The End Is Near

Hi Everyone!
I can not believe that the end of this year has approached so fast!
It has been such an amazing year, both for the community of Lethbridge and for our team!

This last week here has beautiful.
This past Sunday we had a goodbye party after the 6pm Youth Mass we go to every week at St Basil's Church here in Lethbridge. During the homily during the Mass, our priest, Fr. Kevin, asked our team to stand up, and he talked about how we are just normal people, but are spending this year taking time from our busy lives to serve God, and God is using us to touch other people's lives this year. This was both humbling and affirming. We are all given the same gifts of the Holy Spirit. You don't have to be a priest, nun, or missionary to evangelize. It is the call of all people united under the Catholic faith. After we got to sit back down, he asked the congregation to stand up if they had been impacted in any way from our team being in their community for the past year. It was so beautiful seeing almost everyone in the full church stand up! Sometimes you don't realize you are touching people by the work you are doing, but even just by being a witness as someone who loves Christ, you can touch people's lives. One guy I got to know this year pretty well told me how much we had impacted him and helped him grow in his faith and change him in a good way! Sometimes I think that I only impact the lives of the youth we encounter at our youth groups and school visits, so I was caught off guard when people I was just friends with outside of our ministry work had been affected by us being here.

We also had our last PULSE Jr high youth group night this week. We had a huge game of capture the flag in the park across the street from the church, and we ended the night with Sundae the Netter. Basically, we supplied the needed materials to create the perfect sundae, and then let the youth dump it all over us. We were a mess, but a sweet tasting mess. It was a grand way to end our awesome year here!

God gave us such an amazing year! May God Bless you this year and many to come!

Love
Amy ten-Bohmer
iNFUSE ONE
Lethbridge, Alberta