Kaleo Ministry -last one for 2008!

at the cross on mt."zoo-hay-len"

room 309 being buff at the top of the misty mountain for the girls hike

Miranda, Phil and I chilling at Ladysmith festival of lights!

Old pic but sweet pic none the less of Malayne Amelia and I waiting for Indian FOOD!:D

thought I'd show u guys a pic of me getting ready to wake board way back at the beginning of the year! woot woot what a thrill!

one of deb's artistic picture ideas put into action! what a cool idea eh?! this is some of the gang we are all looking for the perfect christmas tree- which we found:)

So this is my last post for 2008 for Kaleo Ministry - hope you guys enjoy the read:D

First off I'd like to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS! and of course a HAPPY NEW YEAR! can you believe its already the year 2009 around the corner?! crazy! seriously ridiculous! Have a very great holiday with family and friends, and don't forget to praise God for the birth of his son...what a gift eh?! wow!

Praise God, for he sent his son, to sacrifice his life, so that we may live.

Praise God, for he watches over all of us.

Praise God, for he cares for you and me more than anyone on earth ever could.

Praise God, for the night sky was made for use to enjoy the pure splendor of its incredible beauty. 

Praise God, for no matter how self centered we are in this holiday, no matter how much we lose focus of the real reason to celebrate, he bestows his constant love and mercy on us every moment of every day. 

Thanks for your continuos prayers throughout my stay at camp Qwanoes this year. I really appreciate it, and have learned the importance of prayer...so I really appreciate it and do not take it lightly as I once did!

Prayer request until next blog:

-for my family in cali.

-for my cousin Jessica she has been ill for 2 years now....with two different sicknesses

-for a safe christmas break for myself and my family that is coming to see me.

-for friends and family to also have a safe holiday

-for camp qwanoes and their up coming summer, for Kaleo and the finishing semester in 2009 to go well

-for Miranda that her friend Amanda is healed from her car crash, and that the family stays tight and depends on God and each other.

-for people in Taiwan, graduating, seeing more of Gods love

-for S.A.L.T.S., for Cambodia, for missions trips coming up next semester.

-finally for strength and trust that God will lead me in the direction planned after Kaleo.

THANKYOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!

So this is what I have been up to this week:

Monday:Girls night- went for a hike up Mt. "Zoo-hay-len" really foggy and sweet, went to the pool, went and got coffee, sleep over.

Tuesday: played some piano, went bowling with Miranda, Joel and Phil 4 STRIKES FOR ME!

Wed:christmas tree hunting, hackie sacked, played piano.

Thursday: Chapel, played floor hockey -i scored 2 sweet goals! Roomie night with Miranda and Leelia! woot woot it was so kick butt!

Friday:Cut Tom's hair- it looks so good too! hockey game watching with youth group..my first hockey game ever! wow! lol it was pretty cool. Went for a long jog

Saturday: Woke up to say goodbye to Andre and Johanne (two brazilian staff that had finished their time at camp) , cut Phil Stibb's hair -again it looks good IM A HAIR DRESSER (for boys at least:D), Miranda and I opened the Kaleo Talent show it was put together last minuet so it was totally "winging it".... So we did the skit where she is my hands and is hidden behind me and I am the face and she has to feed me with her hands (pretending their mine), give me some water, brush my teeth and so much more...people were laughing like CRAZY! it was so sweet i loved it and got VERY messy:P 

Sunday: played the drums again last minuet for church...it was really cool to have a whole bunch of the older generation come up to me and say i was jammin it! lol and i wasnt even that loud,...probably my quietest playing EVER so that was funny! lol. Hung out with Brendan Noolan, Asher and Phil Stibbs in Duncan (found a pool hall for me to go too in the future it was closed on sunday) ...and just chilled

What I am looking forward to next week:

Monday: BUNGEE JUMPING! oh my goodness i am so frightened! and doing a high ropes course -the only reason I am going bungee jumping is I was one of the few people picked out of the hat to do more activities at wildplayparks and I was the first person on top of that so I am picking this. Go to www.wildplayparks.com and you can watch all the videos of what I can do and am doing! I am doing the Bungee and the Treego experience. Also we are having a Kaleo Staff christmas dinner (formal!:D)

Tuesday: hw hw hw day

Wed: Kaleo Christmas morning. GIFT EXCHANGE!:D

Thursday: last night with my roomies

Friday: Everyone is leaving me

Saturday: I leave for the mainland (to surrey)

I love all of you guys so much, I love watching the stars at night and seeing shooting stars at night, I love that christmas is around the corner, I love that God as brought me to this place, I love that my youth group is getting tighter, I love that GOD IS SO GOOD! I love that he is changing me for the better, and that I see him more and more in everything in this world, I love that God has the control and I am just along for the ride, I love GOD!

