An Online Ministry Journal. 

What does that mean?

Good question. 

Let me begin...at the beginning. 

   I am currently living on the moist and rocky timberland of Vancouver Island. Here – at Camp Qwanoes – there are five major elements to the Kaleo Discipleship Program: Academics, Adventures, Community, Leadership Development, and Missions. Although it is my ongoing goal to encompass a lifestyle of ministry, this journal will focus primarily on the last two points. As a ‘student leader’ I will apply the things I have been learning from classes, creation, and community as I serve in my “mission field”.  For me, an online ministry journal is a place where I hope to share with you the ways I have been serving, how I am learning, and the ways in which Christ is using me.

-- During the year I will be helping around Camp Qwanoes with a multiple of their off-season weekend events; during a weekend I may find myself in the kitchen at the crack of dawn, the “dish-pit” after a meal, the Challenge Course with guests, the bathroom with disinfectant and a scrubber, a cabin with retreaters, or any combination of the above.
-- Along with four other Kaleo students, I am participating at Oceanview Community Church in Ladysmith. On Sunday, I will be helping with Sunday School. This past Sunday, I met ten beautiful elementary school children. They almost wouldn’t let me leave the building and I wasn't sure I wanted to either.
-- On Wednesdays I will be joining a small group of leaders and girls from church. The hope of Beautiful Girls is to create a place for girls grades 7-9 to come and learn, build relationships, and have fun together.  
-- In late winter a missions trip is scheduled for either inner city Vancouver or Mexico.

Our theme for this year at Kaleo is "Step Out" from Isaiah 43:1-3a.

 ¹ But now, this is what the LORD says—
   he who created you, Jacob,
   he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
   I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
² When you pass through the waters,
   I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
   they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
   you will not be burned;
   the flames will not set you ablaze.
³ For I am the LORD your God,
   the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour

I'm confident that being a living sacrifice - a minister - won't be an easy breeze, but I am thankful for the Spirit of the Lord that will step out with me. With expectancy, I am getting excited for the ways I will be able to live out Christ with my hands, my feet, and my mouth. 

In stepping out, I will step into the lives of others.