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the life of PIE!

really this blog has nothing to do with pie.... and has every thing to do with something just a wonderful if not more... ME... i was going to put the life of Michelle but then decided not to because that just didn't sound as funny as pie.
Well this may be long I'm not sure.. it has been on my heart to blog for a time... i was on the road so it was not really possible...well it was at times but i didn't really want to walk in to some ones house and say HI i'll just be on your computer for like ever! so let the games begin!

I my friends have been on the road for like ever now!.. i just got home (to my parents house) on the 28th, and i am leaving on the 1st, i'm not sure if i have been in one place for longer then 3 days for the past well since i got home from camp!!! So on the 1st Sheri and I are moving in to our new yellow walled,red counter topped basement sweet. don't worry you will see pictures.. we will some how make it beautiful lol.

Sheri and I had a meeting with our youth leaders on Friday and discussed the year that is to come. What came out of it was this, Sheri and I are now the new youth leaders of Lake Cowatchan Baptist Church. Matt and Coral and taking a much needed brake and having some much needed family time. Although they will still be there the youth group is now in Sheri and I's hands. Knowing this my heart doesn't know what to do, I'm scared and excited all at once, parts of me think that I'm not able to do this, and not qualified to do this at all. Both are true, I know i can not do this on my own strength, and God does not call the qualified He qualifies the called. I am still scared but trying not to be. I have no idea what God has in store for this year but i know it is going to be big! please keep that broke town in your prayers, and that Sheri and I would have wisdom and strength. We have our big youth kick off on Friday so keep us in your prayers that night... We do need them!!

On Sunday I got to meet our K6 crew that will be at lake cow for the next year.. the other John lafave (but spelt crazy different) is one of them .. i just find that funny.. that even though jonny you are not with us, some one with our name is. CRAZY!

So the road trip, Well it was so wonderful to get to see every one in there homes or new homes for this year. With every house we stoped at i was blessed in so many ways. First stop Briercrest....Going to Briercrest first and seeing 4 wonderful boys and getting to stay with Nicki was beautiful and re-lit the flame in my heart that has been getting dimmer and dimmer with each passing day. (stop # 2) Being able to spend time with Joel and His family was so wonderful! We went to his cabin in OT. for a few nights ... I love that place, it is so beautiful! (#4) Seeing Stevey K at his camp was sweet! You my friend are some one who bring change where ever you go, you are doing wonderful things there and they are so blessed to have you! (#5) Seeing Frew before he left was wonderful! I'm praying for you Andrew, may God bless you in that place! (#6) Seeing Kelsy's beautiful face was .... Beautiful! we made cookies, and had beautiful conversation late into the night witch lifted my heart. Kels May the spirit of Wisdom and Discernment be upon you. (7&8) The last 2 stops were my sisters seeing them was wonderful! Dayle and Andrew are trying to get there new house together witch is taking a long time, but getting there. Cara and Bob are expecting any day now, I will soon have a niece. She is due on the 6th. Well at Dayle's we got to talk about alot of stuff, about growing up and about my life before kaleo. My family finds if vary hard to talk about things so this is a big step. It was a blessing to grow closer to her.

Ok so you can yell at me if you like .. but thought out this trip we did not take lots of picures... I KNOW I KNOW.. its not like me at all... and it's horrible! but i will post some soon.. because i did take some ... but not a lot.

So my family that is the life of Pie... pie being ME.
I love you and miss you all! My heart longs to see you beautiful faces some times soon! I have a goal for the next few years... That every one of you will sing my year book ... some have already.. but lots have not... and you need to ... But you have to come see me .. or i you to do that. Or i could send it around... But that is not a fun ... / lets just forget i ever said that, thats stupid.. i would rather get to see you.

May God bless you this year and the years to come.

your sister
Michelle

Sooooo long overdue

Yeah, like I'm sure everyone, I've been putting off doing a blog thing for the last little while. Not sure why, no real reason, just didn't want to or something. Meh onto the post.

