Wow a lot has happened since the last post! And man does time fly by fast. But where to begin... well since I lasted posted I started my first class Spiritual Formation with Cal Macfarlane. It was a great class despite the fact that I did not fair to well on the memorization of the bible verses. I learned a lot about my relationship with God in this class and I saw this really come full circle in my "24 hrs" of fasting and solitude.

It had been a long time since I had spent any one on one time with God not to mention this duration of time of one on one with Him. When I started out on my time alone with God all I wanted was to be totally alone with my Lord and not see or talk to anyone else (and that is a miracle in and of itself for anyone who knows me lol). I like to talk out loud when I pray to God especially when there is a lot on my mind (which there defiantly was). So I hiked out to the bush with no intention of coming back till morning. I got out to the middle of the forest and just poured out my life completely and utterly in front of God.

It felt so refreshing just to be completely and totally honest with God and to be in a silent place where I could hear God speak truth into my life. One of the things God revealed to me was that I needed to let Him soften my heart especially the people in my life who were closet to me like my family. For I couldn't even show true love to these people how could I loved the unloved of this world?

To end off this week I went with my church out to do a kids ministry on a native reserve close to Duncan. It was such a awesome ministry! We set up this portable trailer stage where they did a puppet show, some songs, and then after the formal show we played games with the kids. This was all set up in a park and it was in one of the worst areas of this reserve. However you could see that God's hand was at work through this ministry in one of the darkest areas of Duncan which was so cool to see!

Thanks for all of your continued support and prayers!

Josh

P.S. I am off on a week long sailing trip tomorrow so please all pray that my mom won't get to many more grey hairs during this week lol!