Sweet Memories.

Twenteen.

I don't lose my 'teens'.

EVER!

YEARBOOK TUNES

Hey yall,

So I was talking to Jim the other day and he asked me to get some ideas of songs we want on our yearbook CD (i think it's gonna be like a slide show or something). So could you all please email me ideas, or post them on here...the sooner we get these songs to Jim the sooner we get our Yearbook! woot!

p.s. Kenny...if you haven't sent Jim the lil' list we made at your house, could you please send that to Jim asap.


p.p.s. my email is keerstin_g @live. com

ORANGE YOU GLAD?!?!?!?!?!?!

The schoolyear is almost over. Woot.

There's nothing to update about me because I haven't changed one bit, bahahahahhahahahaa.

Still doin crack, still keepin' it real.

Plans change, God doesn't.

(my roomie and me)
Looooong story short...I'm going to Africa! God is amazing...I never thought that my life would be so crazy exciting...I'm going to be in Winkler this summer...though it's kinda scary to go back...God is preparing me....if you want more details (mostly on the Africa stuff) go to my blog...keerstintj.blogspot.com



Blessings!

Where are they???

So, I have 6 Kaleos at my house right now...except I lost them.

Keerstin is with her family, but I think the rest of them are lost walking in my neighborhood. They don't have a cell phone that I can call them to figure out where they are ether! What do I do???

Anyways, Sarah-Lynn and Crystal got in (after getting lost in the city and visiting all 4 corners) at about 11 last night, and then Jeri, Sam, Viktor, and Keerstin were supposed to be at my house at 12am, but in typical Jeri style did not get there until 2:20am.

Sarah and Crystal leave this evening... then the rest of us are got to play Laser Quest this evening and whatnot.

BUT some random news... My youth pastor called me yesterday and said "Hey Kendall, How about you speak and lead the communion service for the Junior High kids (80 ish?)next week??" SO this will be a difficult and stretching experience... but hopefully a good one. I will let you all know how it goes!!!

Kendall

straight outta Crofton

Hello everyone! this is Ryan and I, previously straight outta crofton, now brooklyn. to gain some street cred we stole some M&M's...actually....maybe? (it was an accident). umm, sorry Jim.





The second picture is us on the subway after we had commited the crime. I had lost about 20 M&M's for the mad dash to get on the train, we were a little out of it, and sick of too much (free) candy.

This is of course Goodburger "the home of the Goodburger" I myself had a good veggie burger with some good fries, Ryan had one good fry.

well, I guess we should say something a little bit serious. im pregnant.

jk, lol, roflmao

serious isn't workin, umm, Ryan and i are both doing our ministry in the bronx, my site is...(GUN HILL!!!) ryans is mott haven. not as hard core sounding as gun hill but I (ryan) love it. we went to see our sites for the first time yesterday and sunday school starts on tuesday. so right now we're planning lessons and making props like figgin crazy. OVER TO STEVE. CAPS LOCK off. So I actually gtg pwn some noobs right now, maybe even some eurowpian nubs, peace out. so things are good. steve is going out with his group and i'm hungry. so i'll see y'all later. love you and miss you.

-ryan and steve

So just to let yall know there's gonna be a mini Kaleo Reunion in Calgary at Kenny's this weekend...I know how totally cool is that! So if you're gonna be in the near area, come see us!

dont tell mom

yeah, holy crap i got my lip pierced...i really like it, dont tell my mom or dad, or give them this link, got it done on knickerbocker ave. for anyone who went to brooklyn, yeah im pretty hardcore.

Gopher Season: Open

I SAW A GOPHER ON MY WAY HOME FROM CALGARY TODAY!!

I grow 600 percent in water.

Update from Kenny-G

Hey Guys!

SO I haven't updated you guys in a LONG time. I spent my summer at the golf course (only to officially find out I am allergic to most trees and all grass and am getting allergy shots once a week now... woot?) which was fantastic and I am super excited to go back this summer. God totally provided me with that sweet job so that I can pay for school.

School has been great. I am loving psychology and everything that I am learning and I am doing really well which is sweet. I have become a super psychology dork. Cool God thing... I only made friends with girls, which upset me for sure, but was sooo good for me. To this day I have not met a guy from school that I have become tight with so far. God is teaching me how to make friends with girls; a frustrating but worthwhile lesson.

I am coaching gymnastics again which I adore because it gets me back into shape and I get paid to play around with kids. Woot!! I have all age ranges from kinds (4 and 5 year olds) to the oldest and highest level girls. Although I do have days where I want to punt some kids across the gym. Never happened yet, but you never know!

I am taking voice lessons again, and I just won gold in two of my competitions. I will post the videos as soon as I get them up. I am also teaching grade 6 girls Sunday School on Saturday nights (We are called accelerate. It is not with the little kids, but not 100% with the junior high kids). I have a lot of the girls that I have taught for their grade 2 and 4 which is a blast. I love them like crazy, but it is crazy when you get 20 grade 6 girls talking about boys! AHHH!!!

