Kaleo Ministry #8

Hey friends, since my last blog a few exciting things happened: my roommates and I had a roomie night filled with laughter, fun, food, girl talks and much more including a photo shoot, below are a few pictures from our shoot! At youth group this week some regular attendees from last year made it out for the first time this year! My Mom arrived safe and sound and met almost everyone out here. Some man played “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes in Church for Remembrance Day, we went to visit the camp sheep (I did not know they had any until the other day) and we have reading break until Thursday, yay, although I do have a lot of assignments to complete, all of which are very interesting but often time consuming.

Back to youth group...as the youth grow up, along come jobs, homework, more and different friends and sports in addition to life and family. It is very hard to fit everything into one week. These two boys who came to youth for the first time this year were overjoyed that they actually made it. It is funny; youth group is often what is cut in a busy week of school and activities. Could you pray for the youth, that they realize the importance of Christian community, especially if they are not coming to Church on Sunday mornings due to work or just because they do not want to.

On Friday night, even despite the slight rain and possibility of more, we gathered around a huge fire at Kathryn’s house. Talking about their weeks, roasting marshmallows and hotdogs, making smores and playing glow stick hid and seek, provided a great setting to enjoy each other’s company. Recently and through conversations with Kathryn, it has started to occur to me why one of the girls opens up more than the other. Since she is a foster child, life is not private. Consequently, talking and opening up about life and what she is thinking and feeling is not as hard as compared to others. It seems that no matter how hard I try and befriend one of the girls, she keeps me at arms length. This past week, I have started to realize that I am not in control of the situation - God is. I don’t need to worry, just be available in case she needs me. This realization helped bring my focus back on the youth instead of focusing on me and what I am doing. Thanks for all your prayers on behalf of these girls. They are amazing and beautiful and I am loving them more each week!

Some prayer requests for this week:
-Focus to complete some of my assignments, especially since my Mom is here and I want to spend as much time with her as possible
-Continued building of friendships with the other students at Kaleo, and that we will not be afraid to open up so we can have a deeper relationship
-That everyone will come back to Kaleo after this week off refreshed and ready
-Continued hunger to know God and discover Him in profound and wonderful ways

In Christ,
Kylie

Photo's from our roomie night! (Including the one above) L to R: Alivia, Amelia, Erin, Kylie

Room three-one-two


One of the many fun faces we made