Colleen's Space

A massive Update!

2008-09-29T09:27:00.008+01:00

OK, so it should come as no surprise to people that it as been a very long time since I have posted an update! Sorry I am so bad at this...anyway here it is!

Three weeks ago Hywel and I got married, it was and incredible day and I enjoyed every single moment of it, it truly was a dream come true and a day where God truly blessed us and we were able to let. all present know that Jesus was the reason for all of this!

My mom and dad, represented both my family and those I love back home in Canada, it was so great having them here, I miss them so much and we had so much fun together, and it finally bridged everything by them getting to meet all of Hywel's family, meeting my UK friends and seeing where we live! They then continued on for a two week bus tour of Ireland, which they thou roughly enjoyed.

After the wedding we went to West Wales and spent a week for our honeymoon in Hywel's parents cottage, much needed and enjoyed relaxation time. There cottage is in the middle of gorgeous countryside and near to the ocean, so it was ideal.

Now we are enjoying settling into our new little rented house, Hywel is back at Uni for his final year, and whilst waiting for my visa to be approved (can't work without it) I am going to try and make the most of this down time. I have been accepted onto the Billy Graham Emerging Evangelists Institute (for those back home that is the same course that brought the UK evangelists to Halifax for the Franklin Graham Festival). It was such a great week of learning, fe,fellowship and encouragement! There will be a couple of these each year and lasting over two years, so if you could keep that in prayer and all of the areas surrounding that also I would appreciate it!

hmm...I think that is pretty much enough to sum up the last couple months, I really miss all of you back home and hope it won't be too long until I see you again. Please, if for any reason you would like to come to the UK to travel or visit, make sure you are in touch and come and have a visit/stay!!

Stay in touch!

Love and Prayers!

Colleen Tyler

2008-05-29T03:59:00.002+01:00

OK, just a quick update...I am moving to Cardiff Wales on June 16, 2008. Hywel and I are getting married on September 6 in Cardiff and that is where we will be living for at least the next couple of years. Would be great to catch up and see people before I go, and would really love to stay in touch while I am away!

...anyone want to come to Wales???? :)

Staying in Nova Scotia

2008-02-20T15:33:00.002Z

Right...I have realizes how much I have neglected my blog, so here we go...If you read the post just before this one it will explain the background a bit more. I had been waiting to start the job in LOndon, and after some work permit complications we (the Church in London and myself) decided that the route to go would be to apply for a missionary visa. I had been so excited looking forward to this new chapter in my life and the things that God had in-store, however I have recently received the notice from the British High Commission that my missionary visa had been denied!
I am in a place of confusion at the moment (less now than a couple weeks ago), this came so out of the blue and at the moment I am trying to figure out and hoping to hear from God what I am to do next. I mean obvious at the moment that I am staying here in Nova Scotia, but beyond that.
So, I am trying to adjust and really praying that I can find a way to serve and be useful while I am here. Thank you to all of you who have been praying, and on the positive side, I will get to visit friends a little more often now!

2007-10-16T13:59:00.000+01:00

Now a proper update...I have been offererd and accepted a job as youth director in a church in London. I am really excited about this and and just working through the technicalities before I can start. At the moment I am waiting for my work permit (which I am praying and believeing is approved!!!). It's been processed but has been held up because of the UK postal strike, so we think it should come this week. I am flying back to Nova Scotia on Monday, Oct 22 to then apply for my work visa so I will be home for a visit until December 2, so it would be good to catch up with a lot of you! I would greatly appriciate your prayers that all these permits, visas, etc are approived and that everything goes smoothly so that I can get back to Londona and start working and serving...so exciting!!!!

Awwww...intoducing Lilly Rogers, Ruthie and Matt's little baby girl, she is SOOOOO great, such a happy content baby!

I hadn't seen Jess in a long time so getting to hane out with her and JOn was great, I thank God for all the amazing friends that I have!

mmmm,,,,,turkey! Jess and I cooked a Canadian thanksgiving dinner for Jon and Hywel!

2007-10-16T13:42:00.001+01:00

Ok, some more pictures! This is Hywel and I at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff on our way to watch Canada play Fiji in the rugby world cup...sadly Canada lost, but it was great being there!!

---The dog is Millie. Hywel's new puppy, her and I have been keeping each other company during the daytime, haha, I guess that classes me as a puupy sitter? Anyway, she is doing well and up to three tricks, not that anyone really is concerned about that!