Well then... Life's been interesting and yet uneventful. After camp I had a total of three weeks off from until school started. So basically I had three weeks of nothing to do because I also had no job. Again my fault because I was to lazy to get one. Nothing to do was fun for the first week but got kind of boring after the second, and the third was just lame. Although durring the third week I got out a bit

In the third week though the youth bible study started and I am a leader with the grade 8 guys with Steve Karadimas (K4). My group is interesting because I have 3 of my old campers in it, plus a kid that I had in my sunday school class a few years ago (it should be an interesting year because is memory serves he was a handful and a half). But yeah looking forward to working with Steve, I councled with him once in 2007 so I know we work well together.

Other than that I finally started school last week. Seems interesting so far and I am enjoying it. Majority of my classes are comuting courses (go figure for a Computer systems technology program) and one of my old High School friends is in the same program with me. As well as Evan the mountain bike leader from the summer and one of his friends are at the same campus as me. Haven't seen much of him yet, but its cool having someone from the summer at the same school as me.

Well then, other than that lifes interesting. Got a job at Milestones resturant in victoria, washing dishes with the chance of going up to prep chef really soon. Decent pay plus shared tips seems good.

Also, thanks to the guys who phoned me yesterday, really made my day, completley random, but I loved it.

Also if any of you are in Victoria tell me so we can hang out! I really have no life, well I do but I can make room

Lordrint signing out

PS. As per Michelle's request and don't fee like answering the question a hundred times, yes I have a cell phone, my number is 250-858-2593

California bound

So sorry that it has been this long...(this is Brady a couple months ago...isn't he the cutest thing
you ever saw?!)
So where am I? Well, after a long but fruitful summer, I have found myself back in California! I had a lot of time to rest this summer, and God was so very faithful to His promise to restore my heart and my soul. I have been missing you all so very much, but blessed to be reading and hearing how this summer and now this fall are shaping up. I had the pleasure of seeing many of you at camp the last week of the summer and had such a blast! I cannot tell you how that refreshed my soul to see so many of you and to be able to hug you guys and catch up! Although this summer was challenging, God always gave me something to look forward to and brought fellowship always in the nick of time.
About two days into Youth Camp, I got a call from my college volleyball coach who offered me the job of Asst. Volleyball Coach this fall, so I packed up and drove down as soon as Youth Camp finished. I have enjoyed how the Lord has opened opportunity for me here though it has not been easy to be so far away from a place I would call home (that would be Canada :). God has opened the doors in amazing ways for a place to live, and I have so enjoyed being home at my church. I am continuing to trust the Lord and wait for His direction for the Spring and to what and where He will call me next.
I wanted to tell you all how proud I am of you. I have spent the last three weeks with a team of volleyball players that are your age and my heart hurts for the difference in these girls. They are complete products of this world and their environment and their crude behavior is a testimony to the enemy's grip on this world, yet I have found such joy in continuing to hear the dedication and commitment that you all have chosen in allowing God to shape and guide your lives. May you always seek His kingdom above all else, recognizing that this world has nothing to offer you. May you use the gifts and character that He has blessed you with to bless those who cross your paths and may your hearts always be filled with the joy of the Lord no matter what circumstances you find yourselves in.

I love you all so much and would appreciate your prayers for these girls that the Lord would open their hearts and remove the blanket that the enemy has covered their eyes with that they may see the truth.

You are in my heart and my prayers,
Amanda

Thanks

Hey all Arlan here, so just wanted to say thanks alot for your prayers as I have at least a little more direction of where I'm heading. So looks like I'm going to Ft. McMuraay for the winter to do construction work. I'm actually working with Ken and Amanda who I knew from the Bethel church I helped out with during kaleo. I'm very fortunate to have this working opportunity, however it is going to be tuff leaving Nanaimo. I just whent to a youth retreat and relationships grew, so leaving that is hard, and the mountain biking has been a great joy! However I may be back here in the spring to work at a bike or kayak shop so will see. I'm also thinking about Metro Minitries in NY for March 09, and who knows what other opportunities could arise by then just hoping the Spirit will take control of this life guiding, directing and encouraging me to follow. This is the body of Christ and I am so glad I am a part of it God has blessed me in so many ways this year sooooo many! And yet I still worry. Thanks alot guys, great keeping in touch on here.

