To much to type!!!

Well…where on earth do I begin with this blog? I’ll start on the part of earth known as New York. Wow, what a trip. It was amazing! We went there really unexpectant of what we would be doing and ended up coming home knowing so much and seeing so much of what we had heard about. It was really good being able to experience that culture. No, no one got shot, and yes we did fine with getting on and off the subways. Haha. Umm ok. So we were working with Metro Ministries. We had 2 leaders showing us everything named kim and kim which Im sure everyone who reads this would know who they are. They were AMAZING! They made our trip what is was. If it wasnt for them, I donno what it would of been like, but it would of probably not of been very good. Throughout the trip the kind of work that we were doing were all odd jobs. Painting, filling, wrapping presents, sorting keys, serving at their staff retreat, a bunch of things like that. It was fun for sure, but our focus was all over the place. We also got a day of visitation. This gave all of us an opportunity to go out and see where the staff members go each week. See some of the kids, see their living conditions. It was a neat experience. Here’s a picture of me with some of the kids below. I loved watching the interns learn everything. Metro gets 40 interns over the course of 1 semester, and there are 2 semesters in the whole year. It made some of us think about becoming one. umm...we went to church and to a staff meetimg, we met pastor bill the founder of metro, we saw a sunday school demo, and just had a really great time getting to know the staff members and seeing some of the famous places in new york including ground zero and the trump towers. God blessed us with great weather the whole time we were in New York. Great for sightseeing. I have a whole journal of everything that we did, unfortunately I can not tell you everything. But all my pictures from the trip are on my facebook. Thank you all for praying. It was an amazing trip!

Another thing that happened this week was my baptism! It was really good. I was hoping for a few more people to show up, but that is ok. People are busey these days. I had the wonderful privelage (cant spell) of having Amanda baptize me at camp. It was really a blessing to be able to do that again and have so many friends around me to support me and encourage me. Here are a few pictures from that. Oh, and no the ocean was not to cold.

I had youth again this past week. It was good to get back and see the kids faces again. I'm really going to miss them when it's time to leave them in 3 weeks....yes kaleo ends in 3 weeks. I know i know it's a shock. But it's time. It's time to pack up and head out in different directions. As for my direction, I will be at camp still. 10 day break spent in regina with a friend, and then it's back here for AC. I'm really excited for this summer, but not really sure where it will take me. We shall see! umm...this week we have class. our last class. Christian Worldview. It seems to be good from what i've seen so far. After that we have like a few small out trips and a few final papers, and then it's a grad ceremony and time to leave. so a lot is happening, yet at the same time not much is happening. I hope you are all doing well. I am just getting over a cold, so I'm almost well. And umm...yeah. Have a fantastic week! message me if you have any questions about my trip.

I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane, I know when I'll be back again...

Well guys, the time has finally come to pack up and leave this place.....and go to NEW YORK!!! Yes I am thrilled and excited to head out and experience the things that I will experience (though I do not fully know what those things are yet). Please pray for safety for not just myself, not just my team, but all the kaleo students. The three trips again are New York, India, and Vancouver. We all need prayer for safety, we all need prayer for health, for great experiences, for energy, and for no lice! (theres a story from last years kaleo behind that) I leave monday evening for seattle, hitch a ferry, drive from the ferry to the seattle airport through the night, stop somewhere for food, and be at the airport around 4AM and get on a plane for 6. I'm so excited just for that trip. I love long crazy horrable tiring trips places. Umm, then we get picked up in New York and we are off to Metro Ministries in Brooklyn! I am beyond excited, as I wait for this trip to come. We are the last ones to leave, and the first to come back? I think? I dont remember exactly. But no, that will be the thriller of my next few weeks.

This week......well, we hit Gospels class. It was hard (as expected) yet rewarding. It was kind of like Old Testament in the fact that I learned were a lot was in the Bible, and of course learned about Jesus. I also managed to get a couple devo ideas for summer from it. So that's pretty sweet. I'm really looking forward to using what I have learned throughout this year in the real world, and with my campers. umm...This week was also a wedding of a lovely young lady (a former k5 student) Ellie! I managed to go and see her get married which was sweet, she looked BEAUTIFUL! Here are 2 pictures from it.

Right now I am sitting on the floor of my room with stuff around me trying to pack, but failing hahaha. It's really quiet cause my group did not have youth tonight, and everyone else is gone to youth. (Im writing this on a friday night) Ok so I will be honist. I write my blog at different times throughout the week, so if it looks strange or something seems weird, that's probs why. Oh and the slang is Jen Lee's fault hahaha. Anyways.

(now im writing this the next day) Umm....yeah other than leaving on monday not much is happening that I can really talk about. Oh, but I will tell you aur travel plans so you can pray for us. Monday at 6:30 PM we take a white van and drive to, on, and off of a ferry. From then we drive from the ferry to the boarder(pray that we get across ok with no problems), and across that to the airport (we will be driving there through the night). We will get to the airport around 4 AM and hop on a plane at 6:30 to New York on tuesday. After that, Big Kim will pick us up and we drive to Metro Ministries and hopfully go to bed and sleep. So pray that that trip will go smoothly, that we will get through all US borders, customs, and such well, and that we will have a freaking awesome time as well as have energy and really really REALLY enjoy it. Umm...yeah. Oh and also for safety, we really need it! Other than that, umm not much is new! Hope you are doing well, and that you will not miss my blog for a week....ummmkk I've run out of things to say. Have a great 2 weeks!!!!! God bless!