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Greetings. It blows my mind to think that I've only been here on Vancouver Island for just over a week. The people seem like old friends, my room has gone from settled in to an unsettled mess and the adventures are already starting to pile and turn to memories. The experience is more than I expected.

For those of you who may not know where I am or what I'm doing, I'll fill you in. Earlier this month I began a program called Kaleo located on Vancouver Island. Kaleo is a program that is entirely college, entirely ministry and entirely adventure. I realize that sounds kind of cheesey but that's really the simplest way to put it. All twenty-seven of us that have been accepted into Kaleo live together, eat together, travel together, go to class together and so forth. Instead of trying to explain what all that means, I'll just let the blog explain it in time.

This past week we went on a three day hike to the top of Mount Albert-Edward which is the tallest mountain on the island. It was by no means an easy task. However, any struggle was easily over-shadowed by the incredible beauty of that place. I've honestly never seen anything more beautiful than the view from the peak of that mountain. Not only that, but everyone in the group was able to make it to the top. It was incredible to witness and be a part of the relationships that were built along the way.

Another element to Kaleo is our involvment in area churches. The church I'm involved in is North Cowichan Alliance. It's a small congregation of about sixty that meet in a small Christian school. My involvement at this point will be primarily with the worship team and the kid's sunday school. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what to expect but I'm excited just the same.

In addition to the trips and the ministry is, of course, school. And with any school there is homework to be done. Which is what I've been neglecting to do all evening. So this is where I'll leave you. I'm not sure when my next post will be. We're leaving for another trip on Monday so it could be as late as next weekend before I can post again. That's all for now.