Happy Belated Valentines to all,
Valentines weekend was quite eventful here in Vancouver. First of all, I picked up Liz at the airport on Thursday the 12th at 6:53 p.m. For all of you who do not know who this is, Liz is my girlfriend from Saskatoon who I have been seeing since June of 2008. For Christmas I bought her tickets to come see me in Vancouver for a week. The first night she had dinner with me at the Urban Promise house and then I showed her to the house where she would be staying, at my friend Tanya's house (Camp Grace Director). Friday she came to Camp Joy with me and we had lots of laughs and then saturday we spent the whole Day on a date. First went with my roommate Mark Snowshoeing (some pics on facebook) and then we went out to dinner and a show. First I took her to a little Ethiopian restaurant and then we went to a play called Holy Mo. This consisted of three clowns telling the stories of Moses and David in the most hilarious ways. It was really great! The day was perfect. On Sunday we went to church, did some shopping and picked up Liz's best friend Stephanie. Monday rolled around and my sister Joy and her friend suz (Liesel) came to hang out with me at camp Joy. They really enjoyed the camp and even had a chance to cream each other in a mad game of Dodgeball!!! It was really fun having them there and they got to see what I do every day. Tuesday, was my last day with both Liz and Joy so we spent the morning with Liz's friend Stephanie than Liz came to Camp Grace with me. After a crazy day of playing with the kids and singing four or five worship songs Liz and I rushed out the doors, kids following suit and proceeded to jump in the van and drive away. I had to have Liz at the airport for 5:15 p.m. so we were just under the gun getting to the airport. To my relief we made it to the airport on time just to get one last moment alone before Liz left. After the airport I came straight home and jumped on the skytrain to go meet up with Joy and Suz. After going out for a great meal of sushi, we met up with some old friends and spent the night playing board games until some of us started falling asleep (mostly me). I walked Joy and Suz back to their hotel, said my goodbyes and called it a night! So that was my crazy valentines weekend and if anyone else wants to visit me I am always up for more crazy fun! Thanks to all for supporting me this month and dont worry the date was on me (trucking money!)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Very First Blog
Welcome!! This is my new Blog page!! Very exciting(well at least I am)!!
Just to bring you all up to speed with my life, I have currently been in Vancouver for a little less than two weeks. Today is Friday and I have my last day of camp before the weekend. Today, I will be going to camp Joy were I will be teaching, working with and entertaining 21 children grades 1-7. Camp Joy is located in Downtown Vancouver. These kids come from Lord Roberts school which ethnically consists of Eastern European and Asian kids. These kids are usually from single parent homes and many of which are dependent on after school programs such as Urban Promise to keep their kids occupied. An average day usually involves 1/2-1hr play time and then snack time. After snack time we usually do a bible reading and activity. The activity usually is something fun and hands on and relates somehow to the bible study. After the activity its homework time! Some kids have homework from school and others don't so we have to prepare language arts, math or coloring material for the kids to keep them occupied. After homework we usually have some sort of reading, either by themselves or we as leaders read to them as a group. Right now we are reading the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis. Today though is Friday so it's a fun day (meaning no homework). So instead we do something out of the usual, like teach them a cooking lesson, playing a new game with them, etc. At the End of the day we always end with them playing in the Gym(if the boy had there way it would either be soccer or hockey!) . So that's a usual day at Camp Joy.
As for myself Life is going well! I've been starting to build relationships with all the people at the house. (There are two other interns, a house supervisor, and Mark(works at the local ski hill) and that has worked out really well. We pray together, eat together and spend alot of time getting to know each other. Last week we all went snowshoeing at Mount Cyprus It was lots and lots of fun. Anyways, I hope to hear from everyone back home(saskatoon, spruce View, Calgary) so drop me a line, my email is still the same jay_lutz4@hotmail.com, and let me know a little about your world. God's peace.
jay
Just to bring you all up to speed with my life, I have currently been in Vancouver for a little less than two weeks. Today is Friday and I have my last day of camp before the weekend. Today, I will be going to camp Joy were I will be teaching, working with and entertaining 21 children grades 1-7. Camp Joy is located in Downtown Vancouver. These kids come from Lord Roberts school which ethnically consists of Eastern European and Asian kids. These kids are usually from single parent homes and many of which are dependent on after school programs such as Urban Promise to keep their kids occupied. An average day usually involves 1/2-1hr play time and then snack time. After snack time we usually do a bible reading and activity. The activity usually is something fun and hands on and relates somehow to the bible study. After the activity its homework time! Some kids have homework from school and others don't so we have to prepare language arts, math or coloring material for the kids to keep them occupied. After homework we usually have some sort of reading, either by themselves or we as leaders read to them as a group. Right now we are reading the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis. Today though is Friday so it's a fun day (meaning no homework). So instead we do something out of the usual, like teach them a cooking lesson, playing a new game with them, etc. At the End of the day we always end with them playing in the Gym(if the boy had there way it would either be soccer or hockey!) . So that's a usual day at Camp Joy.
As for myself Life is going well! I've been starting to build relationships with all the people at the house. (There are two other interns, a house supervisor, and Mark(works at the local ski hill) and that has worked out really well. We pray together, eat together and spend alot of time getting to know each other. Last week we all went snowshoeing at Mount Cyprus It was lots and lots of fun. Anyways, I hope to hear from everyone back home(saskatoon, spruce View, Calgary) so drop me a line, my email is still the same jay_lutz4@hotmail.com, and let me know a little about your world. God's peace.
jay
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