To much sadness, the Kaléo Program turns its final corner this next week towards graduation. Exactly one week from today, our students will be walking the stage to celebrate all that God has done in their lives this past eight months! While students are sad to leave their newfound home at Qwanoes, this is also an exciting time in their lives as they venture on towards the next season of life that God has planned for them. Although this year is coming to a close, we still have a few events left in the Kaléo Program.
This Week We Went Rock Climbing!
Rock climbing in the Kaléo Program is a two day event. On tuesday, we packed up and drove to The Boulders climbing gym in Victoria. This was a chance for our students to learn and experience the basics of rock climbing before heading out to do the real thing. We had a blast learning about the different styles of climbing and enjoyed the challenge of pushing ourselves to become better rock climbers!
With record breaking weather on the West coast of British Columbia, we feel more than blessed to have had lots of sun to enjoy the great outdoors in the past two weeks. Rock climbing this week was no different. On thursday morning we gathered our gear and headed out to Sunnyside Crags, a local outdoor rock climbing area about a half hour north of Qwanoes. There we met two guides from Island Alpine Guides who spent the day teaching us how to climb outdoors and rappel. Students had a blast learning to climb and for many this was one of their favourite days this year!
Retreat Season Has Started!
As we get closer to summertime, Qwanoes has just begun retreat season again. This weekend, we kicked it off with Juniors retreat. This is a weekend in which campers can come and experience camp for a weekend as a small taste of what’s to come in the summer. As the students have spend the year growing in leadership skills, many of them have been placed in roles that allow them to practice what they have learned throughout the year. We are proud to see our students excelling in their ministry here at Camp Qwanoes!
Please Be In Prayer
As we begin our decent towards graduation day, please be in prayer for our students that they continue to grow and learn in what God wants to teach them here at camp. We believe that there is still more that God has to show them and that they will continue to see his work, even in the last few days of our program. Please also be in prayer for them as they depart from camp on their individual journeys and that they will never cease to love and serve the Lord. Thank you so much for thinking and praying for them. Your prayers were evident in their lives.
Farewell From Me!
Personally, I would like to thank you all for letting me be the voice of our program and reading my posts. I have enjoyed being able to share what our students are doing, and I am very sad to see them go in a week. May God bless you, and I look forward to celebrating with some of you at graduation!
In Him,
Dustin Smith
Kaléo Program Intern, Camp Qwanoes
Dustin, thank you so much keeping this blog going and keeping us updated! I appreciate the staff and Qwanoes who poured into the lives of the Kaleo program students. I am so thankful for the impact you have all made on my daughter Michayla - thank you
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