Greetings from your faithful Team Two blogger, Katie Foster.
Our last day of training was completed on Friday, and on Saturday we were commissioned by the Archbishop of Ottawa along with the other NET teams in the Commissioning Mass. While most teams left on Sunday, our team has remained in Ottawa for a few days to rest and prepare for ministry. We head out Wednesday morning for a couple days journey to the Thunder Bay diocese.
I would like to share with you a story from Commissioning Mass. In the afternoon, while we were getting ready, my teammate Mariah Fortune called her mom. In this conversation, Mariah made the discovery that her mom had flown with a friend to Ottawa from Nova Scotia to suprise Mariah on this special night. It was a very special reunion for all parties. What I wou
ld like to share specifically was a comment that her mom's friend made upon observing the Netters at Commissioning Mass. She was suprised at the amount of confidence and joy that exuded from a group of young adults. Upon hearing this story, it really made me realize just how much we, as Netters, witness to others not only through our words and actions, but just by our very lifestyle. When people see us, they see that we are different, and in this way we live out the quote from Paul Claudel when he says, "Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!"
ld like to share specifically was a comment that her mom's friend made upon observing the Netters at Commissioning Mass. She was suprised at the amount of confidence and joy that exuded from a group of young adults. Upon hearing this story, it really made me realize just how much we, as Netters, witness to others not only through our words and actions, but just by our very lifestyle. When people see us, they see that we are different, and in this way we live out the quote from Paul Claudel when he says, "Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!"And with that, I shall depart with words from the Christian band Starfield, " I will go". Tomorrow our team begins the journey. I ask that you pray for our safe travels, and pray that we may all be faithful and effective witnesses of the Gospel.
In Christ,
Katie Foster
Encounter Team Two Blogger
(Top picture - The Net teams sing "God Be Praised" at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa;
Bottom picture - The reserved sign for Encounter Team Two at the Commisioning Mass)
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