Happy Birthday Jade!

This one's for you darling.

P.S. I have to talk slow because my microphone cuts out if I don't, and my webcam is slow.

Two Days Left

Till my BIRTHDAY! Ha...oh wrong countdown...

YO YO YO LET'S RUN THIS SHOW

HELLO SWEET TARTS

THIS IS EMMA FURFARO AND I WOULD LIKE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT JIM BADKE INFORMED ME THAT..

THIS JUST IN: ALL KALEOS HAVE AN EXTENSION ON TONIGHTS CHRSITIAN WORLDVIEW PRECOURSE PAPER!

That's right you monkeys, the review on that book we should be done is no longer due at 5:30pm but at

10:00pm, TEN O'CLOCK, 22:00!!

Love you, goodluck,

Emmers

Auggh! 3 weeks left!!!

Wow, 22 more days. Remember to live them to the fullest, we will never have these 22 days back continue to listen to God never become comfortable. Let him continue to mold you here until you get on that plane and then. Let him mold you some more. Gods work is never done in our lives. This really is the beginning.

UP IN THE AIR

My K7,
Been thinking and praying for you while visiting home and can't wait to be back and see all of you on Monday morning.
I just finished writing my blog for this week and thought I'd post a story from it on here so I could share it with all of you.
Miss you..


Early Wednesday morning, I was on a flight from Victoria to Toronto to visit home for the rest of the week. I was excited for home but also dreading that upon my return, only 4 weeks of this Kaleo adventure remained.

On the plane, I had the opportunity to sit beside a united minister, Michael, and talk with him about the book I'm reading for gospels (The Cost of Discipleship). He was really interested about what we were doing at Kaleo and seemed to enjoy all the questions I asked him about his ministry and his family and his life. I also met an artist from Victoria named Sebastien. After I asked to see his book of art he asked to see my journal with all my collages in it. As he went through the pages and saw pictures and verses that I had put in it he began to cry. I asked him if he was alright and he told me that the words from the Bible were beautiful. He asked me to tell him more about them. Two hours later I had finished telling him most of the gospel and I had copied most of the verses from my journal onto different pages in his art book. He said that these verses gave him new inspiration. He that his favourite verses were "the one from Isaiah about soaring on wings like eagles" and another from Matthew that says that you can move mountains if you have faith as big as a mustard seed. At the end he said that he thought all different ways and religions lead to heaven and I challenged him to see if any other "religions" offer unconditional love and forgiveness. Sebastien told me he wanted whatever it was that I had. He told me that he would love to know more about Jesus so I told him to find me on Facebook. He also told me that he volunteers at different soup kitchens in Victoria and he thought it would be great if Kaleo came to work sometime. As we were landing in Toronto, he took a used book from his pack, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, and wrote a note in the front cover before giving it to me as he left the plane and wished me well.

Emma,
You gently changed my life with words of wisdom and with images of unity.
Thank you!
May this beautiful story reach your open heart!
Sebastien

It's amazing how God brings people in and out of our lives in what seems like a blink. I am constantly wondering how I am worthy of this great love or how I am equipped to tell people of it. It's incredible what is possible when we take refuge in Him. Daily, God blesses me with more than I could ever ask or imagine.

28 Students, 28 Days Left

Hello, Everyone.

Hey guys. Oh man. Only about a month left of Kaleo Seven. Wow, this year has whipped by. And I'm now posting the question: What do you think you want to do in September?

We have now had one school year to think about this, learn about ourselves, the bible, and the world around us. So has anyone actually made any plans yet?

Until a few days after I got home from my visit there I still had no clue what I wanted to do. And I was just thinking to myself, awe crap. I'm gonna have to spend another year working at booster juice so I can have money to go to school next year. Haha, then I decided, screw money. I'll take out a loan, I want to go to business school. So I was going to apply to either UBC-O (Kelowna) or U of C (Calgary) and enter their business program. Then go on to either be a CEO of some billion dollar industry, or own my own non-profit organization. Either way, help feed Africa (My life dream) But then about 2 days ago one of my old best friends, whom I haven't seen in like three years walks into booster juice. So we are catching up and I tell her I moved to Kelowna, then the Island, and just got back to PG. And she tells me she just finished travelling Canada for a year for FREE! She did a program called Katimavik. It costs $185 to go for 9 months, and they give you $1000 at the end. You travel around Canada and live in 3 different places for a few months and just volunteer. One of the three places has to be in Quebec so you can learn French though ( :( ) But I suppose I should learn at least a little French eventually. So tonight I looked into it and cruised around their site. It looks AWESOME! So I'm thinking that's what I want to do this September. Pray for my decision is requested. And hey, look into it!

