I dont know if I will ever get it back. This has crushed me. Driving back to the ferry after missions fest I started crying again, and Alivia was rubbing my shoulder and Jordan was causiously whispering to Jen that I was crying and it was kinda funney, cause no one there has ever really seen me cry before. I cryed a total of 5 times that day, and the last time was crying myself to sleep. It really felt good to be able to cry again and not really hide it. Though I feel sorry for Jordan cause I was right behind him, and I was kinda loud hahaha. Anyways, that's why I have no pictures of missions fest. They are stolen. I'm asking for prayer for an answer to this situation. And for my heart to feel better cause I'm pretty angry at myself for not thinking twice when I was leaving my bag there. Other than that I had a great time.

This week we have classes again, and I am heading home for one day to get all my ID replaced and a new bank card and such. But I will be back in class on tues. I hope you are doing well kristen cause It seems that she is the only person who reads this hahahaha jk jk. Anyways, have a great week and God bless!