Happy Halloween everyone! It is crazy to think that tomorrow is November, and already all the stores in the city are decked out for Christmas...I am convinced that happens earlier and earlier every year. But maybe that is just what we say every year because one day it is summer and then suddenly Christmas is everywhere and we haven't pulled out the winter gear yet. The weather is doing the same thing, yesterday we were in T-Shirts...and then today....the wind has put white caps on the lake and the snow was driving straight into the windows. Nothing that will stay yet, but it is a good reminder that winter will be here soon and this year it will be without the Alberta chinooks.
Last night was the YFC fundraiser banquet in Winnipeg. There were 1200 people there and filled the Winnipeg convention centre. There was good food, Phil Callaway as the guest speaker, and lots of entertainment (and a wonderful video put together by Greg!!) It was exciting to learn more about everything that Youth For Christ runs. The dance program, Masterworks, did presentations for us. There were also some of the youth who got up to share how YFC has impacted them. Their testimonies were huge, and included turning away from gang memberships, time in juvenile detention and broken homes. Spending a summer at Cedarwood played a huge part in both of their lives and serves as a good reminder of the effect that time here can have!!
Tonight is going to bring about Halloween festivities. I am hosting a group that has brought in a DJ for the evening so the kids (all 98 of them) can still get in on Halloween. I will be running the concession and keeping them all full of candy and snacks!! Should be good fun and there are many ghosts and the like wandering our hallways already! Gotta' run...Trick or Treat!! (we do accept care packages :) )
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