So what are you're plans? Do tell!

Love you guys, Miss you lots.

Bria

GOOD THINGS GROW IN

A Little Bit of Home

A tribute, to Ralph Guenther, my grandfather.

This is what I read for my grampa's funeral.

Tribute to Ralph Guenther

Who was Ralph Guenther to me, he was grampa. He was a man whom in my mind never looked back. Rather, he looked forward to what had not yet come to pass. He worked hard for a solid financial state, taught his children morals of honour and Godly ways of living, and he desired that his grandchildren that would walk in the ways of Jesus Christ. Grampa was a man who may not have lived a perfect life, but nor have any of us. Though, through all that he did, his aim was for righteousness. “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss of the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.” (Phil. 3:7-11). Grampa knew what this life entailed. He knew that it would have its challenges and trials but he also knew what it would take to live through them as he lived in the kingdom of God. As Matthew writes in his gospel, Jesus asks his disciples, “‘Have you understood all these things?’ They said to him, “Yes.” And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”” (Matt.13:51-52). Those who study God’s word, as we know full well that grampa did, train in the kingdom of heaven by living according to how the treasures of both the old covenant and the new covenant have instruct us to live. As for the old covenant, remember Jesus’ words as he says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, nor a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” (Matt. 5:17-18). Jesus says this as he presents the new covenant not only by the words that he speaks here in the sermon on the mount but through his life as well. The entire gospel of Matthew presents this overall theme of eternal life both future and present through the key word of righteousness. We are not saved by acclamation and verbal acceptance of Christ. Rather, it is by how we live the remaining days of our lives in response to God’s glory by the goodness that he gave us through death on a cross. “And from his fullness we have received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:16-17). John here echoes what is written in the Old Testament scriptures, “And God said, ‘I will make all my good ness pass before you and will proclaim before you m name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.” (Exodus 33:19). It was not hard to see grampa live every aspect of his life in light of God’s goodness that God revealed to him. “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labour for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.” (Phil. 1:21-24). Grampa has died and left. He has gain far greater than he ever could have received here on earth. During the time that he was here on earth, his presence was necessary on the account of those he lived with and came in contact with. He now lives in the presence of the All Mighty. How do I now carry on his name? First I need to ask, ‘What named did he bear?’ I know for a fact by the way he lived his life that the name he bore was Christian. In Greek, Christian literally means “little Christ”. Therefore, as grampa took upon the yoke of Christ, so too shall I carry the same yoke. The name of Ralph Guenther will fade away like the flower. “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.” (Ps. 103:15-19). Thus, to me at least, for this entire procession not to end up in vain, I am to carry on the name of Christ, not just by what I acclaim with my lips but how I step within the footprints of Jesus with my life. For only then will I find true comfort and peace. “For thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an over flowing stream; and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip, and bounce upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted Jerusalem. You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; you bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.” (Isa. 66:12-14).

Mark Guenther

And it was all the same, it's a crying shame.

Hey guys,

Please pray for me.

I'm just really not doing good right now.

Love you all,

B

Safe and Sound

Hey team.

Ha ha, Because I know how much you all missed that. So, I'm back in PG. I don't start work again till Monday, but I do have a lot of laundry and cleaning to start on. The travels home were thankfully uneventful. I got to hang out with Marissa for a while in Victoria before getting on the ferry. Then my friend, Justin met me at the airport and we played Disney's Scene It in the airport for 2 hours. Ha ha. I feel like I now know every answer in the game.

Thank you all so much for making my trip such an unforgettable experience. I had a blast... most days. I'm sorry to those of you that I did not get a chance to say good-bye to, but know that I already miss you all. I actually cried my last night there. But I'm so glad I came.

Good luck on all your homework, and remember to prioritize. Have a great reading break.

Much Love,

Bria

P.S. If you could all look through your things, a few items of mine were missing when I got to camp and are still currently missing. Such items are: grey, size small, womens russel shorts; Black with red sides womens one piece bathing suit; Womens small 2010 uniform shirt; and womens small 2010 uniform vest.

I=1
II=2
III=3
IV=4
V=5
VI=6
VII=7

Love Nate