2007-07-30T23:51:00.001+01:00

Some more pics of Wales, and Cornwall!

Polzeath Mission July 2007

2007-07-30T19:30:00.001+01:00

So, the update! The mission in Polzeath Cornwall was amazing! It was to be 10 days of mission and outreach activities on the beach and to support the launch of a new church in the village.

We all had out plan and ideas of what would be involved with the mission, which would include, litter picking on the beach in the morning to clean up all of the rubbish from the hundreds of teens that party on the beach nightly, to sports activities on the beach, surfing, conversations with passing people, outreach in the pubs, and helping with whatever we could in the church to get it ready for opening up to the public.

But all of this changed (well we still did do a lot of these activities too). We had some time getting to know fellow team members on Saturday and then met with Chris (one of the co-directors of the Tubestation Church) he basically laid out for us the vision of tubesataion and how as part of their outreach they want the church to be relevant to the community it is trying to meet as well as to not be at all aggressive in their outreach approach, but rather to build friendships with the people so that they then feel safe to come into the church.

The church is awesome!! They have totally transformed a little sleepy village chapel which only had a few members into a cool, friendly and welcoming place fitted with a half pipe at the front (inside!!) open for people to come in and skate, a wireless internet café and just a chilled place to relax in off the beach. It was such a blessing to help them put the finishing touches on things and getting to know the team that works with the church.

As a mission team we met in the morning for a time of devotion and prayer, and also in the evening. We all really bonded and it was awesome how God worked in each of our lives and hearts throughout the week. In the very beginning I felt that God was putting it on my heart that we all needed to be praying a lot and to let Him lead us in the things that we should daily be doing as opposed to trying to set out schedules and routines. I shared this with the group and there were others who felt the same thing. This was massively confirmed in the fact that Chris and Henry from Tubestation really didn’t have any massive plans for us other than some small finishing jobs around the church, they just asked that we would pray and have a blessed week, to just step back from out jobs and daily routines and enjoy life.

This proved to be a bit of a challenge for some of us who were totally gun-ho to get out there and tell everyone we could about Jesus, but we had to respect they ways in which the church there was doing outreach sp as not to get in the way of the work they had already done. So prayer we did, and it was amazing. We all spent so much time praying and listening to God and it was immense! Made me really realize how much more time I should be dedicating to this in everyday life, because although prayer can sometimes be hard or you can think there are other things you could be doing, it is such the foundation our building our relationship with Christ as well as they way to help know what to do to make a difference in this world!

As a team we also led the church service on our last Sunday there, which was cool. The first Sunday of our mission they had us up to the front and different members of the church came up to pray for us and really commission us in the week to come. One of out team members, Hywel, just was looking out amongst the mostly empty church and just picturing it over flowing with people. Well sure enough after all kinds of prayer, the next Sunday (our last Sunday) the people just kept coming!!! There was standing room only, Praise God! We also had time to share testimonies and I shared about a dream that I had where God spoke more about prayer as well as lifting oppression (if you want more details on the dram you can ask me afterJ).

I was very thankful for the team we had, we were all so diverse with many different gifting and backgrounds and we just gelled. It also is amazing when you share a house with the same people for 10 days of prayer how you can see changes already happening in people’s lives. Some were set free from things that had been binding them from their past, some discovered their faith in a new and real way, and others were given a time of rest as well as discovering new gifts. Our God is such an amazing God!

I also had the opportunity to share my faith with a guy one night at a pub, and at the end of the conversation he was like: “you know this has been a great conversation and what you have had to say makes a lot of sense, I am really going to take that on board and think about it”. I was so stoked for God giving me that opportunity, and at the end of the conversation I told him that I would be praying for him, and challenged him to pray to. But the even more amazing thing is the next morning after litter picking my friend Sarah saw him on the beach and got to witness how God answered the prayers that we told him we would pray. Seeing what happened she went over to him and was like: “and what did we saw we would pray for!?” He was totally stoked and thankful and responded to her by saying “keep the faith!”

