Hello everyone! It’s been an incredibly busy couple of weeks here in
the Kaleo Program and we are more than excited to get to show you what we’ve
been doing.
Nearly two weeks ago, we packed up the vans and drove North
to Nanaimo where we were treated to our Monkido High Ropes Adventure. The
Monkido course allowed us to zipline and walk a high ropes course over 50 feet
high in the air. We did four courses and all of us made it through even the
toughest course available. Most of us even practiced our tightrope skills and tried
a couple of the elements no-handed! It was a lot of fun and really good for us
to spend some good group time having an adventure in the midst of the academic rigor.
The Biggest highlight came when Levi decided he would try
and walk across the most lengthy tightrope with no hands (but a harness of
course!) Apparently, many had tried the task, but he was the first to succeed. All
of his slack-lining practice has really paid off! He left the course with
bragging rights and a 50% off bungee jump coupon (worth over $50!) We ended the
day with a good session of Tim Tam slams (ask if you don’t know what that is!)
in the Tim Horton’s parking lot in Ladysmith. The next day was spent recovering
our upper body strength as we were all sore.
The next week was our Kaleo program week of prayer. We
started on Monday and all took turns taking times in our “prayer room” in
Pacific Woods lodge. We went for 24 hours a day making sure the room was always
filled with someone in a time of focused, deliberate prayer. Most students took
four different times over the course of the week. Many of them wrote up requests
to pray for, and many of the students enjoyed meeting with God and spending some
focused time with Him. I was incredibly encouraged by seeing how the students
seemed to really enjoy the time of prayer. We kept a journal where they were
encouraged to reflect on their times and leave their names so we could all see
how God spent individual time with each of us. It’s been phenomenal and
encouraging to read these entries. I would encourage all of you reading this to
contact your loved one here and ask what they learned over the week. I think
you’ll be deeply blessed.
Another highlight has come and gone by way of academic
achievement. We were so excited to see the students dive into their studies and
write their first research papers. With the Old Testament literature class
ending, it was amazing to read so many papers thought through and worked on.
There have been papers written on everything from King David to Nehemiah, and
from Psalms to Malachi! We are incredibly proud of our students and are excited
to see them grow even further in their academic pursuits.
In case you haven’t seen the post below, the Old Testament
Video is now up! Spend some time watching it, it’s good for an embarrassing laugh
on our part if nothing else!
Thanks for checking in on us!
Derek
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