Kaleo Week 2!

Dear Family and Friends,

                   As week two of Kaleo comes to an end I have to say that this summer just keeps getting better and better!!! I didn't think it was possible for it to get better.  Probably the most fun this week was that we had two surprise parties this week here at Kaleo!  One for my friend Hannah who I work with and one for Tiffany, a d-group leader!  So something i've learned is that here at kaleo we really like birthdays and surprises! We had a blast getting everyone together to celebrate this week!  My wonderful mother also sent me a starbucks and a panera gift card which made for a great week considering the fact that I haven't received my first paycheck yet so i'm living off raman and peanut butter sandwiches!

Hannah's 19th Birthday surprise party!!!

                  This week started out just like last with evangelism training.... Evangelism is such a scary thing to me, but for me personally it is one of the areas that I want to grow in most while i'm at Kaleo this summer.  This week I was paired with my friend Abby who is in my d-group and we are roommates for the summer!  Me and Abby clicked instantly and always have so much fun together so I was excited to get to share with her.  This week the first two people we talked to were two older ladies and as we were sharing the gospel with them it was clear that they had both come to know Christ and were very strong in their faith.  After we were finished sharing the bridge diagram they hit us with some hard questions!  Which was exciting and challenging because we were being taught while we were sharing the gospel to these ladies.  then we shared with two girls who were about a year younger than Abby and I, and they were really encouraging.  They told us that they thought what we were doing was awesome and that we were encouraging to them.  Then we talked to possibly the most real woman we could have picked out of everyone on the beach.  She was so open and so honest with us, which for us we are always really nervous and we never know what to expect from people so for her to be so open and honest was absolutely amazing!

taking a little beach evangelism break with a selfie!

                   This week at StuMo we talked about hell which I feel like is sometimes an avoided topic just because people are scared of it and the reality of hell.  The whole sermon was about facing the reality, the reality of time and the reality of hell.  Then Brent our speaker for the night kept repeating something that stuck out in my mind and that was that reality requires a response.  His message was really powerful and deep and really put into perspective that even though we already know hell is a very real place, but that if you don't come to know christ you will spend eternity there and that is not a place you want to spend eternity in.

 

StuMo night with Natalie!

                   

With some of my favorite Polo co-workers!

                   

                Work this week was tough.  It's tough waking up early, I work 8-9 hours everyday, and working at polo is a lot harder than I thought it would be.  I did get lucky in the fact that I love everyone I work with and me and all the Polo girls have really bonded and become best friends!

              tonight me and my d-group went and just sat on the beach and talked which got me really excited for this weekend since it's d-group weekend and I absolutely can not wait to spend the weekend away from Niceville with my group and relax and just to grow closer to them and spend quality time with them.


              


In Christ,

Mary Kate