7 people from across Canada came together in one place for a weekend of of fun, learning, games, and get-to-know-you activities. Sound like camp? You're right - camp for grown-ups, and specifically, camp for DRIME leaders.
The street lights dimly lit his face under the hood he kept on his head, and his hands held tight together, but this light couldn’t get to the darkness in his soul.
The street lights dimly lit his face under the hood he kept on his head, and his hands held tight together, but this light couldn’t get to the darkness in his soul.
Before the trip, I was confused, at best, to how real community could be true. I would not have imagined that, only a few days after meeting my team, I would have been a part of a community that was constantly the recipient of marveled comments on how there was something different about us, how free we seemed, or how close we were.
Nick was a 20-something young man we met downtown Calgary. Like many others, he stopped to watch our dramas, but he had a bit of different story than we normally hear on the streets.
Through conversations with him, we found out that he feels utterly alone and rejected by his community. By talking with some of the DRIME members, he said that he had always been afraid of white people but now counted us as friends and felt that he could trust us.
Lately, I’ve come to realize I’m living in a very ‘different’ world, one that does not have a basic knowledge of the Bible or Jesus or even about true Christianity. After reading Soul Cravings by Erwin McManus, I believed that now there was a fresh way for me to communicate with this generation.
It was amazing to me how God could use me and take away my nervousness so that I could willingly pray for a man I’d never met before.
Jesus' conquering of death and sin allows us to find peace and freedom, even when we lose a loved one.
It seems like peace is something that people are after these days--maybe it's because we live in a world with lots of distractions, technology, and busyness. Maybe it's just because we're finally starting to realize there is something missing inside.