Ps. (to Africa)

ps. My E-mail address while I am there will be posted on my blog once I get it.

To Africa.

So... although I can't believe it. I am leaving for Africa on Tuesday morning! God really pulled all the lose ends together! I am getting my Visa - today (talk about cutting in close), and ended up getting a really good deal of flights, with only 2 more seat available on the plane! So I am very thankful right now! For a long while it didn't seem like it was going to work out, but I guess God's plan will always work out in the end. I really ask for your prayers while I am there. I ended up going to Africa like how I ended up going to Kaleo - thinking... Why on earth am I doing this? But with last year as a testament to God's perfect plan, I am jumping into Africa with 2 feet! My blog which I will updated via email through my mom, is www.andrewinafrica09.blogspot.com
I thank you all for your prayers! God bless you this year in all your journeys!

i yam alive, i yam i yam

ohhhhh my friends, I apologize profusely for temporarily disappearing off the edge of the k5 blog world. Life has been... life. This summer was incredible, super difficult and exhausting at times, but beautiful...it taught me a lot about joy and finding it in our King, even in the monotony of making a gazillion milkshakes every single day. Myself and the camp store girls worked behind the scenes most of the time, so we didn't necessarily get to see camp in action, in all its glory, but that was just the nature of the position.... and God was so faithful to bless me with incredible relationships to keep me from feeling sorry for myself and to remind me of the richness of community. And, I realize I left most of you in the dark about where Lewis and I were headed after a really difficult beginning to the summer, and deciding to take a break... We realized after all of that happened, that it wasn't the best way to go about dealing with things, and so the break ended and we committed to engaging in ministry as a couple and seeing where God would lead us as the summer came to an end. It was really hard, since we didn't see each other very much and therefore each of us had to face certain demons in terms of fears, insecurities, etc... but God was sooooo faithful.... He provided so many opportunities for me to build relationships with the CITs that Lewis was pouring his life into... and I got my first real taste of mentoring in that.... and I am so proud and thankful to say that he and I celebrated two years together at the beginning of September, and things are going soooo well. :) It's not at all easy, in fact I will be bold and say that relationships suck sometimes...but they are often where God displays much of His glory, and even in the mess, we are blessed. We are still working through a lot of stuff, and would greatly appreciate your prayers as we move into this next season, and are thinking about the future ... just for wisdom and discernment and clarity. We've recently signed on as leaders for New Life's senior youth group which is SUPER exciting but also SUPER intimidating. Please pray for that as well. :D Oh, and New Lifers, you'll probably be stoked to hear about how Pastor Shane and Tammy are renovating The Hunger to be more 'seeker-sensitive' (I know, many of us have come to cringe at that phrase, but in this case its good, don't worry). Basically, they want to make it so that youth can bring their lost friends to this event and hopefully change their minds about Jesus. The music is going to be consisting of a lot more secular music, which shocked me at first, but I think it will be a really beautiful change and by the Spirit will influence many for the Kingdom. Pray!!!!
So, where am I now? I am living on Saltspring with my family, and will be for a few more months, waiting waiting waiting.... I am waiting for people to phone me back regarding a job at the Thrifty Foods here on the island. It's hard to not feel lame, after such a busy summer, to come home and literally have nothing to do. I know I needed the rest, but I'm becoming a bit restless, if ya know what I mean. Please pray that whatever job I get, I will approach it in confidence and hope... yeah, I really need those two things right now. Even though there are so many GOOD things happening... its hard to not feel discouraged with where I am... let's just say that there are many situations that I have to keep on taking to God in the knowledge of the fact that He already has the victory, regardless of the seeming hopelessness of the situation... my family is one of these things. Please pray for change... change in their hearts.
okay, this was really long I know but I felt so disconnected from y'all (my fault) and i wanted to share with you my heart and where I'm at. I love you guys times a billion, and remember, "he is able to save COMPLETELY those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them..." (Heb 7:25)
Signing off,
Ellanora the Brave
PS Oh, and ditto on the yearbook raves!! What a beautiful job you guys did, thank you thank you thank you Steve especially for working so hard on wrapping that up.
PPS just a heads up, I am currently talking to my church about being baptized in the next few weeks hopefully, those of you close by, keep your eyes open for the details because I would LOVE for you to be there!

