sorray... I'm posting again.

I want to write you all letters and I can't find the address sheet cause I haven't unpacked much yet.

TELL ME YOUR ADDRESSES.

I love you all and I've been crying tears for every single one of you.

Hey Kaleo,

First of all I miss you all so much. Being at home feels weird and lonely, i haven't even been home a full 24 hours yet and I'm already at a loss of what to do with myself. I miss not having you guys around and my car is dead, thanks to Alberta winters and my dad having a little mishap while trying to boost it, so for the next few days I'm kinda stuck. Anyways on the bright side of things I was really worried about finding a job because I wasn't sure if the pharmacy I was previously working at needed any more employees and I was really dreading looking for a job with all the other college students just getting out of school recently. My one friend has been looking for a job for weeks and handing out numerous resumes and has yet to hear anything. The whole job thing was like a burden looming over my head (and i haven't even been home a full day, but my parents keep bringing it up) so i was just sitting in my bed this morning and praying that God would open the door for a job, and i was going to trust him and stop stressing over it. Literally two minutes later the phone rang and it was my boss from the pharmacy, he had heard somehow that I was home, and he asked if I could come work for them again. Anyways its just a small thing but it just reminded me that when we trust God he will provide.

once again i miss you all so much!!

Praying for you all

Love Jocelyne

Kaleo Is Like A Tree

Hey everybody, I wrote a blogpost about everything going on lately, I encourage you guys to read it. Has a message for you all at the end of it. Miss you lots, love you even more.

http://erikkarklins.blogspot.com/

well, i'm home. and not so stoked on it.

I would much rather be with all of you once more. I don't even know what to say other than I miss you right down to the very core of my being. I don't think I've ever cried so much in one day. Everything reminds me of you guys.

Please pray for me. It's been really hard to be home. And I feel like I'm really battling. So yeah.

I love you all. Thank you for being a part of my life. If you ever need a place to stay here on the mainland, you're more than welcome!

It's Saraii

KALEO EIGHT!!!! It is really weird thinking that just 8 months ago I posted on this blog introducing myself and in just those eight months I have changed so much. I don't remember who I was before you all. At times it was hard but I just wanted to say that sitting at home with messages from friends that all want to see me, all I can think of is you guys. I miss you all. Every last person. Can't wait for supper in Heaven. ps. spelling my name with my hips is just awkward without you guys.

Grad Slideshow

This is the slideshow (plus a few) that we showed at the banquet at Grad (and that you couldn't see too well on the screen). In quite random order! Miss you, and this makes me miss you more!

salty eyes.

This is one of the hardest days I think I've ever lived through. I feel like I just broke up with 20 something people. My eyes have been salty all day, I would tell stories to my parents and would just cry and cry. I even cried when I told them about janjan pooping on the floor!

I'm scared and fragile and tired and worn out. I feel really ridiculous for feeling these things. I don't want to see anybody and I just want to cry. I love you guys all a lot more than I realized. Home is a scary place, although I'm surrounded by so many supportive people.

Tonight I arrived home and immediately went to hang out with Erin Wagner. It is so nice to have someone who knows what Kaleo is like. We talked and cried and shared pictures. She is a real blessing.

That being said, I don't know how I'm going to handle being home. I scare myself so please keep me in your prayers.

I love you all more than words could express. You guys have changed my life.

Prayer Request

Hey K8,
Remember that friend I was telling you about during my testimony, the one I've always been pretty close with? He's the one I feel like I should be sharing Jesus with. I'm sorry to be such a downer right after we (almost) all got home, but please pray for this friend. His name is Alec.

Right when I was getting off the ferry in Tsawwassen, I got a call from Alec. He told me he was in the hospital and sounded pretty drugged up. He was on vacation with a few friends in Mexico and he said he somehow fell off a balcony and broke both of his legs. He thankfully had the right travel insurance so it's not going to be a financial burden on him. He got surgery on both of his legs while he was in Mexico, but apparently the surgeons did a terrible job so he had to have it done again back home. He told me he wouldn't be walking for about 2-3 months.

I told him I'd be praying for him, which is already something I've never done before. He seemed really shocked by it but really encouraged at the same time. Please pray for Alec, Kaleo, because I'm not going to be around for long enough to really be a light to him while he's suffering. I'll be at camp doing advanced crew and counseling while he'll be at home in a wheelchair.

Thanks guys,
Steve

Home, Sadness and a GiG

Well I'm home and it just doesn't feel real or right. Every time I think of you guys my eyes well up with tears and it's taking everything to fight them (I'm failing right now). I look through pictures a wonder where God will take you all and if I will ever see you again (I better...). I hate the fact that I can't control my emotions but it hurts so much, I love you guys.

On a happier note I received my tax return for last year and do to a mix up by my mom (she does my taxes for me) I am getting about $2500 from the government!
God is Good.

I love you guys and miss you so much.

Stay in touch.

Bryan Converse

India

Thanks for your prayers!