Kaleo Ministry

Last week was a busy one. Nowadays homework takes up most of our time here. The homework is good though, it stretches me. What I mean is that I am doing so much work and experiencing such a level of stress that maybe when I have gone beyond first year studies I will be able to stretch enough to survive them. Without this year I know I could never do it.
The homework is also teaching me about God, about life, and about relationships with my peers. There is nothing like having twenty six other students experiencing the same stress. We can really see what methods (within the range of: work then play, play then work, play then play, and work then work) of study really work.
Apart from all the school work, I was asked to lead a prayer at Cobble Hill. I had only been asked to lead a prayer once before that night, and I completely forgot and messed it up. So I was really determined to "pray well" this time. My topic was the lines in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." After getting up in front of everyone I was pretty nervous, but once we got into praying everything went well. Some people said they really appreciated the prayer, so I guess it was good. I have no idea if God worked through me at all but I hope so. I am sure that God worked -on- me through this experience. I am quite interested in finding out more about the concept of 'the Kingdom of God.'
In other news, we are all deciding which mission trip to go on. The options are Vancouver, Columbia, New York, and India. For about the past year I have been learning about India in different ways. My first shallow forays into finding 'enlightenment' were through Hinduism, the primary religion of India. The mentor that helped usher me into God's Kingdom had gone on this same India-trip. A college course that I took on eastern religions ended up focusing on Hinduism for about half the class. It was during this class, while seeing pictures and hearing the history of India that I fell in love with her people. It is these experiences, as well as the knowledge that people will be greatly encouraged by our presence, that convince me that God is calling me there. The only thing that is missing is money, but I have faith that if India is where I should be, the money will come and I will be there.
Thanks for reading everyone! Maybe one of these days ill post some pictures! Watch out!
-Jeremiah