four pete's sake...

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
Psalm 126:3

Imagine getting picked up by a body of water, not only moving forward but upward as well. Don’t get too excited, you’ve got to stand up now...the front of your board digs in, boom. Next thing you know you’re surrounded on the beach by good looking girls...

So maybe that last part never happened.

This past week I had the opportunity to go surfing at a surf spot just north of Crofton, in a town called Tofino. I was probably in the water “surfing” for fifteen minutes before I decided that this is something I could do for the rest of my life. Of all the exhilarating things I’ve experienced, surfing was far and away the biggest rush I’ve ever felt. The combination of blending into God’s creation and trying to experience it is so unique...

It’s tough to write about this week, not because nothing happened, but I don’t think I’ve fully understood the happenings that have transpired over the past couple of days. It seems like in a matter of 48 hours some pretty serious saddening events have occurred in the events of a couple of Kaleo student’s lives. Through the times of prayers we’ve had consequently I’ve found a frequent theme of God working in ways beyond what we can imagine; beyond what we can comprehend...understand.

So I’m thankful, for this community of believers, who challenge, push, and stir. Who love, who care, who give and give and give.

There was a piece of cardboard that asked us what we were thankful for at our thanksgiving dinner tonight. As I read I noticed a reoccurring theme, somebody else. Not once did I see, thank you God for my great love, thank you God for my wisdom. I would argue, that Thanksgiving, might be just as spiritually important as Christmas, or Easter for that matter.

I’m heading into this week looking to slowly, with fear and trembling, work out this thing called faith, I don’t presume to comprehend it, but that’s faith- thank you so much for your prayers.

Jake