Many Miles To Canada

Many Miles To Canada

Canadian Flag Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

For this first blog post I'd like to share what I can of the story about how God brought me from thinking barely any about Canada to the point where I am now, being weeks away from flying there Lord willing.It's pretty cool how God worked out everything for me to go and I firmly believe that it's His will for me to go.

Last semester right around the beginning, I suppose right at the beginning of the semester I began praying and asking for prayer about what God would have me to do this summer. I had an idea in my head about working during the day and volunteering with a Christian non-profit in my area at night, but God had a different plan. At one point during the school year, which semester I am not sure, I got a flyer/booklet containing information concerning mission trips through SCBCM. One day I was in my room sitting on my bed, I believe I was praying and spending time with God and Canada came to my mind and I felt that God was telling me to God go to Canada for the summer. I looked in the mission pamphlet and there were at least a couple of trips to Canada. Well I kept putting off applying or asking my BSU director if it was too late or not to apply. Finally one day after not doing much about it for awhile I felt like God was telling me to go and ask our BSU director if it were possible to still apply-not to late to apple. I walked in his office and asked and he said that, in fact, he had just received an e-mail listing the trips still available. As he was going through them he mentioned two Canada trips one of them was the one I had been thinking about going on! IF that was not awesome enough that God had worked that out, but that trip had one slot left and it was for a guy :D. One night I sat down and applied and not too long after God allowed me to be accepted as well :).  I and three other students from my school who were also going on trips with the SCBCM, but different trips from me, all attended the orientation for our missions trips together.

As it is only 11 days until our departure date, June 15th, I am starting to feel less apprehensive and more excited about the trip. My three team mates going are Ben, Khayla, and Nikki. Lord willing I plan to write up a packing list and perhaps I'll post it on here later for you all to let me know what you think.

Some details about the trip itself, well let me see. We will, Lord willing, be working with a church in Alberta and part of the time be helping with a camp. I suppose the best thing to do would open this post up for questions. If you have any questions at all ask away and I'll answer, within reason of course.

Also if you would be willing to pray for all four of us and the pastor and church we will be working with and the camp that'd be great. I must admit I have not been as faithful in prayer as I should be for this trip.

One last thing if anyone knows of a good way of getting a cell phone in Canada I'd appreciate the help, low price is key :)