Hey All

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