More Yearbooks On The Way

For those who haven't yet received your yearbook, my apologies! Due to too much fun with Kaleo Six, I just haven't had time to send the rest. But I hope to get them ready tomorrow so they can go out Monday, when I'll be boarding the Pacific Grace with K6. Thanks for all your interest and prayers for this new journey! We have had a great start.

Hey everyone!
It has been so very long since I have written here, and so very much has happened. As I am sure most of you know I spent the summer working at Qwanoes, for the most part as a counesllor. It was a wonderful summer, and I really saw God at work in the lives of the staff and campers. by the end of the summer I was completely exhausted and amazed at how I had survived. I really know that it was God's strength. The last day of youth camp I left and flew home...it was so very hard to say goodbye and not know when I was going to return.
Without even going home to Peterborough, I moved into the University of Waterloo the next morning. I was completely overwhlemed not at all feeling at place where I was ready to start the next stage of my life. However I knew that I really had no choice. But it has actually been so good, after a few days if really feeling that I had no desire to put myself out there and make new friends, I began to settle in and get used to my life here. I'm connected with a Mennonite residence (I don't sleep there, but I'm basically there all the time and next semester I will live there), and it is a sweet community, not quite like Kaleo, :) but still good. I'm actually also really enjoying my classes and I know that this is where I need to be right now, to lead me to fufill the call I feel that God has on my life.
As others have said... I loved the yearbook! Thanks so much for all of you who put sooo much work into it. It was simply wonderful!
So yeah that is my life in a nutshell, I love and miss you all. I love talking to those of you whom I have had the chance to.
Love Always,
Catherine

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NYC Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaby!

hello all!
well yes it's official, i'm back in new york for real which is nuts in itself. the past few days have been an intense time of getting to know people and sightseeing, and for today and yesterday, training! The training that we've been doing is on how to properly run a sidewalk sunday school according to form and stuff, making sure we don't miss everything, from pre-opening, to opening, to the bible lesson, to games, and everything else that comes. right now we're in the preaching stage, so we have to come up with stuff to preach on and say it to people at our table, and sometimes in front of all 62 interns. it's a little bit intimidating and hard!!! haha i can't do it without preperation or anything. we're supposed to just open our mouths and flow with it, but it don't work that way all the time. so prayer for that would be much appreciated, as we go through these next few days of intense training that literally takes up 12 hours. it's nuts.
getting to know people is starting to become easier. half of the people are from germany, it seems, so i'm learning german as we go. there's 3 other canadians, although 2 are from quebec....haha the other guy is from kelowna (he was one of the people from the group that was here when the kim's brought us here in march!). it's awesome having the kim's here, and even knowing the staff that we met the last time we were here has been extremely helpful as well. for all that were on the new york trip, we're now using the kitchen that we so dilligently were scrubbing and cleaning up, and vanessa's cooking us some fine meals from there. the accomodations are more than cramped, with 20 guys in one room, bunkbeds are everywhere, and it's extremely tight. we also only have 2 showers...which hasn't been a huge issue so far, but could become one in the future.

one last important thing you should know...wendy, a girl from alabama, has taken it upon herself to compare me to an animal (and i did not reveal to her the polar bear story), and she came up with the golden retriever...i don't know how you guys feel about that, buuut just thought i'd pass it on.


miss you guys!
hope you're having fun and loving Jesus wherever you're at!