I am also dating a fantastic boy. Mike (you have all heard about him... best friend... yes, I dated his twin. Stop laughing. It was a long time ago!) is fantastic and I am having a blast. We have only been dating for two months, but it feels like longer (in a good way) because we have been best friends for so long!

I have curly hair now... which is pretty new and fun... and I think that is about all that is new and exciting.

If you guys would pray for Mike and I, especially the physical side of our relationship I would really appreciate it. I could also use prayer for work this summer, that I would be a good influence as I often work with only one or two other people and have time for some great conversations. School and the lack of motivation is always a concern as well.

Thanks guys! I love you and miss you all a ton. Come through Calgary soon kay? You always have a free house to crash at. LOVE!!!

Kenny

straight outta Brooklyn

translation The phrase is "Wie war dein Flug?" (Viva dein fluke)

not "how were your flights?"

I'm learning some German, mainly just this, "hello my name is Steve" and all the swear words.

I uhh....always had a little thing for lady liberty...The germans were embaressed.

This is us trying on some shoes in manhatten on the rainiest day manhatten has ever seen. we soon discovered a walk that reduces rainfall on yourself...it was too late.

So bassically these are just some pictures of the first few days here, since tuesday we've been training our butts off. we've bassically just finished the intensity now.in about a week and a half Ryan and i will be starting sidewalk ministry where we go on the streets and have sunday school class.

ps. everyone else in the pictures speaks german, and one of them already read through something i was writing and corrected my grammer...thank you bible college.

Guess what . . .

Hello everybody, this is Viktor writing for Sam once again. Sam still does not have his own blogger account.

Once upon a time, there lived a boy name Sam. After leaving from Vancouver Island for the Great White North of Alaska, he traveled far and wide. Spending some time in the warm parts of Cali he felt that he was called elsewhere. So he hopped on a bus and traveled to Bridal Quest . . . err, I mean "Briercrest". It was a time filled with change. The thermometer dropped significantly (they don't see -56 in Cali) and he was reunited with his old friends the Kaleoites. One of these Kaleo's in particular had at one point turned his fancy. However, after many discussions and a lot of thinking they decided it was for the best that it would never ever ever ever happen. This was a month and a half ago. Now enter onto the scene the courageous Carl and amazing Alyssa! They dragged these two kicking and screaming up waterfalls and down mountains. This continued for two loooong days, until the team parted ways and Sam went up north to visit some other old friends. On this trek, he faced new challenges far more difficult than a silly mountain. He came face to face with the viscious (and highly poisonous) grizzly-dad and met the quick witted family members. After all of these tests and trials, the truth was finally apparent: they were meant for each other. Who you ask? Sam and Jeri, the wonderful new couple sitting on either side me as I write this. Congratulations you two, we all knew it was coming!

I'm going back

I leave in one hour to head back home - to India.

Please be in prayer for the team, the people of India and Tim Buchan and myself as we lead 8 Kaleo students back into the epic Himalaya Mountains.

REJOICE!!


You have all taught me a ton and for this i am so thankful. You will be trekking along with me.


I love you guys!

Nicki


Praise God he is INCREDIBLE!!

ps sorry, wrong blogger account.... hee technology...

Pwnage.

To everyone who liked PurePwnage or to anyone who likes GUITAR HERO. The newest episode encompasses both.

That is all.


http://www.purepwnage.com/episodes/s2/4/

Metro in Lethbridge!

Ok! My computer is about to die, and I really have to go to bed, but I want to tell you guys about what I did yesterday!! So there's a crazy story leading up to this, but basically, I'm involved in a kid's ministry in Leth now. I started yesterday morning, had no idea what I was going to be doing, except that I had to be at this church at 8 am. When I got there, the guy leading it gave me a tour, and a bit more of what to expect. Then all the staff got together, talked, prayed, and then went to our assigned jobs. First thing I did was get on a bus and picked up 40 kids. I was the one trying to keep order. I had almost lost my voice from my cold... haha, so that was interesting. I tried to learn about fifty names that morning... I think I know 5... Anyway, then the kids from the other buses came, and we greeted them, and there was probably 130 kids or so... a really quiet day apparently. And then they went inside, sang songs, played games and then heard the stories. I was having some training at this time (another tour and stuff) and then they put us on quiet seat. I had 4 suckers, and had to sit on my chair backwards looking at all the kids behind me... making sure they were sitting straight, hands folded in their laps, and looking at the stage. The suckers were on display to tempt the kids to be good, and then I gave them out. Then after, we loaded the kids up on the buses again, and drove them home. The way this day went seemed so much like the stories I heard from those of you who went to New York last year. Apparently this is modeled after Metro Ministries! That's why a guy on Sunday was wearing a Metro shirt (if you saw my comment on Ryan's post... I was so excited about that)! This thing is so incredible, the staff are awesome, and God is at work there changing lives. I am so pumped that I can be a part of it!! (I have a few issues about where I should go to church now, but I'll figure it out, but prayer would be awesome... I volunteer at this church, but am kinda going to another church for church... if that makes sense).

