Alberta: a first in french ministry

Hello, or should I say bonjour. This is your friendly team 3 blogger, reporting this time from way up in northern Alberta, in a small town by the name of Falher (pronounced Fahl-aire). Other than being home to what's apparently the world's biggest bee (which is actually really big and made be feel a bit uncomfortable), this town has also been home to our team for the past two days. I never would have thought that I'd be staying in a convent, but here I am along with the rest of my brotherhood, staying with three awesome nuns - Edith, Pauline, and Jeanine - who are truly spoiling us rotten! Also, today we put on an encounter day for the town's french school, and it was great! The group was awesome, and super joyful!

Since I've written last, we left Red Deer, and arrived in Edmonton, where we attended an evening with the Faculté Saint Jean, the University of Alberta's french campus. Here, the students got together to attempt to find who God was for them. Among other things, there were inspiring testimonies from students of the school, small groups to help digest the topics that had been discussed, and pizza! The team reaped a lot from this evening in which we were able to sit back, relax, and be in the participant's chair.

After our stay in Edmonton, we left for Saint Isidore, five hours to the north of the province's capital, putting on a young adult retreat, and finally got here to Falher. It's been a privilege staying with these nuns. We just finished saying night prayer with them, and it was beautiful, joining our youthfulness with their wisdom. It might sound like I'm trying to be politically correct and cheesy by saying that but I'm not, seriously, two completely different generations united in prayer.

So that is all for now. We are keeping all of you who are supporting us in prayer in our own prayers, and wishing you well!

'Til once more,

Kevin Prada

Équipe 3

P.S. On the top left hand corner is a picture of the team, along with our team trailer's ancestor, Ole' blue, and on the bottom, the brotherhood with the sisters with whom we are staying, Pauline (left), Édith (center), and Jeanine (left)