just introducing myself!

Hello Everyone! I just want to let you all know that I am super super excited about being a part of Kaleo this year! My name is Jessica Sanders and I would be the only girl present in the picture to the left. I am from Woodstock Ontario, I am 18 years old and I am sooooo excited to see what God has in store for me and my life! I feel that I need to share with you all why I will be going to Kaleo this year, so here we go!
I was originally going to be attending a Christian college, not too far from my home and I was super excited about that! I thought that I had everything planned out nicely and neatly and I was ready to live my life! God, apparently was not happy with my decision to just live my life. He wants more for me and I now see that. What happened was, my program at this school was cancelled and that left me scrambling to find something for the fall. Kaleo was definitely not a default choice, and as I look back on it now I realize that this option was always available to me, I was just side tracked by my own desires. I have learned that God has a far bigger and far better plan than I could ever imagine. So, here I am going to the other side of the country to follow God. And to be honest, I am a little nervous about leaving home. And now, I will tell you all my story about how I met Jesus!
I did not grow up in a Christian home at all. My parents divorced when I was 6 years old, and I was left in custody of my mother. My childhood was not a typical childhood. But if I went into all the details there would be three pages here, so we can save all the details for face to face conversations! For now, I will just scratch the surface! So anyways, when I was 13 I was fed up with the life I was living and I moved out of my moms house and in with my dad and his then girlfriend. My, now stepmom, had just started going to a church about 10 minutes from my home and one weekend she invited me to go to a camp with the youth called Pitch and Praise. I went because I love camping and she didn't tell me it was a Bible camp until the day that we left, so I really had no choice! It was the best weekend of my life because I made life long friends and I am now a member of the church. I love leading the children of the church in worship. I sing along to tracks of kids songs and do actions! (I am bringing one of the CDs with me, so maybe you all can sing and dance with me!!!) Anyways, I love being involved with my church especially in childrens ministry! Kids are my favourite and I have a passion for teaching them about Jesus! In my journey with Jesus, there have been plenty of ups and lots of downs, but I have always learned something and I am ready to continue my journey with Jesus out in BC!!! I look forward to talking with you all and connecting with you all as well when we all meet face to face in September! I am also excited to talk with more of you through this blogger thing!! Anyways, I better get going!

Jessica!!!