Two Weeks Come and Gone...

Wow, it's hard to believe that it's been over two weeks since our last post. A sincere apology to all who are faithfully following our blog - I am not as good at keeping y'all up to date as my teammates are! But I will try my best...

We had the privilege of going to Okotoks Evangelical Free church and presenting our

performance to their youth group on Friday the 29th. Dan and Cheryl - the youth pastor and his

wife - were such blessings to us. They encouraged us greatly in what we were doing, and we helped to fill their house with some happy noise. :) We did our performance Friday evening, and then taught the jr. and sr. high students a bit about missions during Sunday school the following Sunday.

On Tuesday (Nov. 3) we left for Nipawin and on the way we stayed the night at Osler, SK where Carmen hails from. We reached Nipawin on Wednesday, and we shared with the Nipawin Alliance youth in the evening. While there we got to connect with our old friends James & Karina and Rhys & Janelle, former VTIers themselves. As crazy as it sounds, we did not take a picture with them. What can I say - we are a little bit lame. Thursday evening was spent with the Neuanlage youth (and some brave adults). They had a wonderful youth group, and we especially enjoyed the youth pastor's two little boys from Ethiopia. Friday morning we presented to the high school students at Valley Christian Academy in Osler, and then we drove to Nipawin Bible College for their missions conference. The staff, students, and missions reps at the college were so friendly and welcoming, and the Lord spoke to some students through us. We had quite a few people who were interested in doing ministry with VTI, so please pray that God would be guiding the right people to VTI for next year's teams. Sunday evening we were able to present at Carmen's home church in Osler, and then hang out with her College and Career group. On Tuesday we went to Glaslyn where Cara's friend Laura is interning as a youth/children's pastor. We had the privilege of playing with the kids and sharing our performance with them, and God worked it out so that our performance related to last week's Bible story. Our God is so good! Last night (Thursday) we performed with Jill Hagen and Linnea Salte at the Prince of Peace Lutheran church. I'm writing this from our wonderful host's house, so hopefully we get a picture so we can show you! :)

Here's a quick outline of our coming week:

Friday: Youth program at Mile Zero Church in Grimshaw, AB

Saturday: Program at High Level Evangelical Free Church

Sunday: Program at La Crete Christian Fellowship Church (MY CHURCH! WOO HOO!!!)

Monday: Program at High Level Christian Academy

Tuesday: Travel to Edmonton, AB

Wednesday: Programs at Drayton Christian School and Calvary Baptist Church in Drayton Valley

Hopefully that's enough information to keep you updated for a while. May God bless you all as you pray for our ministry, and may you be challenged and grown in your walk with Christ.

Blessings! :)

Cayla