Colombia

Hey guys I thought I would just give you a quick update about my time so far in New Zealand.   Well first off it didn’t even feel like I was back in Canada, it was such a quick whirlwind visit and for all of you that I didn’t get to see, I will be back soon and look forward to catching up, and those that I did get to see, I look forward to seeing you again. All those of you who have been to New Zealand and have told me that I would love it here, you were right.  I LOVE NZ.  I have had such and awesome, restful, fun, memory filled and blessed time my first month here.  I had the blessing and privilege of travelling around with a good friend, who took time off work and took me all around the North Island.  I have also been blessed by his amazing friends and family who have taken me in and have blessed me and made me feel at home.  (I am currently at his parents house, getting in some rest and relaxation before my school starts tomorrow).  I did ha...

Here we go on another adventure, tomorrow (if I get this blog written and posted today), I leave to go to New Zealand……So I thought I would just take a couple minutes to update you all on what is happening in the next phase of my journey… I came back to Canada mid December and it was so nice to catch up with a few of you and those that I haven’t seen, do not fear I am just gone for a few short months and then I will be back. So as I mentioned I leave tomorrow for New Zealand, and I am SUPER pumped… this is a dream come true, it has been on my bucket list for awhile now.  I will spend a month travelling around, seeing the sites as well as visiting some friends and then mid February I head to my Leadership Development Course for six weeks.  I am so looking forward to this course and have heard nothing but great things about it and I think it will be so beneficial to leading camp in the future. I get back to Canada at the end of March.  I will spend some time ...

Just sitting here to write this blog with so much in my heart and mind and tears in my eyes.  I feel that I have so much to say and so much to express and so much I have learnt that I don’t even know where to start or even how to express it (writing my words down isn’t my strong point) These past couple of months have been rough.  I have been so tired and exhausted and have been struggling with health issues, lot’s of doctors appointments with no answers, which leads me to believe that it might just be exhaustion.  I haven’t been feeling a lot of joy (which is weird for me because I find joy is one of my best characteristics) and I have just been going through the motions, especially with camp.  I have felt that people have lost interest in camp, I have questioned if this is really God’s plan and desire for my life.  I have complained to God a lot about having to do this camp thing alone and have been begging and pleasing for a husband (sorry to get honest ...

So once again I let to many days past since the teen girls camp, this time I have a little bit of an excuse, I had a friend from Switzerland visiting so I was busy running around with her… I think I need to start this blog off with being honest.  As some of you know from my last blog posts and a couple of emails, I have been tired and exhausted and the only reason I was looking forward to this camp was to get it over with cause that only meant one more camp and then that would meant in just over a month and I would be back in Canada and then in just over a month after that in New Zealand.  I was tired, better yet, I was exhausted and ready for a break.  I was getting frustrated with little things and just wanted to pack my bags and say “peace out Colombia, see you in 2018.  That was honestly my thoughts before going into this camp.  But as I was praying for this camp and these girls, I was praying that God would shower His love and Joy on them, just like He...

Where as the time gone… it was in my best intention to blog just a couple days after the mom’s camp, but life has been so crazy busy (I’m sure a lot of you can relate, especially with back to school time) and I just kept putting it off, as I have been running from here to there , or getting home late after running from here to there and having no energy to blog.  But alas here I am in my house at 2:44pm with no where else to go so I thought what a great time to blog. The mom’s camp was AMAZING.  We had such a great time and we laughed so hard till my sides and cheeks hurt.  And these beautiful, amazing mom’s put their all into every activity.  It was so nice to hear how thankful they were for this time.  A lot of them are doing this journey of parenthood all alone and they have it tough and a lot of them commented on never taking the time for themselves and being able to leave all their worry and stresses behind, even if it was for just a couple days. ...

Another camp down and under are belts. We only had 19 boys, a smaller group then what we would of liked (their moms have a hard time letting them go), but they were really sweet and well behaved and cute and loveable and there were sure lots of staff there to love on them. It was a real blessing having the team there a missions team from Mexico and the States) and lots of extra staff cause I had a really bad cold, which resulted in very little energy and having to take a nap while the kids were in the pool.  The team was awesome and so willing to help out in whatever needed to be done and would just see things that needed to be done and do it.  A lot of them loved the camp ministry that we are doing and want to come back. As with the girls camp I sometimes struggle with the two day camp and wether it’s worth all the work and stress but it so it.  One of the girls on the team shared how touched she was during the game Mission Impossible and how the kids are going to...

So here we go again….in just over two weeks we have another round of camp.  This one is for boys 8-10 and it is just another two day one.  But as I learned from the little girls camp, that two days are still worth all the work and God can still do amazing things in just these two days and I am pretty excited, even though in the past this group has proven to be the most challenging for me.  Also for this camp there is a team of 9 people coming from the States to help out.  While it might add a bit of craziness and I don’t think they speak Spanish but they could be future staff or future supporters and I just love sharing with other people this crazy dream of Camp Gozo and the crazy plans that God has for it.  So I will welcome the craziness and let’s be honest, thats 9 more people to hug and love these kids so the craziness is worth it. Things for this camp are falling together nicely.  For the boys camps this year I have had a co-director which I have ...