Over the past three weeks our team has been split up. Half of us stayed in Yellowknife to continue the youth ministry we started and the other half of us, along with Adele Costanza (the youth coordinator) and Bishop Mark, pushed farther north in the Northwest Territories. We were traveling the regions of the Deh Cho and the Sahtu, via the winter road, holding youth events and nights, with the goal of raising up youth leaders for the diocese. We visited the communities of Fort Simpson, Tulita, Deliné, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells, and Fort Providence. It is almost as if we were a traveling (Encounter) team except we were spending more time in each place. I find it really great that we had enough time to get to know the youth that we met.
The
Diocese of Mackenzie Fort Smith is so vast and widespread; we have been given
this amazing opportunity of traveling and reaching out to youth and calling
them closer to Christ. We were able to take two reliable trucks on snow covered
back-country roads. Who would have thought that in the Northwest Territories
there would be mountains... Not me.
The
spirituality of the aboriginal peoples is amazing. There is no doubt in them
that The Creator exists and that he looks after us.
After
a retreat in one of the communities we visited, I felt drained. We had invited
the youth to a night of prayer the following evening but I got the
impression that none of them were interested at all. The next night however we
had 10 youth show up… it was really cool to see that they wanted to come out to
a prayer night. They all took bibles and rosaries and were really excited that
we had been there but also sad to see us leave.
Our
team is back together now, safe and sound; we are ready to dive deeper in to the many aspects of our
ministry. We are extremely busy but have so many good things tell of, so stay connected.
As
for now thanks for reading and God bless
Ben and the rest of iNFUSE NORTH.
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