Prime to Paint

I can hardly beleive I've been here for almost a month now! This past week was really busy taking Marv Penner's Spiritual Formation class which was amazing! It was awesome to be in a class where we prayed, read scripture and challenged to thoroughly think through our faith. For me it has been such a blessing and so exciting to be surrounded by christian peers. This past week in small groups we had to prepare a chapel time devoted to one of God's characteristics. My group did God's fatherly love. God's love is something we as christians often just take for granted, but examining it and really thinking about it makes me truly in awe of God. This weekend being Thanksgiving there was no youth group so bunch of us Kaleo students took the ferry over to Ladner and helped paint an elderly woman's house. She is almost 70 and still a foster mother. When we arrived we realized none of us knew what to do and neither did the woman. It was a really good bonding time working with each other. The woman currently has one foster son Cody who is special needs, such a sweet boy. In church on Sunday back at Warmland I got to help out by greeting people as they arrived and handing out bulletins. I've been finding it difficult to connect with people in this seeker sensitive church but this definately allowed for some good conversations. Thanks so much for all of your prayers!