Anyway, I wanted to tell you guys about this!
Love you all and I wish I could talk to each of you face to face!
Goodnight!
Crystal

Hello everyone. If you can be praying for me that would be wonderful. I just e-mailed back a buddy of mine with comments on the first six pages of his 40 page paper which he claims disproves creationism, evolution, and then proves his own theory. It was riddled with confusion about what the passages say, who God is and didn't properly deal with the text in terms of context and worldview. It's so hard to have spent the last two years of your life working on these skills only to cross paths with the very reason why a good hermeneutic is so important. So if you can pray that we can dialogue over this paper and the issues I mentioned earlier, and also that he will be inspired to go look for the right answers (to which I tried to steer him). I'm not sure how he's going to take it. (Oh yeah, and he spent the last ooh, 10 months working on this paper? So I get the feeling it may be very near and dear to him).

On that same note, I'm having a really hard time being disciplined. If you can be praying that I can buckle down and do what I need to do that would be fantastic.

And finally, there's supposed to be something like 25 cm's of snow the night before I get on a plane and go back to school. If you can be praying that I can get to school with minimal problems and headaches that would be oh so sweet.

Love you lots, Keerst good call on the side blog (I'm still working on actually getting mine going), and to my NY boys you are going to rock oh so many socks off so hang in there!

Seriously, pray that I can buckle down and get done what I need to do, it's very important and I'm doing a poor job of it.

Hey, so I realized that I write a lot. ..... While I'll still post here on occasion, if you want to know what's up on a regular basis check out www.keerstintj.blogspot.com

That's all.

p.s. my new email addy is keerstin_g@live(dot)com.....

p.p.s. the (dot) is really a .

AHHH

so I'm in New york! im in a creppy building with some random German sleeping in my room. at JFK i met another intern and went for the handshake and she kissed me on the cheek...although i dont think she found me attractive. I'm scared and luckily i brought a book of a bunch of things that are important to me, tonight i'll probably go to bed crying reading the napkin Autumn made for me while i was sick at mount washington and staring at the picture of my roomates on grad night. please pray for me.

best title ever!!!!

hey guys. I'm excited. I just talked to crystal on the phone and did not sound excited at all. but thats because this morning has been kinda frustrating. but i'm going to new york in three days. thats crazy! i keep thinking about the 24/7 week of prayer where i kept feeling for some reason like i was supposed to be going back to new york. i think i figured out why i kept feelling that. at the same time though, i'm getting really tired of moving around all the time. it's starting to get annoying not actually having a home. other than my parents. i'm staying there right now and it's definately not my home. but whatever. God's got good plans. I've been struggling the past few days to believe this and trust in them. but when you think about it, those plans are there wheather we believe and trust in them or not so there's no point in stuggling with them. and i'm friggin moving to New York!! this is going to be the craziest time in my life! and steve is coming! what the heck? thats freakin awsome! I am stoked for us bud. I the rest of you could all pray for us that would be great. I need to give my dad his computer back now though. I'll keep you posted. love you guys.

My thought process

So this morning I was thinking about Kaleo... and missing it hugely, and this continued into church and made me think about my church in a critical sort of way in the following fields... #1- honest worship, our worship just seemed like motions that we do before the sermon, and I really don't feel comfortable just throwing it all in there and worshiping from the heart. #2- community - there are a lot of people that i don't know in my church and I realize that this is largely my fault for not getting to know them, but also I feel as though there is a lack of opportunity. #3- sermons - I think it's great that pastor get these weekly messages from God but I am unable to listen to and process these messages for half an hour+. When did churches become so predictable? Why on earth do we do things the way that we do? Why can't we sit in a circle so we can all see each other? Why can't the sermon be anyone's experience with God in the week? Why is song choice all planned ahead of time, why can't we just sing what we want or feel at the time (keeping in mind that I am not a musician and do not feel the pride/stress involved with making worship sound good)? Anyways, in general my thoughts were that I would like churches to be more personal and more of a close community that is characterized by love and less predictable and boxy. I don't know how to do that. Also I wanted to hear your thoughts. Thanks.

My Hero!

Ya'll have no idea.

http://gsi.gomtv.com/vod/27

:D

At The Mothership

Hey, Sarah and I have made the trek and we are at Briercrest, staying at the Pilgrim. We would love to see those of you who are here, so if you don't see us around, please call or visit (107)!!