Scotty

I just got my Yearbook!

Hey guys! Wow... Yearbook Team, you did an INCREDIBLE job! It looks phenomenal, and it totally brought me back. I absolutely love it, so thank you to all of you that put so much time and energy into this masterpiece.
Also...quick questch about the "K5 Media Bundle"; I received one disk titled "Yearbook Photos and Songs", but there was nothing else in the case....just wondering.
So...anyway, as most of you know, unlike our plans at the beginning of the summer, I am in Alberta and Dan is in Nova Scotia. So, I am kind of in a weird place right now...I applied to two receptionist positions here in Lloyd, and have found out that I need to take a grade twelve Math in order to get into Behavioural Sciences at Ambrose. So, back to high school for an hour every day next semester! I'm trying to find a way around having to take this Math so I could go to Ambrose this January, but who knows. I would love prayer in trusting God with wherever He takes me this year.
Also, on Sept. 17th, I am going to Toronto for a week to visit my friend, Merissa. I am so excited to see her, but I am also apprehensive about loving her like Jesus without 'condoning' her party-ish lifestyle. I know that God wants me to be real, down to Earth, and kind, but I also know He wants Merissa to know Him. Please be praying that I seek His will for me in Toronto.
I love you guys, I miss you guys....I am so grateful for all of you.
-Your sis....Katie

P.S. Steve and Michelle: When are you coming to visit me, you crazy people?!?!

Once apon a time!

Hey my family!!
So I have been debating writing on here for quite some time and so here it is!!
Life is pretty sweet right now. I am slowly figuring out my life, I have a car a place and am getting a phone, so this is a big step. I am just looking for a job.
Today I met the K6ers... It was all very exciting to be there as a representative for LC and just to be there in that oh so familiar place.. It is definitely by Gods grace how well i am doing with Kaleo and camp being over. Being down there today I was just so excited for those guys, more excited than I was when we were there. I had a blast just getting to know some of them. It is so amazing!! I picked out Jons and Jordans bros right away.. Haha it was too funny. They are definitely siblings!!!
Anywho that was my sweet K6 experience.
I do miss you guys so stinking much but at the same time I have incredible peace about us being apart. The memories of K5 bless me so much!
I am going to start a blog separate from this one,just a more frequent up date on everything and rants and everything, so please check that out!the address is very simple. sherigeiger.blogspot.com!!
I love you guys!!
Sheri
PS I was looking at my year book and it is amazing thank you so much guys!! (Lord Rint the comics are so stinkin funny!!)

Welcome Kaleo 6

I cant post on your blogg so i decided to post on ours.. in hopes that Jim will read it to you some time in chapel.... umm Jim when ever you get this you can read it to them.

Wow your there! its been along time coming, I know that some of you have been counting down the days since you got that call from Jim saying welcome to the kaleo family. I know the first day was full of awkward pauses and conversations full of question. Some of you may be think "WHAT AM I DOING HERE"... but don't ever let the thought of going home cross you mind. God has called you here for a reason, look around and you will see the faces of your new family. These are the people who will laugh with you, cry with you, pray with you, and have random adventurers with. The people Who will take you in to there home when your traveling across Canada and feed you and give you a bed to sleep in (trust me it could happen). Knowing this Don't hold your self back, let them in, Let them get to know you. In letting them get to know you, you will also get to know your self. I know lots of you are related or just know people that have done Kaleo in the past, I challenge you to forget every thing they have told you and do this on your own. Every year is so different, so make this one KALEO 6 and not just Kaleo.
I am on the road right now but i will be seeing you in a few weeks I'm so excited to get to know you all! and looking froward to having some of you at my church. So i guess all i really wanted to say in the letter was WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! and i see you soon

p.s Jim tell Kristy i love her!

Kaleo 6!

