NET Canada

Hello Dear Readers!!

This is Terin Jenkins taking the blog for Miss Dominique this week. We have had quite the week seeing new parts of our lovely country and meeting more amazing people of God.

We took a ferry over to Vancouver Island and had the honour of meeting Donny's family. We hear stories of each others families but it is so thrilling to actually meet the people who are ultimately responsible for our being here. Donny took us for a tour of the place where his brother works and where he himself used to work. It's called Wild Play and it is the place to go if you want to get the old heart pumping a wee bit faster. They have a bungee jump as well as a canyon swing and also a high ropes obstacle course through the trees. We didn't get to go on any of courses but we did get the grand tour on the ground.

Unfortunately we only had 4 days on the Island but the time that we did have was wonderful. When we arrived we were welcomed with a BBQ thrown by the Life Teen crew from St.Joseph the Worker parish. A NET parish team was there last year so it was really exciting to hang out with the youth group. Our team went to the Life Teen Mass and attended the Life Night afterward and we were all thrilled to see that the ministry was going strong. The Encounter Day that we had at St. Joe's was really amazing. The teens really invested their enthusiasm and energy in to the day. We had the wonderful opportunity to have confession during the time that we spent in prayer and I was amazed to see over thirteen youth line up. Even after our time was finished six of them waited for over a half hour to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. God is amazing and He constantly reminds us that it is He who works in the hearts of the youth and that we are merely His tools.

On the Friday we were invited to go down to the university because there was a fundraiser going on for St.Vincent de Paul. The fundraiser was called Dye for a Cause and what happens is after paying $10 for a t-shirt you get to Tie Dye it any way you would like. Our team had such a great time making totally radical tie dye shirts with all kinds of colours. We were saying that NET should have a new uniform... hehehe. While spending the afternoon on campus we came to the conclusion that the Easter Bunny and all of his family live at the university, either that or word has spread throughout the bunny population of Vancouver Island that it is a safe haven for bunnies of all shapes, colours and sizes. No kidding there were bunnies EVERYWHERE!

Please continue to pray for our ministry. May God bless you and keep you.

Team #1

**Terin** (aka T-Dawg)