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This past week has been an adventure of Surfing, and River Kayaking! The Cobble Hill group did our last wrap up service/reflection of the Bridge. It was very sad knowing it would be our last one. It is such a foreign thing to have a Sunday evening off to just sit and relax.
As for the week, we spent the first 3 days out in the Pacific Rim surfing and just enjoying each others company, in a small cramped church out there. Mind you I had to escape to keep from going insane and claustrophobic. I get grumpy when I am confined. As well though some of us went on a hike out to the blowhole and watched the wave shoot vertically upward and almost drench Danial. Good old Wet coast for ya.
Later in the week we had a concert with the Band Jezreel for all of the youth groups that us Kaleo have been working with this past year. It was a lot of fun. I got out of my shell a bit and was up there jumping around with the kids to get them all energized. It was really cool too cause one of the band membered was a old time friend from kindergarden. It was really nice to see her again and see where she was at in life.
Saturday a group of us went out to the Cow River and spent our morning kayaking down the "white water" lol it wasn't very scary river kayaking, more of a leisurely cruse down the river but at the same time it was nice to be out on the river cruzing around with some friends. The dry suites that we wore made us all look like space people. I love the outdoors.
Now this is me sending well one of my last posts before I am done here at Kaleo. One more in a weeks time and that will be it for the Kaleocontinuum. The next step in life is home for a little while and off to Imadene yet again for summer. After that, is up to God.

God Bless
Aaron Denninger

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So the Epic Adventure is over. We finished out last stretch of the trip out on Copper Island. The Island is located a hours boat ride out of Uculet through the Broken Island Group, found between that and Bamfield Provincial park. It was so gorgeous boating out to the island. The Island itself was very beautiful as well. The camp was definately in a state of construction as we were helping them build the new chapel building and then just cleaning and setting up some of the other buildings back the way they should be for this coming summer.
I spent my time working as a apprentace alongside two electritions that were there, working on getting the chapel all wired up. It was a lot of fun and a cool experience since I have been contemplating on taking a apprentiship in electrical engineering.
Deb and Kylee ended up hauling wood from the saw mill and putting that into piles the whole time and Maylane cleaned the kitchen to a nice shine. I have to say, It was a very enjoyable time working and physically at that. Don't get too much of that at camp here.
We did some fun stuff while there too. I took a tone of pictures, we fished, crabed, prawned and collected oisters. I tried a raw prawn and ate a oister. We also feasted on lots of crab. Eventually my stomach couldn't handle all of this sea food and I got a bad stomach ache as a result.

Now we are all back and reunited with one another. Right back into our schooling, with classes during the day and lots and lots of homework in the evenings. Man this course is a lot heavier than any of the others. At least in the reading department.

God Bless
Aaron

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Vancouver was a blast and a crazy busy one at that. We stayed with Jenny and Carla at the Inner Hope House. The week went by so fast with all the things we were up to. They kept us busy from the beginning of the week to the very end.
UGM was one of the many things that we were involved with during the week. This was a center for the homeless to come and get a free meal but before they were aloud to eat their meal, they listened to a sermon. Us the Kaleo got to run two of the services. The first one was on the Monday and we kind of just followed along and played some music for the homeless. The second time around though we did it all on our own. I did a sermon on James 1:22-25 about not just listening to God’s advise but actually applying it to our lives. To help get the point across I had a visual illustration, filling a jar with rocks and sand to represent our lives and then there was water and by pouring the water into the jar it explained how God has to absorb into our whole lives and not just be off to the side. The Girls led us in some Music and a questionnaire about how God has taking some of our downfalls and done his work with them.
Another one of the ministries that we were involved in was with the kids at ‘Say Yes’. This was a after school program that the first nations kids would come to after school to get some extra work done and also some much needed care. It was so much fun hanging out with the kids and just being examples for them. The kids were a huge challenge but for sure worth every minute of time we spent hanging out with them. These kids just needed someone in their lives to show that they cared for them and man was it cool to share that with them.
Besides all the ministries that we helped out with there was a lot of work to do at the house. We reorganized the garage so that the kids could go down there and play on the pool table again. As well now they can store more things for people down there. Painting though was the theme of our whole week at the house =P Every day was dedicated to painting a portion of the house.
I could go on and on about the kids that we got to hang out with and be involved with but that could take forever. Thanks for reading and when you get to see me next ask me about it and I could give you story after story about just Vancouver. Now we are headed off to Uculet for the next stretch of our adventure. Keep up the prayers, they are always needed.

