you always amaze me.

my Father is good.

if you asked me today how things are going, i'd say they're rocky. there's a lot going on right now. but my Father is still so good.

i got to spend the past week up at mount washington in a log cabin lodge right on the side of the hill. i got to spend 5 days in the snow, shredding and snowshoeing and tubing, and got to spend each night in incredible community chapels with the incredible friends God's provided me with this year. these were times of prayer and conversation, in which we acknowledged Christlike qualities we see in one another, and as a group named one another - names that both recognize who we are now, as well as giving admonition and spurring one another towards more.

i was pretty worried that nobody would know what to name each other, but the Spirit was moving in our group. a lot of people had the same names come to them for the same people as they prayed, and we took time (a lot of time - i think something around 5 or 6 hours over two nights) to talk them through until we arrived at one that fit. i was really surprised to be the first one named - "conqueror". for those of you who know my story, this gives me a lot to grow in to, and shows a lot of hope that people have got for me to overcome things that seem as immovable as mountains. that name's going to be something i wrestle with (it already has been) but i know it's not arbitrary, and i value it a lot.

and the mountains seem to have been budging. i feel, in a way, as if it's been a back-and-forth experience of growth and frustration with a lack thereof. but i'm seeing more and more of the former. i'm incredibly blessed with the friendships i've got being built here, and with the opportunities for adventures like i had this week, and the fact that i even have that name, and such sweet opportunities to worship Him in so many ways. the accuser is trying to undermine these things, to kill my brotherhood, to rob me of opportunities for adventure, to make me feel defeated and to keep me from worshipping my Saviour, Rescuer and Father but my eyes are being opened and i've found myself more able to discern and rebuke such attack. right now it's heavy though, and prayer to keep going would be really appreciated, and is honestly quite needed. i have been seeing the results of your guys’ prayers undeniably throughout these last months.

this entire year has been a process of things being brought to the surface and being engaged and overcome, and it continues to be so. right now i don't know what is going to happen - it seems like a million obstacles are fixing themselves in front of me, things i didn't foresee and don't know how i'm going to overcome. in a way it's really stressing me out, but on a whole i'm given such an incredible overlay of peace.

He's got this.

it's going to be okay.

my Father is good.

Kaleo Seven.

Matthew Conqueror Newton
James Guardian VanderVeen
Jeremy Shepherd Derksen
Bo Flash Stephenson
Claire Victory Roscoe-Lussier
Marissa Wellspring Baerg
Katie Physician Doiron
Justin Advocate Lenny
Haley Devotion Warkentin
Rivera Challenger Woodford
Jim Abraham Badke
Kaitlyn Radiant Cey
Nick Pilgrim VanSnick
Josh Israel Poulin
Mark David Guenther
Nicole Gem Venton
Ellie Delight Downing
Abby Companion Calverly
Bob Builder Drinkwater
John Counselor Lansink
Ben Gentle Schmidt
Emma Ambassador Furfaro
Jade Genuine Summerfelt
Nate Mender Boyda
Jenna Esther McKee
Trent Masterpiece McKone
Caroline Caregiver Pullan
Tim Refiner Everett
Bria Hopeful Bymann
Kristie Treasure Voth
Jessica Mercy Hendry

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there are stories and prayers and hopes and incredible things behind each of these.