WE'VE ARRIVED!!!

Hello to all the family and friends of RU!! It's Shereen here just wanting to give you some updates as to how the tour is going! Sooooo we arrived Sunday afternoon to a wonderful welcome by the Silversides Camp and quickly made friends. However.....within the first 10 minutes Ben sprained his ankle from playing basketball. He thought his ankle would be healed within 24 hours but that did not happen. He's slowly making progress but it is still uncomfortable and painful at times. With that said we are trusting that God will heal him in the right timing, therefore we are asking for much prayer for Ben's injury and that the Lord's will would be done. Another thing you guys could be praying for is Adrian's talks. He is speaking twice a day at this camp for about a week so if you guys could be praying that the Lord will speak through him and soften the hearts of the kids listening. And also that God would give us the rest and strength that we need to continue in this ministry because we are getting really tired really quickly!!
But personally I am absolutely loving it here! The weather has been amazing and the kids and the staff are such a joy! We are so blessed to be a part of this team and work along side the staff.
Thank you all soo much for your support and encouragement! We could not do this without you guys!
Your sister in Christ,

Shereen :)

And so it begins...

Here we are! The Lord is so good, and His provision and blessing has been so evident in my life during the past 2 months. We all got here yesterday (actually, we're still waiting for Jonah), and it's so encouraging to be back together again.

Today we had our first day of BOOT CAMP - a testimony to how much we actually kept in shape this summer... but we're definately getting back into the swing of things.

We just had a meeting to discuss possible camp skits, and teach eachother camp songs...and we're PUMPED! Honestly, this is so exciting for all of us. And on a more serious note, we also shared personal stories of how we've been influenced by counsellors at camp, and ways that we can do that for the kids that we meet this summer. "How can we live out Christ" is what we've been discussing...

GREAT NEWS: Jacee is officially joining us for this tour, which was a complete surprise, and she didn't even have things figured out until last night... but now she's coming!

This morning Jacee was able to share about what she learned about prayer while she was in Korea. (She just got back from a 7-week-GX-dance-missions-trip-tour in Korea). Have you ever heard of "Korean prayer", also known as "behive prayer"? Basically someone shares a prayer request and everyone prays at the same time instead of taking turns. SO COOL! We'll be doing more of that I'm sure...

Here's a cool thing: I wasn't even planning on doing this camp tour (I really wanted to go treeplaning), but God told me that He'd get more glory if I did this because I need money, I didn't know how I was going to get it, and that He'd provide. AND HE HAS! Trusting in the Lord and jumping into the unknown with Him is so excitig. THANK YOU to everyone who has given to us financially, and who has been faithful in thier prayers for us.

I should probably go to bed (another day of boot camp tomorrow!), but we're in the midst of making a blogging schedule so someone can write every 2 days. So you'll be sure to hear from us again soon!

Alli Peck (who is so excited about what God's going to do this summer!)