I really hope you all have a great amazing Christmas

Please send prayer requests my way!

I am off to bungee jump in like 10 hours so please pray that I do it. im so scared!

Merry Christmas and see you in 2009!

KEEP SMILING!

Deborah Fisk

aka. Fish

Kaleo MINISTRY!

HAPPY DECEMBER 1st!

CAN YOU BELIEVE ITS LIKE ALMOST 2009?! TIME FLIES SO FAST PEOPLE! SERIOUSLY! this is CRAZY! what is this!....man we should be more thankful for every moment we have on this earth...it passes so fast...we have to enjoy what little time we got...i know i can't believe 1st semester is almost done. GUYS EVERYTHING GOES SO FAST! thankyou God for letting me experience such a short lived awesome year!

I hope you all are doing well! This week we had our last week of classes for this semester. We were studying Foundations of Church Ministry with David Lee. He actually knows my Uncle...and we got to talking about my family and where they are at right now- obviously telling him about the Fire that affected them.

The class was really interesting, and I got to talk to him and ask some thought provoking questions that got the class discussing their views against mine or for mine. It was pretty interesting to gain knowledge and perspective from student and teacher. I do love talking and bringing up points in class, so this was very beneficial to my learning about church ministry.

I am so thankful for this class, as I learned much about a hurting church, a thriving church, what the church is and should be, why the church is God's plan, arrogance in a church, a church following after Gods heart and one that is not, and learned much about different perspectives from men who wrote articles that we had to read to support our church ministry essays.

On top of class this is what I have been up to this week:

Monday- hiked to the point (a place close to the water a little distance from camp-saw some shooting stars yet again), drew some woodshop designs:), skype bible devotional on Ecclesiastes 12 with my brother:)

Tuesday- laundry, hw and chilling with ppl!

Wednesday- crepes for breakfast, played piano and drums, played uno.

Thursday- festival of lights with Kaleo at Ladysmith (so floats light up and fireworks) gave a guy and a girl a shoulder back ride MAN AM I BUFF:) lol psh so not :), chilled at timmyhos with miranda and phil.

Friday- Finished a paper with Miranda all night:), youth game night kids were pretty hyper LOL, mens retreat started for the weekend, found crabs down by the beach, huge fog, got a stocking from Mrs. Lee's (teachers wife) so cute she knitted it and its filled with food and stuff i was so touched:)

Saturday- people went to victoria but i stayed and got work done, cleaned, and chilled with ppl here. went on the skyscraper with phil and kylie...it was so intense i was the only one who was scared LOL go me GO! i screamed like no other. its this massive swing that fits 3 ppl and has a bit of a drop befor you swing all the way to the other side....INTENSE!, danced on the beach because the phosperecence were coming through the SAND thus my FEET WERE GLOWING..man it was crazy! worked out and malayne and miranda came and scared me pretty bad....then walking back to camp phil scared us 3 on the trail.

Sunday- read scripture for the advant candles with ben for church, made a sweet t-shirt for sunday school, got invited out for lunch, went to coffee on the moon so good, got secret santa gift from walmart!, saw all the guys shaving their beards and facial hair and making themselves have the weirdest cuts at like 12:00 am on monday!

yup this was my week

pretty awesome me thinks!

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH i hope you are all getting christmas jitters!

WOOT CHRISTMAS! what a holly jolly time:)

lol

anyways could you please pray for 

my cousin-shes pretty sick right now, for anna from brazil and her family struggles, for rob in briercrest that decisions are made, for kaleo students, for more leadership towards the youth at my church -that they are lead!, for time to not get away from me, that everyone stays safe over the holidays!

if you guys have any prayer requests just ask me! I LOVE YOU ALL!

keep smiling

love fish!

sorry no pics this time:P-next week for sure!

P.S. this week we are just finishing up papers, having a lot of christmas celebration, and fellowship. pray that work is done, and time is well spent together!