Why, hello my friends! There seems to be so much to talk about since my last post... Well earlier last week, us interns went on a retreat based on silence and solitude. Basically, we lived like monks for three days. At one point, we all went off into the woods to spend 5 hours in complete silence and solitude. There was a nice little clearing where I spent most of my time, absolutely beautiful. I took many pictures of nature. And I must say, it's amazing what you hear when you become completely silent for so long. Here's some of my pictures, are the forests in Canada this beautiful? 
This is the beautiful little clearing. 
 
Not quite nature, but... After the retreat there was a conference at the church with Erwin McManus and Phil Baker, it was absolutely amazing, incredibly thought provoking. The name of the conference was "Does the Future have a Church." They talked about how the aim of the church should be for non-believers, but not in the wishy-washy seeker sensitive way. Church shouldn't be a place, church is in the people. There's so much more to say about it, but I'll keep it for another time, my thoughts aren't quite all together right now... My parents come next week! Yipee! P.S. Here's a bonus picture of James, Joey, Leigh and me! 
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