First Week In

Hey All

So we have been at our new home of Qwanoes for a total of 1 week so far!! It has been a memorable and incredibly intimate time for all of us students and leaders so far; through "Get To Know You" games, reading groups, discussion times, prayer nights, and of course the intense hike we just got back from!
Yes we just got back from the peek of Mt. Albert Edward, one of the biggest summits here on Vancouver Island. We were split up into 5 groups of about 6-7 each and began our trek up the "hill" on Monday and it took us three days. My group hiked into Kwi Lake and camped for the night there, about 8 km from the base camp at Circlet Lake where some of our other groups where at. The first day in was sunny and fairly easy but long. The next day we left our gear and took our day packs to the base camp, met up with the other groups to start the climb. 4-5ish hours later we made it to the peek, for many it had been there first time ever to climb a mountain of that size or even one at all. Then we started the long and painful trek back down the mountain. I said painful because my knee started to hurt almost unbearably from a former sports injury where I have little cartelage, leaving the bones to rub constantly. But I made it alive! And we are here now today very tired and ready to just sit and do nothing... hence writing my blog now :P
That has been our latest adventure but there is more to come and there has been other things that came before that this past week. We have had lots of introductions to camp and college. The group of guys that I am here with at Kaleo are a great bunch of all kinds of abilities and personalities. Overall the group has meshed well through open discussion times down in the lounge, prayer times down at the dock in the evenings as well as many pick up sports, and just time to hang out and talk one on one. I am loving this place and the people so much already!
All of us have been sent out to our churches that we will be involved with for the whole year. Tom, Jeremiah, Kristy, Jesse and I are at Cobble Hill Church for our time here. It is a small church of 100 at most out in the town of Cobble Hill, pastored by Lech. He will be one of our professores this year for our Theology class. Speeking of Church, my group has a meeting with the Lech and Kurt tomorrow, for the bridge. That is the young peoples worship night that us as the Kaleo will be helping lead on Sunday evenings.
Well that pritty much wraps up my summery of this week; here are a few photos of our trip to give you a idea of the beautiful creation God has placed us in.