Hey Steve.

There was a hole in the rock! This is Noah.




It's like my camera's been healed or something.
It was dying, but now maybe it came back to life.
So yes, one of my favorite places out here.

All I have to say is that there are times in the internship where I have no idea what's going on, with me, with God, with everyone around me. I just know He's good and He's for me not against me. I just know He loves me.

"Of all the beings on or off this planet, the one who knows you the best is the one who loves you the most."

He's the perfect best friend. My one and only.

The Best Outreach Ever!

This weekend all 26 of us packed our bags and crossed the water over to Victoria! We left early Friday morning and returned home four days later on Monday night. It was a great weekend, so much happened that it's hard to remember it all! Not only was it the best outreach to read about, but this time I finally have pictures! WOW! I've been having some camera problems, but it takes ok pictures if you give the camera a little love.

Crossing the water to the island

We got to spend some time with Bruce Friesen on Friday after we arrived that afternoon. We spent most of our time with Bruce and serving the church he pastors, Lion of Judah. It's a great church, there's a lot of freedom and a lot of room for God to move how He wants to. It's a different atmosphere than most are used to and I really liked it. I was really able to see Bruce's heart this weekend and that was one of my favorite things about the weekend. On Friday we also spent some time cleaning up and doing whatever the church needed us to do to get ready for a womens conference they were having the next day. With all of us working, everything got done really fast.

On Saturday all the girls attended the womens conference at Lion of Judah. Heather Clark was the speaker and she gave a lot of insight on the the many roles women have and how she sees our ability to "do it all." Some of the girls stayed at the conference and a few worked in the nursery and child care just serving and helping out as we could. It was a good day. While all the girls were at the conference all the guys were out in Victoria doing an outreach ministering to homeless teenagers and children. They had a number of really good encounters there and it was great to see how they were a light to those kids.



Sunday we helped out with Lion of Judah's morning services. After the services we did prophetic teams and were able to encourage people, it went over really well. That night Heather Clark did a worship night and spoke again. I really enjoy ministry so Sunday was great!

all of us spending some time with Bruce

Monday was our free day in Victoria! In the morning we spent some time with Bruce and that was another one of my favorite parts of the weekend, that's when I could see Bruce's heart the most. He's a great guy, he's one of my favorites. After spending some time with Bruce we went downtown and shopped a bit and walked around and got a chance to see the city. I spend the day with Anthony and Chris, it was a fun day. I love Victoria!

Ronny and some of the guys enjoying yet another great meal at the Steepers!
God bless the Steepers for their great hospitality!

Not only did we have a great time in Victoria, but an engagement came out of it! Cameron proposed to Julie and of course she said yes! We're so excited for them. Just thought I might throw that in at the end of this wonderful update.

Thanks to Anthony Acevedo for some of the pictures.

Busy, busy, busy.

We've been doing a lot recently, more than usual. Our schedules are always so packed that I haven't had a lot of time to update you all that often. Actually, I don't have a lot of time to talk to anyone at home, with the combination of the time change and a busy schedule.

So since the last time I've posted anything, we've taken the 102 with John Thomas. It was really good and I got more out of the the second time around than I did the first time. I like John Thomas, he's a great guy and he's really after the very different and very unique things of God. A number of the things he had to share with us that weekend were eye opening.

Last weekend all of our guys went to help some friends of ours unload boxes for a thrift store in North Vancouver. The profit from the store all goes to help SOS ministry that reaches out to homeless children in other countries as well as people in Canada. The guys had a great time and they worked really hard.

Since the guys were there last weekend, all of the girls went this weekend to help set up the store and give them a hand with sorting and whatnot. It was a good day and it was nice to know that we were a blessing to the store and SOS. After a long day we came home to the blue house to find that the guys had prepared a spectacular evening for us. We were escorted from the car with flowers! They washed our feet and served us dinner at a wonderful table setting in the studio as Noah played his violin. They did this all just to honor us girls and it was really wonderful. I felt really blessed and loved by them all. I love my brothers! It was a great time for all of us to just be together.

Tomorrow some of us are going to an art gallery with Joni Cooper and some of us are going on a hike in Vancouver. I'm going on the hike and I'm pretty excited about it. I'm sure I'll have pictures for you all!

At this point of the internship and this particular time in my life, I'm really weighing my options as to what the next step for me is. Something John Thomas shared when he was here really got me thinking about what was next to come. So, if you're wondering how to pray for me, please pray that God would show me where I should go and what the next step is. Pray that I might be encouraged and that I would have peace.


John Paul Jackson said this, "God will move Heaven and Earth to get you to where you need to be." Nothing is impossible for Him.