Hi there...

Well, I am 18 years old and I guess I am the first official Torontonian in the bunch :) Yes, I am from Toronto, Ontario, and I have lived here all my life. The furthest I've ever been out west has been Regina, Sask. My sister lived there, and that's how I heard about Kaleo. SO I've never been to BC before and I absolutely cannot wait to go!!

I'm doing an internship this year with the youth ministry at my church, and taking courses to receive a certificate in Christian Mission in the mean time.

I would describe myself as a pretty artsy person. I'm really into theater; acting, directing, reading plays, you name it. I developed a passion for it at the arts high school I attended, where I studied it for four years. I don't quite know how to describe my taste in music, but I like watching lots of movies. I loooooovvvvvve to travel! I'd like to go pretty much everywhere or do something crazy like the Amazing Race one day :P I like to eat Thai food, drink tea, and smile and laugh every chance I get.

I'm exited for all that God is going to do in and through us next year! Can't wait to meet you all,

Julie

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I guess I'm one of the oldest so far... My names Nate, I'll be turning 21 in August. I'm from Vancouver,BC. Some of you know me already from camp.

My interests are: Music (Anything from Metal, Alternative Rock, Industrial, Trance Dupstep to Classical, Pretty much anything besides Country) Working out Swimming (Did competitive swimming since 9), Got into Running since four years ago(I train with a half marathon clinic), recently got into Tango/Salsa dancing which i hope to continue. I'm a HUGE fan of movies - seen more movies than i want to admit. My other hobbies include Video / Graphics Editing (AAE, Adobe CS3, Vegas Pro, etc) taking naps, traveling, taking naps, music, taking more naps.

I'm a bit of an intravert.

I was born into a Christian Family and went to a Christian school called Pacific Academy. One of the experiences that stood in my faith was my outreach trip to Jamaica. We volunteered at an orphanage called "City Of Refuge" in Kingston, Jamaica. It was touching to see that the orphans while having absolutely NOTHING were so happy with Gods blessing.

Although I've been a Christian all my life a humbling experience was in CIT 2009 when Jim taught us the truth meaning of being a follower of Christ which is not just "having a relationship with Christ" but leaving and following in his word. Besides all the fun stuff we'll be doing, i hope this year would be a rewarding experience and a step closer in my walk with God.

I got mike sitting next to me as I'm writing this. He says "Konnichiwa" Can't wait for Kaleo to Start!

KALEO

Alright, I've put off writing one of these for long enough so here it goes.

My name is Stephen Wanhella, I live in Ladner, British Columbia, and I'm 17 turning 18 a month after Kaleo starts ;) I'm finally graduating this year as well so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm definitely a bit of a musical person so expect hearing a lot of guitar during Kaleo as well as a lot of Christian metal being blasted :)

I'm kind of a camp veteran, and that's how I came to learn about Kaleo; it's always kind of been an attractive idea, but I tried to forget about ever hearing about it once I found out how much it costs haha. So earlier this year, I found out a couple people I know had already applied for it, and I got the idea back that it might be a good thing to be doing for me too - mainly because I don't know what direction I'm heading for in life and I'm down for a life changing year :P I still wasn't sure about it at that point so I started praying quite a bit about it, and the idea I got from that was "yes". The cool thing about when I was praying about it was when I asked how I could ever pay for it, the answer I heard every time was just "trust me".

Anyways, I'll be applying for another summer at Qwanoes pretty quick so hopefully I'll see some of you there :)

Looking forward to a great year,

Steve

Hey hey hey!

Hellooo. My name is Mary and I am from the little town of Duncan, BC. I graduated last year and I wasn't sure what I was going to do after high school so I just put going back to school on the back burner and I focused on leaning new things from my parents like how to smoke some salmon (something every cowichan girl should know :P ) and how to change a flat tire, quilting, knitting, cooking and I recently learnd how to get a perm and I am thankful that it turned out better than I thought it would. I love doing crafts and hiking to the top of the beutiful mountains that surrond my town, SO beautiful. Anyways this year has been amazing! I used to not talk to my parents, not becasue they were mean and I hated them but because ever since my "awkward teenage phase" I just didn't talk to them. So this year I have grown quite a bit closer to my family and I love it.

At the beggining of the year I kept on runing into Jim Badke and and he would always tell me to sign up for Kaleo and I would always respond with an excuse. Until one day... I didnt have one, I had run out of excuses so I took it as a sign from God that I should probly just see what happens if I apply. My parents aren't Christian and they just aren't religious at all so they didnt really understand why I wanted to do this and were complaining about the price but being the awsome and supportive parents they are let me go. It was quite the process for me to get accepted but God deffinatly was working his little miracles and somehow he made it happen and I AM SO EXCITED to meet all of you and go one this journey with you! :)

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Hey everyone I finally decided I should make a post haha...
I had a strong feeling that God called me to Kaleo after looking at other options, I applied and was accepted about a month ago, and I'm really excited to be going there.
I am from Coaldale Alberta where I grew up. I just turned 18 last week and the first legal thing I did was get a costco card! so im pretty pumped about that right now. I am just about finished school with only physics left, then I plan on working through the summer. I like doing pretty much anything outdoors but I spend most of my time biking, and longboarding, backpacking, and snowboarding in the winter. I am really stoked for this year and all that God has in store being at Kaleo, I also am looking forward to meeting you all, so if you want to talk or ask me questions that would be sweet!

-Dryden