Team 3: sure keepin' busy!

A great big Team 3 hello to everyone out there! This is Kevin Prada, your spirited blogger, reporting this time from Whitby, just south of the great big Toronto. Life with Team 3 has sure been great, and very busy since I last checked in. Last Friday, we made our way from the Toronto area to the town of Rockland, just outside of Ottawa, to facilitate our only french-language retreat for the month.

This was a weekend retreat, starting on Friday, and finishing off Sunday afternoon, after Mass and a great brunch. Over thirty youth attended; did I mention this E-Day was AWESOME?! Seriously, these overnight E-Days are a gift to us on NET. Sure, day-long E-Days are great, but when you get to spend an entire weekend with the youth, the bonds that are built are so much stronger, and you are able to get through to them in such a profound way. This E-Day contained all the regular events: talks, testimonies, dramas, small groups, and most of all, prayer. But on top of these, given the time we had to work with, we were able to fit in a talent night, and Saturday night. Massive Worship, a ministry created by NET working to evangelize through music, held a concert to raise money for the school's humanitarian trip to the Dominican Republic. And may I tell you, this concert was absolutely awesome! I knew this team, having spent most of our training with them prior to our going out on the road, but I had never actually had the chance to see them in action. It was awesome, and I must say that even after doing ministry day in and day out, they still were able to touch me, and all the members of my team for that matter. There is no doubt in my mind that God has performed miracles in many hearts across Ontario through this ministry.

And to top it all off, last Friday, before our departure for Rockland, we were just in time to catch Team 1, in Midland, before they started their retreat for the day. It was GREAT being able to re-connect with this team as well! We are seriously looking forward to getting back together with all the other teams in just under two weeks at our December retreat, closing our first half of ministry, before we go home for Christmas.

As we have just entered into the season of Advent, I'm taking this opportunity to wish you all a safe and happy festive season. Once again, we as a team are praying for you, and specially that you and your loved ones may rediscover the person of Jesus this season of Advent!



'Till once more!!
Kevin Prada:)

P.S. On the top left hand corner is a picture of Deneige and I ready in action to present the Vaseline skit last week-end; on the bottom, the girls of both our team and Team 1 last Friday in Midland, what a grand ol' time reuniting.