well, track and field camp had its final race today. yesterday was super busy. we left at 7:30 am and didn't get home until 11:30 pm. you can imagine how exhausted team habakkuk was! we had track and field in the morning, headed to the hudsons for lunch and a quick nap, and then went to floradale park for our second "mini block party."

lorianne and nishika joined us, which was absolutely wonderful! but it was quite strange. only one of the same kids was there, even after they all begged us to come back last thursday. so it was all new kids, and most of them were speaking an indian language, as well as english. but these kids were older, so i decided to try and talk a little bit about Jesus. i asked them if they had ever heard of Jesus, and one of the girls replied 'thats the christian god.' most of the kids said they hadn't. so i shared a little bit, saying that Jesus loves them. i talked a little more to one girl, and she told me that on canada day someone gave her a little bag with things about Jesus and she watched a video on Jesus (i'm assuming it was the Jesus video). then alyssa told me that she was talking with her and she was sharing that her family had just finished fasting and praying to all the gods, making us believe her family is most likely hindu. so..very interesting group.

we heard that the park had been closed earlier due to a fallen tree..which may have been why the kids from the week before weren't there. the dynamics of this group of kids was completely different. we mostly played soccer while there was a little bit of face painting going on. there weren't half as many kids either, which i feel was a blessing in disguise considering how tired we were.

when we left the park we went to square one and had dinner in the mall before bible study. kevin was the only one to show up for bible study, but the study was great!! last week, if you recall, we talked about the depth of sin, and this week we talked about the cross. we each shared our testimony, and aubrey asked kevin to close in prayer. in his prayer, he thanked God for allowing us to share with him what the cross means to us, and prayed that he would have that same experience. we all feel he is super close to becoming a believer!!! continue lifting him up in prayer.

on the way home after bible study, we were praying for another encounter with peter (from the bus last week). our prayer was answered, but not in the way we expected. we saw peter, and he acknowledged us, but went out of his way to avoid us. the way i view it is God is working in his heart, convicting him, and he's scared. i mean..i think it would be hard growing up believing you are a good person, and then find out that you've been missing something for all this time, a relationship with Jesus and the salvation He brings. so we didn't really talk to peter, but i still believe the Holy Spirit is convicting him.

today we had our final day of track and field camp, ending the day with the final races and closing ceremonies. it was sad to see the kids go, especially since i love playing with kids so much, but it was great to see them finish big!

tomorrow..we are sleeping in as long as possible!! (we lost quite a bit of sleep this week) and then we are just having a relax day, and ending the day with supper at the chandoos! praying for recooperation from this busy week, and looking forward to what God has in store for the last 2 weeks of our time here!

much love!