Wow. So, two days later.....yeah. I'm a bit ashamed that I don't have an elaborate exaggeration of fictional events to entertain you before you read this, but in my own defence, I'm getting old. Things are starting to slip my mind! I can't remember what time supper is at, and everything smells like prunes! Just kidding. But no, seriously. Anyways, this week was hectic. Maybe because it started out rough. On Monday, we had our Old Testament Literature exam on Monday ......you know, that thing we have to write....... that's worth 40% of our final mark? Ya, that thing. Which is funny considering we had just finished the class for it two days before. You may think that would be a good thing, but no. We had all of two days to study for it. I think was got a little depressed that weekend. I didn't see the sun for almost 72 hours! That is hard for an outdoor guy like me! I need to be tanned and bruised and dirt/grass stained! Just ask my mom! Right mom?..... Right?...... Mom? ..... Mom? ...... Mommy? ...... Mom?

So, we had our second last Theology class last week as well, only this time, because we had our test on Monday, we had Theology all day on Tuesday. So basically, the class that had to be split into two, or else our brains would have exploded got compacted into one day again, which so happened to be the day after our exam....which was worth 40% of our grade. Ya. Wow. I'm not sure what an aneurysm is, but I think I got one....

If you tried to imagine the most masculine night that 15 bible college guys can pull off, what would it include? Fort making? Hot Wings? Rock Band? All of the above? Correct answer .....all of the above! We made a reconstruction of the Tabernacle out of couches and tables, pigged out on chips and wings, and played Rock Band until Josh made us all feel so silly that no one wanted to play the guitar anymore. I'm not saying that I wish I had stayed inside for most of my life, but there are times where I wish I could shred a song on expert...... strictly to show off, but still! Of course, shirts were not necessary, and the band "Topless" made it's debut with style, rocking out to the songs "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects, and "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria. Ya, pretty much the two songs on Rock Band that clash the most, but we made it work!

Youth Was a lot of fun. We were given the privilege of running all the games and planning the devo. It was great! Daneille used to be a Program Director for a camp, so she had a plethora of activities to pull out, and Leila recently had an amazing experience with a lady who stole her camera bag that had $3,000 worth of stuff in it. The lady wrote her an anonymous letter to go along with all of the personal stuff that she then mailed, also anonymously, back to Leila, telling a little bit of her story. It was really neat! So between that and Daneille's vast amounts of wisdom and recreational experience, our night was set! It was really cool to be able to step into more of a leadership role for a day. I mean, as much leadership as is required to get stabbed with a pen, I feel like that night was a little bit more meaningful!

I'm going snowboarding tomorrow! Which is weird, considering the fact that I wore shorts today. I guess I shouldn't be too weirded out. I mean, I did snowboard in shorts in January! I think I need to live here......


.......what kind of self respecting guy celebrates his birthday on Valentines Day?.......

Until next time....

Well, hello again! I realise that I am late, but in my own defence I was....taken hostage!....by.....a pack of wild....moose....'alopes....and they.....held me hostage for 8 days.....so I couldn't write my blog because I was being held on.....a giant Ferris wheel.....made of marshmallows..... yeeeeaaaaah...... so anyways, I managed to escape my bondage, and foil their evil attempt to take over the world and turn it into a giant green house, and because of my strong sense of responsibility, I knew that the first thing I needed to do was write my blog....... mmhmm.... yup..... that's what happened. So anyways, last week we had a class that was in the running to be my least favorite class: Old Testament Literature. I was pretty impartial to it, up to the point where we had to read Leviticus......I mean, how many times do they expect me to actually read about how the Israelites can eat split hoofed animals. "Thou shalt noteth eateth ofeth the animals whom haveth not the split hoof. But of the hoofed specimens, thou shalt eateth any that of which you so desireth, counting not the pigeth." I may be slightly immature, but I'm not sure how ANYONE can read that and remain interested for an extended period of time. It was pretty difficult for me to get past the genealogy books as well. I just can't seem to care who was the son of who, unless they are some way related to Jesus. But our professor was excellent. He made it fun and exciting. The whole class was attentive when he spoke, we all participated, and everyone learned the books of the old testament......at least, they learned them a little. But the highlight of the week was definitely making a film summarizing the entire Old Testament. I got to be David!

Youth last week was sooooooOOOOOooooooOOOOOoooooo fun! Basically we played rock band. One of the couples from our church opened their house to us! We went over to their house, where they served us snacks and drinks AND let us use their huge TV. They had a projector and a 72 inch screen! I'm not going to lie, if my parents had had that when I was little.....or ever!.... I would have never seen the light of day! Hmm, maybe that's why they never did.....interesting. Anyways, it was crazy amounts of fun, and we had a ton of kids out. It went over so well that I'm pretty sure I didn't get stabbed with anything all night! Which is definitely a first!

