Another Busy Week at Qwanoes

Our students wrote another paper

This past week, students wrote a paper on the meaning and theology of Justification.  This was done for their previous class on the Pauline Epistles.  Many students throughout the beginning of the week could be seen around the lodge digging into their textbooks and writing their papers.  We were excited to see how this paper sparked many conversations amongst the students about this topic.

We went curling!

After the students finished their papers, we loaded up the vans and drove into town to the Duncan Curling Club.  This was a cool experience for most of our students as many of them had never been curling before.  After a standard training session, we split into teams to play against each other.  Although most of us we’re not very good, we all had a great time learning with each other how to curl!  Qwanoes and the Kaléo Program would like to thank the Duncan Curling Club and their staff for a great afternoon and for taking the time to teach us this great sport!

Qwanoes hosted the Cowichan Valley Youth Night

The Cowichan Valley Youth Night is an annual event by Qwanoes that brings together youth groups, from this area of the island, for a unified night called One.  The idea is that youth groups will have a chance to experience the love of Christ with other youth groups around the valley as one body together.  Our favourite part of this event is that our Kaléo Program students are the ones who plan and run the entire event!  Students are assigned to different areas, and from there they are to plan the night from scratch, while Qwanoes staff seeks to support them by giving advice and teaching them.  Overall the night proved to be very successful as we had our biggest turnout to date with over 200 students and leaders attending!  We were proud of our students for carrying out such a large task and doing such a great job of it!

Please be in prayer…

As we draw closer towards our program’s missions trips, students are planning hard for their selective areas.  Please be in prayer for them as they prepare mentally and physically for their trips to Mexico and Vancouver.  Also be in prayer that they would raise the support and funds that they need for their trips.  Thank you so much for your love and support towards our students!

In Him,

Dustin Smith

Kaléo Program Intern, Camp Qwanoes