God Bless
Aaron

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So when I was thinking what I would share with you this past week, I really didn't know what I wanted to share. When I first looked at it not a whole lot did happen besides everyone was doing a whole lot of homework. The K group hasn't gone on any new extreme adventures in the past while, so things may not seem to exciting. But when I look back on this past little while there still has been a fair amount going on.
In the subtle going about's of this past week I did see a lot happening. Not in just my life but that of the others around me. Lets see, well to start with some of the things the others have been up to, the guys have been struggling to get a lot of their work done and even in the midst of this stress it has been a great opportunity for me to teach and help out. I have been able to go around and aid the other Kaleo in their papers and assignments having finished mine earlier. It was really good being able to share with them and to give them ideas to start them off when they have been frustrated and stumped. It has also encouraged me in not just my own paper but then to look more into the others papers and their perspectives that come out in them. It is good to feel needed and when people apricate your help. I love to give it, even if Im not a all star paper writer.
As well We had a Baptism this past week, actually yesterday. Two Baptisms at that! Shannon and her Fionce John got Baptised together down here at the Qwanoes beach. I have to say they are very commited to get Baptised in that near freezing water, as well as near freezing conditions outside. All of us around were watching and listening while trying to bite back the cold. We were all bundled up too and them in nothing but their wet suites and tshirts.
It was really awesome to hear the testamonies of the two, Shannon and John. It was the second time for us Kaleo to hear Shannons but that didn't take away any of the significancy of it. While hearing Johns testamony for the very first time was really amazing and a look into the life he used to live and now how much he has changed and grown just in this short period of time. I love to see the two of them together in such a way proclaiming together their faith in Christ. It really encourages me.
I for one have been thinking about Baptism for a long time. Anyone who knows me would already know my confession to living for Christ and I hope would keep me accountable to that. But even with that I look to one day in the near future to get Baptised in a public confession infront of not just family and friends but anyone who cares to be a witness to that. I don't know when I will do this but I have a feeling it will be soon... maybe not in this year of Kaleo, maybe not even in this year at Imadene, but I think some time back at home. Back at home. I want to do it when God is calling me to do it, right now just doesn't seem to be the time. I will keep you all posted when it will go down though! And it will go down.

Right now I just want to ask for everyone's prayer according to the missins trips that will be happening with the K group starting in a week from now. For money, for those who are still cutting close to the funds they need. For nerve of those who don't know if they are ready for this cultural clash, or how they will react in it. For health and wellness of those who arn't physically quite where they want to be, especially Tom for his leg and that God will use us how we come. God uses the weak of this world and the insignificant to show his wonder.

Thanks for reading
God Bless
Aaron Denninger

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A new haircut, a shave and a week later...
It has been a very relaxing weekend and good in the sense that I got lots of rest for the upcoming weeks here at Kaleo and soon our missions trips. I spent most of my time during the reading break, reading and sleeping =P, none of the reading was school work mind you, since I have finished it all for this next month.
On the other side of the spectrum, it was a kind of depressing week away from the mother ship. Getting back into the real world, I realized how corrupt and messed up it is. Even us who call ourselves Christian are so screwed up out there. It is sad to see the example we are leaving on this world. That kind of got me down but now has energized me a bit to keep myself on my toes for life after Kaleo. I have seen what is out there and know its not going to be easy at all but look forward to the challenge with a new perspective. It is all for His glory and not mine, and I hope by living by that others will be encouraged to do, following in suite of Christs example.
I have to say though, I am glad to be back for the little bit that we are here for till we leave again. It is nice to see the farmiliar faces around camp and back into the grind here. What a awsome chance to really dig in.

Excited for the last stretch
God Bless
Aaron

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So our reading break has started and been pretty good so far. I spent my day visiting with a good old friend from years back, when I was in highschool... ya that was way back =P We spent the day just wandering around Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Crofton, and time ran out when we got to Shawnagan. It was a good day of catching up on the past years and remembering good times. A good start to a good week.

Mind you I will be doing a bit of reading and work, since it is reading break ;P

God Bless
Aaron

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This will be a shorty but a gooder.
So this week we had the bridge yet again. This time though was quite interesting. We set up our little campfire style bridge cause people have taken a liking to it, being able to look across at each other and seeing faces. So we go about setting that up, and our circle holds maybe 20 I'd say. Well tonight we get all practiced up and I was playing along on guitar to practice with that since I need all the practice I can get. And the people just start filing in. It was so crazy, I had to start setting up more chairs for all these people who were showing up. The crazy thing is most of them weren't even regulars, our regulars weren't even there! It was amazing we ended up with probably around 35-40 people for the Bridge! The biggest Bridge I've ever seen.

Im Stoked for next week!
God Bless
Aaron