HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

hope you all got lots of candy this year on the 31st!!
on halloween friday the New Life crew went to the church and helped to serve by handing out candy to students of all ages from the trunks of cars which got dressed up...yes, the car were dressed up for halloweed, its called trunk-or-treating. and it was pretty much awesome! we got to spend time with the youth in a fun and exciting setting. i think that this was a good way to help us connect with them on a more relaxed and less imposing level. i know that some really good conversations went on as well as having fun giving (and eating!!) candy!!
this past weekend i got to work in the kitchen prepping food for a guest group that was staying here at the camp. i got to wake up at 5:30 two mornings in a row and go help make breakfast, i really did enjoy the time i got to spend with the staff and other students who were helping out. we made eggs, suasage, poridge, and all that good breakfast food! then we got to make lunch and then dinner also. making awesome food and getting to know the staff here by just spending time with them and working together to attain a common goal; its funny how much closer you can get to people by simply being in the same place together and working together to get something done. serving the guest group was also alot of fun, as well as working in the kitchen i got to go and work at the climbing wall, it was alot of fun to watch and encourage the youth as they struggled up the wall. i am glad that we got to learn all the skills we did when Kaleo began so that we can be part of the ministry of this camp. so far it has been alot of fun! also, there are two Kenyan preachers who are with us at New Life for a few weeks and we got a chance to talk to them, it was cool to hear what they thought about halloween because they had never experienced it before. they couldnt believe that people gave out candy for free...and man did they like the candy!! aha it was awesome!

today, we all split up into two large groups and headed out in different ways, some of us went caving at horne lake caves a little past coombs; the others went to victoria to hand out sleeping bags, socks, and other things to the resident homeless, as well as talking to them and letting them know that there are people around who care and want to hear their stories. some of which can be super awesome. i was in the group that went caving today and it was so much fun, we drove out there and made a stop at coombs along the way. its always a fun place to make a pit stop. then we piled back into the van and took off to the caves, when we got there we spit into two smaller groups and grabbed some helmets and our headlamps and off we went. there were some pretty small places in there which we had to smoosh ourselves through but it wasnt so bad that people were gettng stuck. we got to stand under an underground waterfall. experience the complte darkness of deep places, and ... see many many daddy long legs cluttered all over the roof. Tom and Fish totally freaked out at the sight of them. then Ben found a massive bug that kind of looked like a cricket but it was seriously HUGE and it had a big stinger thing on it!! DISGUSTING!!! by the time we were done in the cave i was covered in mud, and we got to go to the swimming pool, we walked in all covered in mud and all the people looked at us as if we were nuts because of it. but thats ok it was fun and very well worth it all. we went into the pool and swam/hottubbed for a while before changing (into clean clothes which we had brought along) and then headed back to base camp for dinner and then woship afterwards.
tomorrow the groups get to swtich it up and the cavers get to hit the streets of victoria tomorrow and i am amped for that!

then just tonight a little while ago fish and i went to the panabode (a house which is the home of some of the full time staff here) and we watched the new Hulk movie (pretty darn good it is) and then we played some wii with Matt, Joel, Phil Fish and me. it was alot of fun.

basically, if as you were reading you got bored and started skipping through bits and pieces, this week has been encouraging in our church ministry, and...fun!! through and through.
some things that i think would be good to pray on would be comfort to some people who are going through some rough times right now, for strength and courage to make tough choices and the wisdon to see the decisions that need to be made. as well as for the missions trips that the teams would be put together in the way that God has had planned before time as we know it began, and that we would all feel comfortable in the places we have chosen to go and that the finances for the trips would come in to all who need them!

thanks for reading yo!