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hey friends. so it's almost 3 weeks into kaleo at this point, and things are so hectic, it's ridic! but cool.

this past week we had our first course: spiritual formations with marv penner. it was a really sweet week of looking into how culture views our spirituality and how that differs from how Christ designed our spirituality, we looked at different spiritual disciplines - a lot of which were straightforward but an equal amount are largely overlooked or go undiscussed. it was cool to see the conversations that the classes inspired; the great stuff it gave us to mull over, and bounce ideas around about. we ended the course with a final, but not your typical final; we just got to head off and spend 2 and a half hours on our own with God. i'm gonna be honest, i had no idea what to expect, but i came with my bible, camper profiles, and a large list of people to pray for, as well as a journal and portfolio, so i was sure to be prepared. what ended up happening was pretty sweet: as the time went on, and i prayed for people and situations i've long left unprocessed, things became a lot more conversational between me and Him. it was really, really rad. we ended things with communion down on the dock which was incredible.

as for my ministry at st andrews, the youth group is so rad. it's been so cool to hang out with these youth the last couple of weeks, hear where they're coming from and just things going on in their life. we went to the corn maze this last friday and it was pretty sweet to see the youth group in full (a lot of them had been away with their school in earlier weeks) and be welcomed in.

tomorrow we head to SALTS, so we'll be sailing around the island & surrounding area in a pirate ship-looking thing. i'm pretty stoked! there'll be lots of photos, i'm sure.

if you could please just be praying for the ministries we're involved in here, for safety (but still adventure... so maybe some near-danger) for this trip ahead, and for more walls to be coming down with our group. i'm realizing that i really need to open up more; i've been really guarded... sooo pray for that please.

peace out, love ya guys.