i have some catching up to do. yesterday was a very busy day! we started the day with church in the morning. church was good. :) we talked about Jesus..and sang, and brett preached more on joshua. we talked about how sin affects not only yourself, but also your community. then after church, a man from the church asked our team if 2 of us would go to lunch with him and a friend of his. so carson and i decided to go to lunch, and we had an opportunity to share with rogered. it was really interesting talking to rogered. he was born in the philippines, moved to canada when he was 6, and was raised catholic. he asked us alot of questions on the differences between catholic and protestant, and seemed interested in how "different" we were. he said something to the effect of being surprised of how passionate we are about what we believe that we would come to canada to share with people. i just stated that we truly believe Jesus loves us, and we want to share that with as many people as possibly! i felt kinda convicted by the fact that its so much easier to come to another country and share the love of Jesus than at home. my prayers are slowly changing, asking the Lord to place more lost friends in my life at home/school.

after we got back from lunch, we found out one of our team members is headed home. taylor feels called to head home and spend more time ministering to her family. so she leaves tomorrow morning, bright and early. since it rained all day yesterday, we decided to hold off on walking around UTM 7 times today, and we plan on walking tomorrow...even though the campus will be deserted.

while carson and i were eating lunch with the 2 guys, alyssa and taylor were grocery shopping. we all got back and had a team meeting with brett to plan for this coming up week. our plans aren't really set in stone for this week. we are still looking for a neighborhood to really focus on, so be praying that God will lead us in that area. we will also be helping out with some stuff with the Sanctuary too probably. we ended the day with a greek dinner at the verbeeks. :)

today was our off day. we got up and left at around 7:45 am toronto bound. we walked around the city for several hours, shopping, exploring and having a good time. we ate lunch at a really cool restaurant called richtree. it was alot of fun. but it rained. so that was kind of annoying, but we still had a really good time. i have alot of pictures on the way! so check facebook. :)

update on the finger: its getting much better. the swelling is almost completely gone, and just a few aches now and then. i worry a little about the future of my finger and my upcoming piano recital, but i know God has it all under control. thanks bunches for the prayers. love you all.