On our last trip to the zoo my daughter and I had fun mashing names and features of animals together... here are some that we came up with. I will post a few more later, but right now I have to go get dog clippers!!!

My Sister and her boy are in visiting this week. Sebastien likes to make a robot voice and moves - so I made him a picture of himself as a robot. BTW "Sir Bazzelford" is one of the many names he will go by/answer to. As a side note of Baz trivia his favourite singer is Bob Marley - good taste for a 4 year old!!!

We have finished up our basketball camp and are halfway through our soccer camp. It has been a really great way to connect with our community's kids and have some excercise as well. Over the three summer camps we ran we will have had an attendance of some 90 kids. A few families have started to come through this connection as well.

Church planting is still a bit of a roller-coaster ride and I am glad to have these camps going as I can sometimesa feel like I am spending more time in meetings and filling out forms than ministering to the community. However I recognize that this is all necessary - it would just be nice if some folks that have been around 'church' for a while realized that there is more to being a 'church' than forming committees and holding meetings. This is why I am so glad to be in a new church that can create a culture of 'ministry activity' over 'ministry appearance.' Some pastors should never be within 1000 yards of a church plant and others are equipped specifically for church planting and woud wreak havoc on a traditional church.

On another note, the hockey team I am playing with (from the GoodTree Christian Fellowship church plant) clinched first place in our division (the Coors Division of the Calgary Hockey North America League) and we start playoffs on Wednesday. I have to admit I sometimes revert back to my old role (needless to say it wasn't as a goal scorer) and I spend more energy not taking a run at guys than playing defence...maybe I will save it for the final game if we are up by enough (I'm just joking Juli). It cracks me up because it is largely SouthEast Asian (especialy Korean) Canadians and we're the top team!! When I was a kid, my brother and I were the token Asian kids. Truthfully, we barely counted as such - our Grandfather was from Shanghai, China and his family was from Japan and Hong Kong. On this team I am considered a token white guy.

Ehkosit,

Migwec.

This is what I looked like through most of my teen years. There is currently a meme going that asks you to draw yourself as a teen (http://davario.livejournal.com/30861.html).

I was really quite a catch!!

ehkosit

migwec

Part of my vacation has been spent dusting off my doctoral studies. I know that I need to get back into an academic program -I feel a little discombobulated when not at least enrolled in program. Its not that I am some egotist chasing after letters - I think it just gives me a ring fence around my reading, studying etc. Since leaving High School I have started in on a number of degrees in a wide variety of areas, including: Anthropology (finished BA), Linguistics (finished BA Honours and MA), pieces of BEd, MTh and PhD. I have also finished up certificate work in HR stuff, TESOL and Graphic Design and was enrolled in an MBA when I entered church work. I have serious problems in this area, but it beats the other vices I could choose from!!

Ehkosit
Migwec