Church was really good this week. We are currently in the motions of trying to get more contemporary worship music into this church. We are working with the pastor, who is all for it, to sort of undermine the general congregation, that has an average age of 87ish. They are so hooked on hymns that they don't think that any other songs could possibly be worship songs. I am not saying that hymns are wrong, I love hymns! But I do think it would be good to introduce a couple of emotion songs, not just lyric songs. Both have their pro's, but getting such a senior congregation to agree with that is proving to be......frustrating. But anyways, the sermon was on angels. Sort of a dangerous topic it seems. Most people don't know how to approach that particular topic. But he did very well, I thought. It was interesting (not that that is a rare occurrence!!) and I found it very helpful. This week we don't have much, but we are having a guys night....so ya. Until next time...

Wow. Already? Really? Mmmmm-ok then. Well, to be honest last week was pretty uneventful.......as far as Kaleo goes. Which usually means we're running around with five papers due in an hour and dish duty for that hour all on 2 and a half hours of sleep. Sort of like running full tilt blindfolded in a dark room full of blunt knee high objects. To be honest I just like that analogy, so I'm going to leave it. But no, seriously, it was a pretty low key week. We had another morning class of Theology, which was great as per usual. For some reason, it's the only only time I don't mind being yelled at. Except when he told the entire class that I would never be married. That wasn't fun. Just because I clapped when he made a crack about how women should be chained to the stove. I don't know. It seemed pretty uncalled for. I might get married!.....some day.......hm......anyways, after that it was really just about getting as much homework out of the way as we could before Missions Fest.

Missions Fest....sort of like a cheaper, less fun but more productive version of YC for adults. Anyone could go, but the whole idea was to promote different mission organizations, christian colleges, and summer camps. I definitely was not ready for what hit me there. I was pretty guarded and docile going into it. For all of you who know me well, I am a skeptic through and through. So to me, a whole event directed at missions organizations that run primarily off of donations stunk of scam fish to me. The youth events were aimed at manipulating there emotions so that they would get a desired effect.....ya. I was pretty torqued after that. As soon as the main speaker started yelling "Jesus! Jesus!" Into the microphone during the worship songs, I was done. Hmmmm, maybe it was after he said "I want everyone to give something. Give to Jesus......so that he can continue his work through missions fest...." Yeah. Wow. Anyways, That was the only sermon I went to. Actually this is kind of an interesting story. I was all set to go to a sermon on preparing for cross-cultural missions, but then heard that the speaker had a medical emergency and couldn't make it. M-k, so I walk into the room of my number two option, Mark Buchanan and his "Your God is Too Safe" speech. Quite obviously the favorite, it's packed out. Since I was already frustrated with the whole thing, I ditch out, and decided to go see if I could find the IJM booth. Not really sure what to do at this point, I walk up to the booth and stand there, reading some material they had siting there. Soon, this volunteer lady comes over and starts giving me the basic, "support the fight against injustice" thing. I, not really caring about fund raising, listen politely until she asks me if I have any questions. So I ask, "what is the nature of the investigators role in the raiding of brothels?" Apparently volunteers don't know that stuff. I was pretty bummed out about this, because I was really hoping to get some answers. So I go to leave, but she stops me and says that the Director for IJM Canada would dropping by in a few minutes, and that I was welcome to snag him for my questions. So I did, but by this time a small crowd had gathered and I didn't really get an opportunity to ask my questions again. I was tweaked right out. I'm still not really sure why, but it hit a nerve and I was agitated more than I can ever remember. Except that one time when I swallowed a button. People were worried about me. I had to leave the center and go for a walk to calm down. It was weird. Anyways, I ended up going back later, when there wasn't a crowd around him. He and I talked for a good half hour about anything I could think of to ask. He ended up giving me some information that apparently he isn't supposed to give. Not that it was sketchy or anything, but people he works with don't really appreciate it. Anyways, long story short, I might become a cop. Just a thought. That is a long story.

Church was quite an adventure! There was no piano player and it was the pastors day off! It was the most exciting service I have ever been to.....there. I could tell that most of the people there were pretty shaken up by the drastic change in the routine. The organ player ended up giving a sermon on presenting your requests before God, prayerfully and humbly. I thought that was pretty fitting. Oh, and the kitchen renovation was finished! Even more excitement! This week is looking like it will be a tough one. We have our old testament class, and there is more to do in this class than any other class before. It will help in that it won't be due later, but I am expecting to get around 20 hours of sleep total this week. The time on this blog should validate that claim. Well I'm off to catch an early breakfast. Until next time...