and then there were two...

“If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
1 Corinthians 13:2

It is a horrible predicament to be in, when God has worked in such amazing ways in your ministry that you struggle to narrow down just one thing to write about. As I was reflecting on what to write about for this, my second blog post, I felt an urge to be simple, and so simple I shall be.
The other night I had the privilege of heading out to the local swimming pool/ water park with some of the kids from youth as part of a Cowichan Valley inter-youth night, involving most youth groups in the area. Since Duncan is a fairly small town, it seemed like most of the kids already knew each other and so, regardless of youth group, kids would pair up with friends from school or extracurricular teams that they were on. Not that I’m against it, it was awesome to see the youth really come together as one big body, but what this did is reveal to me those to whom youth group was all they had. They didn’t have those school friends, they couldn’t afford those extracurricular activities, and it broke my heart. I then saw what an amazing opportunity it would be for me to spend one on one time with these kids, to get to know them in a way I knew I wouldn’t in a group where their voices would be lost. And so we played, and the strangest thing happened.
The love became infectious. At first I shrugged off one new kid joining our posse as an attempt to steal my flutter board, but by the end of the night I saw the people who had come and gone as huge blessings. No matter how small an impact they might be to the casual onlooker, to this kid, they meant everything.
As I continue on this journey I would again like to ask that you remain in prayer. That you continue to hold up the youth I work with, without you guys, this would be next to impossible. So thank you, thank you, and thank you...much love.

Until next time,

Jake