Well, life here in Alberta is swell. We are so blessed to be living in Wetaskiwin and serving God in such a tangible way this year. Maybe that’s the theme of this week’s blog – we are blessed. Well, let
me tell you about some of the events we ran this week: We had a junior high girls' sleepover this past Friday night, and let me tell you, it was incredible. We had 15 girls hand in registration forms throughout the week, so we never guessed that almost 10 extra girls would show up the night of, with registration forms, sleeping bags, and open hearts! We wanted to keep the night very fun and girly, and it was! Nail painting, face masks, and a fashion show were just some of the fun, spa-like activities we offered, but the most incredible thing was the prayer time we had in the church around 10 PM that evening. We had a living rosary, where we made a rosary of candles and as we said each prayer someone would light a candle. Afterwards, we had a time of quiet personal prayer and reflection, and we offered prayer ministry. It blew me away how the young women totally invested in this time of prayer. A few of the girls were in tears – the Holy Spirit was moving! Throughout the free time over the evening, girls would wander back into the church and just sit in Christ’s presence!
The ladies of our team, and our female volunteers helping that night went into the church at 3am and lit all the candles from the rosary again, and sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It was an incredible night to say the least!
On Sunday we had a social high school event – we went bowling! We had a great turnout mostly drawing from the grade 9 demographic as the teens in grades 10-12 all had finals this week, so needed to study. But, it was still a fantastic bonding opportunity with our younger teens! Now, I’ll be honest, I’m a terrible bowler, but that afternoon I came in second on my team!! After bowling for an hour we headed back to the church and played Mafia (our favourite game!), and just chilled with the teens who came out. We had a great afternoon!
Tuesday we had our team day, and we went to a local trail aptly named “Chickadee Trail”. We would stop walking and put a bit of birdseed on our open palms, and the chickadees would land right on our hands and peck at the seed! It was incredible! Because of the snowstorms we have had in the past few weeks, the trail was covered in about three feet of snow, so we had
a few slipping episodes (mostly accomplished by yours truly). Anyway, afterwards we headed into the nearby town of Camrose and chilled at a local coffee shop and attempted to dry our soaking jeans (due to the snow on the trail). The amazing thing is the weather here! This week the temperatures have hovered around 0 degrees Celsius, today its up to 6 degrees Celsius! Its so weird, it feels like the beginning of spring!This coming weekend we are bringing some of our youth to a Face to Face Retreat that will be held at the OLVC (Our Lady of Victory Camp). Pray that their hearts will be open to whatever God has in store for them!
God has truly blessed our team this past week with the incredible weather, the amazing girls' retreat, and some beautiful affirmations from our Parish!
Well, I pray you all have a wonderful week! You, our readers and supporters, are in our prayers!
Blessings!
Cecile Richard
iNFUSE Team 3
Wetaskiwin, AB
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