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Dominique here once again, reporting once again in a new location. We are in Cochrane, AB. Once again, that was Cochrane, Alberta!...anywho...

So I was pondering some things over in my mind and the main thing I pondered was how fast a week can go by!!! I can't believe it!

This week was pretty cool. We started out by traveling to High River: home of the Timberwolves, but more importantly home to NET's very own Riane McCallum! We spent only 1 day there, but loved every moment! It is an amazing community and everyone we met there will not be forgotten! It was pretty awesome having the opportunity to do a retreat in Riane's school. Riane, your family is beautiful! They love you and miss you, and a lot of people told us to say hi to you. So "hi!" We love it here!

We are always on the move, usually only staying in a location for 3 days, tops. So it was a nice change to travel to Cochrane and stay for a longer amount of time in same host homes! It gives us a chance to get to know the community better. The time spent here went fast and I think that is due to the many opportunities we have had to explore the area. And we also had a No-Ob, ministry, and team day all in a row! We had one retreat here so far, for the grade 10 class and it went quite well. We were able to do the retreat at an actual retreat site, so it was pretty neat. The facility was amazing and the youth really got into every part of the day. They walked to the site in the morning and we didn't even hear them come in, but when they left we heard them loud and clear all the way to the school! They were such a joyous group!

So I don't think I have mentioned this, but I will now. It was +16 today and we are in the middle of the mountains!!! Ya!! We have had no snow for the past couple weeks and beautiful sunny days every day. Praise the Lord!! It is so refreshing, but I am a bit disappointed that I missed the melting part of spring! I love rain and puddles and the smell of spring. It's like we skipped all of it, we went from loads of snow to the opposite! I miss my beautiful season of spring, for 2 years now I have missed it! But I love this weather as well! God is truly blessing us abundantly! The No-Ob day gave us a perfect a opportunity to relax. Some of us went into Calgary to explore, others went to Banff! It was an amazing day! The air was so clear in the mountains! Ministry day was very successful, we went over out talks, learned a few more skits, and perfected and wrote new dramas. Today was beautiful! We started off with team prayer at the beautiful chapel in St. Mary's church then split off for men's and women's sessions. The ladies headed to the upper hot springs in Banff National park. While the gentlemen headed for the park as well, not to conquer the warmth of glacier springs, but to conquer a mountain! Yes sir, they did just that. We ended off this beautiful day with dinner at one of our host families' houses and an awesome talk at the parish mission! We are back to retreat tomorrow for the grade twelves, then off to somewhere new!

I would like to officially announce the beginning of Freckle Season, and to let you all now that we are all tanning (or burning) nicely! Keep us in your prayers and may God continually bless you in this time of Lent!

In Christ,

Dominique Lanthier