Coast to coast

Hey everybody! I just got the link for this last night and I was on it for quite a while! I'm amazed how you guys are already talking to each other AND how many know each other!

Anyways, my name is Mark Freeman, I just got accepted like 2 weeks ago. I heard about Kaleo through my youth pastor, Melissa Holland after she and many others in my church had been prodding me to look into getting involved in the ministry somehow. So I checked it out and Lord willing, here I am! Praise God!

Okay, a little about me... I'm 21, I'm working as an animator in Halifax, NS and have been for about a year now. Super involved with my church in youth group, teaching Sunday school and a College and Career group I facilitate at. All of which I love and feel like I'm living a double life with my job and my love for these kids! I love soccer a LOT! I snowboard, draw, play sax and a little guitar, videogames, movies and music... I'll leave it there.

Alright, my autobiography with Jesus! I became a Christian when my brother told me about it when I was like 4 or 6 or something? Anyways, I grew up in a really solid Christian home and was always just in it which was rad! I was baptized when I was 8 and just lived at the church, helping out in whatever capacity they'd let me. Probably around high school I really started to take in what it is I was doing and that I was doing it for myself and not just because it was the way I was raised. And then probably when I was 19, it started to get hard and I couldn't just ride the train of "well, this is how it's always been". I had to actually figure out why I believe and why I hold onto my Savior which has been hard because I've really been stretched but it's been amazing for the same fact.

So I guess I'm still in a huge growth transition and am just excited for where the Lord is going to bring me. I'm STOKED about Kaleo in that sense too. I'm not really sure what God wants me to be doing for the rest of my days. I already have a career and yet here I am coming back (on my knees as much as possible) to see where I should go next and I believe that God will really open up some doors through Kaleo and the experience I'm going to have!

I'm REALLY excited about meeting all you wonderful people and just growing close and learning more about our loving Savior together! Shoot, this is going to be sweet!

love Mark