This is April Fogle here again, with Yellowknife iNFUSE Team 1.
It has been quite the busy office here the past few weeks, as we are now really starting to get things rolling with our events. Also we were delighted to be graced by the presence of our wonderful supervisors Matt and Caitlyn.
Last Friday we had our first youth group for grades 7 and 8 called Ignite. We started with a youth mass which was very successful and the band did amazing if I do say so myself. There was also great turnout to the mass, as we welcomed all. Afterwards we had our Ignite night which was an introduction/kickoff for the youth group. We had lots of great fun with youth, playing games involving lots of balloons, introduction of the band along with some great music, and lots of chocolate (due to Halloween), and they seemed very excited to be there and are wanting to invite others next week.
Saturday night, Matt and Caitlyn arrived and we started of our supervisor visit with lots of fun, having a Halloween party. We all dressed up, ate nachos, and watched the very strange Coraline.
We have Kandace Neutelings on the left dressed as someone from the 80's, Mylene Regnier as Cindy Lou-Who, Adam Regier as an Irish hockey player right from St. Patrick's High School, Tyler Grimard as a giant clown, Ben Dennison as a ninja, myself as Cruela Devil, with Caitlyn Bondy, and Adele Costanza as my dalmation puppy dogs in the front. Finally right in the centre is Matthew Marchand as... well I'm not really sure. We all had a lot of fun dressing up.
On Sunday, we worked while having our one on ones with Matt and Caitlyn. It was also really great to have them a part of our meetings and all that we were doing, because they gave us helpful input, and it felt as though we had two extra members of the team. Monday was our team day, where we got to have a private mass with Bishop Murray, spend time in great fellowship, had men’s and women’s sessions (a time where all the girls and guys get time together separately), and some other activities. We then went to they guys host home and ate a wonderful supper, and then had a campfire outside, and many people on the team got to experience for the first time cooking bannock over the fire. It was delicious! The entire day was great and we all enjoyed ourselves very much, and greatly appreciated having our supervisors there. We ended the night by saying good-bye to them as they left for a few days to go to the Bishops retreat centre (Trappers Lake) for some rest and relaxation.
Our team has been charged and ready for action since the supervisors left, and we are very excited to continue our ministry. We are preparing for our next Ignite night, which will be themed “Road Trip.” We are planning to (in interactive ways) show how life is like being on the road trip, and how God wants to be with us on that journey. We are very excited for this night, and we have a lot planned, and we hope it is a great success. Please keep us and the youth coming out to this event in your prayers!
God Bless!
April Fogle
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