Right now @ camp there is a group of K6. Trying their very best to remember names, nervous about this daunting year ahead of them and for the most part clueless about the beyond huge things God has store for them this year!

Let's shout out some prayers for them and for Jordan, Jim, Kristey and Jen! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM!)

And, I know you all know this but .............. Jesus Christ is the same person today He was in Kaleo! Here's praying for you guys! May the Lord, teach challenge and grow you in phenominal ways this year. May He give you hope in his power, which is working for you at camp and away from camp!

Love you guys! (and miss you a little.......ok maybe a lot, but a good kind of missing, you know they type out of love, not out of wallowing!)

~Dotto~

Deciding

Hey guys this is Arlan here, I'm at the camp right now helping with kaleo prep and soon going on a mega sweet kayak trip with my sister Sept 9-14 which I'm so stoked for. The question is what after that?

(idea 1)So as some may know I'm thinking about heading to Nanaimo there is some sweet riding for the bike in that town, a few awesome people I know and so far at least 2 churches I could go to, and hopefully get involved with. I'm thinking about a construction related job, but also with commitment getting enrolled with an apprenticeship, but that would be like 4 year deal, and I could possibly do this in Nana or in ON but see I don't know where to go cause on the flip side (idea 2) I have a desire to go back home and be with my family for a while, then head to New York in March.

Anyways I'm kind of stuck on where to go and what to do with my life, aren't we all! It seems I just can't make up my mind and I am really seeking direction and leading from God. I have a slight idea that he wants me to do (idea 2), but I have this kind of dream to do something with my mountain bike passion, and Nanaimo could be a real good place to do it. There is the saying "you've got to give everything up for God," and if I go home and then to New York I'd be giving a lot up, but then there is the saying "God gives you dreams and desires for a reason so go for your dreams" and Nanaimo seems like a town where I could start some dreams. Now come to think of it both of these could be either dream and giving up everything for God, but I'm stuck in a rut with where God's leading me to go, and I want it to be his lead rather than my choice. Your prayer would be awesome!

Oh I've been reading the blog it is good to here from you guys, I'm going to try check this out more often actually haven't checked it since Kaleo ended, sorry guys. Hope all you guys going to school will love what you learn and that what is real important will stay in the brain. This is life.

Yearbook!

I picked up the Yearbook from the printers today and it looks great! We can't wait to get it to you and share the memories with you! Please email me and confirm the mailing address you would like it sent to.

As we mentioned just after Kaléo ended, because of the higher-than-anticipated cost of a higher-quality-than-dreamed-of Yearbook, there will be a cost of $20.00. However, the total cost is $40.00, and Qwanoes is also going to take care of shipping, so it is still a great deal for a great yearbook. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about this.

Thanks again to our amazing Yearbook Team! You did a fabulous job!

momma T cookies...

hello hello! it's been far too long for this to come about, but here it is! (coming after eating a momma T cookie and a whole whack of cookie dough: hence the title). a summer at qwanoes has come and gone, and i would have never thought that i'd be a part of it, but i was, and it was unreal. first of all, i have no idea how i lasted 7 weeks of counselling with the kids that i had and did not burn out. praise jesus for that. this last week i've really been thinking back on it and realizing that there is NO way that i could have done anything without the power of God. the whole camp experience and meeting new people and learning more through others has me contemplating the upcoming summer...but who knows what God has in store for me.

In other news, i leave for new york in ohhh 11 days!!! haha the craziness of that statement has really started to sink in for me since i've been home (since yesterday) and as i talk to more people about it. the good news is that i know vanessa, the kims are living there now, and ryan wood will be there. but on the other hand, i have noooo idea what i'm getting into. if you could just pray for a rest filled time leading up to it and that i would just be spiritually prepared to go come the 12th. im also struggling physically, a nasty cough has invaded my body and made me want to do nothing except sleep and lay around. so message me! get in touch with me! i have nothing to do really before the 12th. love to reconnect.


i love you all
scotty T