Terribly Poetic

Well today I got one volunteer for D4....one girl and two guys is our total staff right now. We are still looking for at least another staff before we begin. Oh, and I will get to solitude part two soon. Its been a busy time, organizing for the start of the year and all.

While earlier this week I found out that our D4 program will be returning to Queen Elizabeth School, then yesterday I found out that on Tuesdays after school I will be allowed to run a Disorganized Sports program. The program is exactly what it sounds like, sports of all kinds, in a disorganized way. We will then be able to have a "Coaches Corner" time where I can share a brief thought for the day. This program provides students something to do after school in a safe environment. I am excited to meet new students. As well, with the program running on Tuesdays it will be a great time to invite them out to the next nights D4.

We are currently looking for Godly leaders for to join the ministry at Dimension Four at our Queen Elizabeth location for this fall. If you are interested please contact me by replying or email me: daryl AT yfcsask.com

It is September and fall is here indeed. While some questions about Dimension Four still loom in the air, I am beginning to gear up for the kickoff to many programs. Hopefully D4's issues will be resolved tonight and I can finally start to advertise the when and where to students. In addition to the D4 I am running for grades 7-9, I will begin a new D4 this fall for high school students. This group will be held at my house and garage. This group is going to be alot smaller (i am in my house after all) and will seek to go alot deeper in the spiritual climate of the group. I am praying that this will become a great core group of students that I can disciple further and to give them chances to step out in action over this next year. Most of these students I have known for at least 3 years and I am excited for this chance to speak in their lives.
I will also be increasing my ties with the schools I am involved in. I am hoping to be running two after school programs at Queen Elizabeth and John Lake School. This programs have typically been great feeders to our D4 programs and our often the start of a students connection with Jesus.

My wife and I are also excited to become involved in Fuse at Cornerstone this year. Fuse is taken on a different look, with a more intimate setting and we are excited to get involved in this. Fuse is going to be meeting twice a month at the church and then encouraging groups to meet during the off weeks in home to continue the discussions. We are planning on hosting groups at our home as well.//Fuse is going to be following teaching from Erwin McManus// If you are interested come on out Sept 18th at 7:30pm for some coffee and a chance to experience God.

Hey, just wondering....does anyone actually read this blog anymore?
I know that I have been letting it slide alot more recently and I would like to change that.... if you would like to see, read more here... please let me know....

So with the hottest temperatures on record in Saskatoon recorded this week I have been trying to fine ways to stay cool. Awhile back I posted about the need for an air conditioner in my garage. And I am happy to say that I now have a working A/C in the garage. It is helping to keep myself and the kids cool, abit. While not everything I did this week help me stay cool. On Monday, (the hottest day of the year) I played Ultimate Frisbee for 1.5hrs and was completely soaked in my own sweat. Gross, is a nice way to describe it...

In other news... we have a finished kitchen...I have painted the garage (okay I only primed it and haven't even picked a colour yet) and my wife is loving her flowers and garden beds...you can check out the pictures on our flickr account.

Until I come up with something better to say...

It has been one week since I opened my drop-in centre based out of my garage. Things went great during the first week. I had 10 students come by already in the first week, and I had more stop by asking if they could bring friends out. Overall, it was a great first week. Today I am finally painting the garage to have it finished as the electrical was finally finished today; that means you can see when you are playing pool now. Some people may be wondering how they can help. Well...thanks for asking...first of all you could donate flats of pop that we could use to sell. This is a great way to keep students from leaving the drop-in to go to the Mac's store and not come back. Another need we have right now is for a air conditioner. The garage can get rather hot in the summer and opening the large overhead door usually only makes it hotter. Therefore if you know of someone with a used window air conditioner or would like to donate money to help this purchase please reply here or email me at daryl@yfcsask.com. Thank you for your prayers and support, and for actually reading my blog. Hope you have a great day and keep cool.

Today is the annual "Red Eye Run" to West Edmonton Mall. We leave at 4AM (which is why I am publishing a post at 3:30AM) and head to the mall for the Waterpark, shopping, eating, etc. We will arrive home late tonight. Hence why its the red eye run. Please pray for us in our long day and for all the drivers to stay alert.