The Perfect End to my First Semester

Hey Everyone.

Today is the day we go home. It is hard to say goodbye to all my new friends but I know that I will see them again soon. I am super excited to go home and see my family and friends again. 


This past Thursday we decorated the lobby of the Pacific Woods Lodge (where the dorms are). In the morning we were given some dough to mold into Christmas ornaments. We all got our creative juices flowing and came up with some unique decorations.
Then after lunch while they baked in the oven, we headed out to Duncan to picked a Christmas tree. This was very exciting for me as this is the first time I've had a real Christmas tree. It was raining so we picked a tree rather quickly and hauled it back to camp.
When we arrived back to camp we painted our ornaments and finally we hung them up on the tree!

Friday was "Christmas morning". We did a white elephant gift exchange. Everyone was suppose to buy a mug that represented themselves. The idea is whoever got your mug is to pray for you whenever they use that mug.

This is the mug that I received from Kurtis, who LOVES Christmas and dogs.

 

Saturday was girls/guys day. We girls went skating in the afternoon.


While skating we met Anna and Elsa.








 After skating we went to a cute café in Victoria.

One of the Kaleo girls is from Victoria and her parents offered to have us over for dinner. That was so sweet of them. Such a treat to have a home cooked meal.

Then to top off the night we headed back to Camp and hang out in our pj's watching Tangled.
It was a super fun day!!

Thanks for your prayers!!
This semester has been incredible! It had its challenges but God is using those times to grow me and change me into the woman he intended me to be.

Sabrina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class, caving and church

Hey Everyone!

So we have finished up our Old Testament Class. This class has helped me organize OT events and books in their proper order I have gained a greater appreciation and understanding of the OT. As I previously mentioned our group had to create a video summarizing the OT. It was a lot of fun and it went really smoothly. The director team was super organized too. I hope you enjoy it.

Two weeks ago we went caving at Horne Lake. There were two caves that we went through. I really enjoyed this and didn't find it to tight. We split into three groups. At the end of the first cave there a was an area big enough for our group to stand. Andrew (the Kaleo leader) told us to turn off our headlamps. It was super dark, and I was slightly creeped out. But I also found it really cool! Andrew did a little talk on the stark contrast between light and darkness and how we are called to be a light in this dark world.

Last week we had our final class of the semester – Church Ministry. I really enjoyed this class. Our professor was very interactive and got us to discuss often. It was neat to see what the Bible said about how the church should operate. There were also many passages and topics that were controversial. We looked at the different views on these passages and why people interpret that specific passage in that way.

I got asked the question, “After taking this class and based on my experience at my Island church, what do I really appreciate about my church back home?

Well there is a lot that I appreciate about Portage Evangelical Church (PEC) but I will name a few. For some topics, the Bible is super clear on what our stance should be for that issue and some passages are open to interpretation. I see PEC seeking the truth. They desire to know God’s heart and what issues are worth fighting against. They stand firm in their belief on the issues that really matter.

Fellowship is important to PEC. They regularly have events that the whole church can be part of. Their desire is for us to grow in unity together as the body of Christ. To add to that they also partner with other churches from Portage, joining together in events like prayer meetings, church services, community outreaches, etc. They realize that the church family is bigger than just PEC.

I’m really excited to be back at PEC for a couple weeks. I feel very privileged to have grown up in that church. I have built many great relationships throughout the years. PEC has played a big part in who I am, in my Christian walk, today.

Thanks for the prayers!

 

Sabrina