And then there was one more...

Hola! My Name is Kristie Voth and I am your Kaléo Student Life Leader. (I just got back from Cuba, hence the reason for the Spanish.) I am a full-time staff member here at Camp Qwanoes - during the year I work with Jim in the Kaléo program and in the summer I work with Jim in the CIT program.

I come from small-town Manitoba. After high school I moved west for school where I attended Prairie Bible College, and then I continued west where I’ve ended up here on Beautiful Vancouver Island. I love working at Qwanoes – it all began the summer of 2005 when I was the female CIT Counselor. And then, last August I came on staff full-time. I absolutely LOVE what I do - working with you; watching God transform your lives in the midst of doing life together is one of my greatest joys.

A little about me… I love just hanging out with my roomie, Tara, and our cat, Ninja. We spend our evenings singing (as I pound on the piano), reading interesting books (that have to be interesting for me to keep reading them), collaging, and journaling. I also love to run, snowboard and travel. I think I belong in Asia. I can’t seem to keep from going back. It all began in 2004 when I went to Tibet to teach English for a summer. Since then I’ve been to South Korea, Japan, Cambodia, and led the trip to India this past March. My hope is to go back to many of these places so that I can continue building those relationships. Next May I’m hoping to visit one of my best friends, who is a midwife in the Philippines.

My hope for all of you is that you willingly leave behind life as you know it to enter FULLY into the life God has for you, this coming year and beyond. I’m praying for you and can hardly wait for K7 to begin!

K7 Leadership Team All In Place

I have some more exciting news for you: we have selected the Kaleo Intern for the girls, rounding out the leadership team for this fall. She is Marissa Baerg, who was a Kaleo Three student.

Marissa's family lives in Mongolia where her parents work with kids, and though she has spent a fair bit of time there she spent this past year in Edmonton. Before that she did a Discipleship Training school with YWAM in Australia, and then was involved in ministry in Indonesia, South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland.

Marissa is super excited to come back to Kaleo and spend the year living with you, encouraging you and challenging you, as God is challenging her.

CA$H MONEY

chums!
who's all paid their $1000 deposit?!

I'm going to Thailand...TODAY!!!

With eager anticipation, and preconcieved notions absolutely shattered, I am heading to Thailand today!!

I cannot wait to get there! I cannot wait to bless and be blessed by the people of Phuket!
Please would you join me in praying
...for complete dependence.
...that our team would be a fine example of the church loving one another; that we would be the aroma of Christ.
...that the praise of the Lord would continuously be on our lips.
...the light shine onto every person that we meet (including the person who takes our tickets, and who makes our beds in the hotel.)
...an abundance of blessings on the people of Phuket; the cell groups and work camps, the orphans, the churches, the visit with the SHE program (helping young ladies in the sex trade.)

If any of you might be interested, there's a blog that we'll be updating while we're there:
http://adorevictoria.blogspot.com/

So much grace and peace to you!