God is on the move. And He moves sometimes in different ways than we expect, but it is His call and we just have to be ready to respond to it however it comes. I am very thankful for this opportunity and the ways God worked through the prayer, and the actually seeing of strongholds on that place being broken down. It as such a powerful time that twp girls from the team have stayed on there and another two people are heading back there in a week! And the team at the Tubestation were grateful for the prayer. They had been going full out to get the Tubestation ready to open to the public and were completely shattered. They said the actually felt lifted in prayer during the week and that it was completely the right timing for the mission and that they were sorry if it wasn’t what we all expected but it was defiantly what was needed.

I am very excited to see what God does in this little place! I mean there is such a lack of hope in the young people that come there to party night after night in the summer. Literally hundreds of teens pour out onto the beach and street in the evening. There is a really steep hill leading down to the beach from one of the pubs, and one night while praying Hywel and I were headed up this hill. Stumbling towards us was this young teen guy, all of a sudden he stacked it and fell in the middle of the road smashing his face n the pavement, he wasn’t really getting up so Hywel went and helped him before the oncoming car hot him.

He was so sadly drunk, and now his face was all bloody. We helped him down the hill and I went in search of a first aid kit, the poor guy had smashed his front tooth too! We sat with a couple police officers and convinced him that he should call his parents to come and get him and take him home as opposed to continuing partying with his friends, he finally listened. As we sat waiting for his folks, we chatted to him about life and choices and the fact that he was blessed that night to not of hurt himself worse, we will continue to pray for him and hope that the seeds planted help him to choose a different path in life!

On the 18th – 26th of August I will serve on another 8 days mission in Hastings, so the summer of missions continues! I also need to find a job as my money has run out, so if you could keep that in prayer I would appreciate it. But I am not too worried, God is a big and loving God and not only does he provide us with opportunities He supplies the equipment for them!!

I love and miss you all back home and I really appreciate all the prayers!

Love and Hugs!
Colleen

2007-04-17T16:44:00.001+01:00

Ok...the long awaited update!

This past week I was up in Blackpool at the Easter People Festival, it was amazing. The week started off with the challenge of feeling distant from God, just like it was hard to get involved, I was having a blast catching up with lots of friends from past missions and events, but was longing, to spend some good time with God, and that wasn't happening.

I decided that I just really had to push into it, and pray, and just believe that nothing was going to keep me from experiencing what God wanted me to that week, and it worked!

It just seemed like there was so many mountains and road blocks in the way, but God came in and just obliterated them one by one, it was awesome!
I had anticipated doing a lot of street outreach while I was there but in fact I didn’t end up doing any but rather spent time in other venues drawing closer to God, I am very thankful for the chilled out week where the organizers actually wanted us all to have time to enjoy ourselves!

One night while I was in worship I just felt this intense heaviness, I tried to ignore it but it just wouldn’t go away...so I decided I should find someone to pray about it with...instantly I knew that should be Lindsay (gosh her and her husband Alistair are amazing!) when I found Lindsay (in the chilled out spontaneous venue) she suggested I just go lay down on some cushions for awhile and pray and listen to God and then once she had put baby Esther to sleep she would come back and pray with me.

This was an amazing time; I just lay there, prayed, listened, sang and cried to and with God! I saw this picture: it was like down on the promenade, but really could and can be anywhere...I saw a bunch of people and we were all trying to push away at the darkness, which was trying to crouch down and snuff us out, but we were ready to stand strong together with God and increase the light in the place, it was powerful...especially to think that at the moment throughout the massive place where the festival was being held there were five different praise and worship sessions going
on!

Also the next day someone had a picture for me, of what God wanted for me and how much he loved me, it was absolutely beautiful!!!

There were some great times as well hanging out with my fellow road-trippers, and especially the amazing time that Sarah, Hywel, Laura and I all had hanging out together...thanks for the memories! God's going to do amazing things in the lives of these people and I feel very blessed to know them!

...So, I ended up getting sick at the end and had a fever, but nothing will overshadow the fact that God changed my life yet again, and simply blessed me with an amazing week that I will never forget and will look back on for encouragement and smiles in the future...

There really is more to tell as well, but I figure, how many people are actually going to read all of this long post as it is!!!?!?!

Love and Prayers!Colleen

Day 2 In London (Wed, April 4, 2007)

2007-04-05T18:57:00.000+01:00

Wow, God truly is Amazing! Today was day two being in London and it so made me happy to be here!

It stared off by me getting to go and have lunch with my incredible friend David. I really cherish people, who have a great heart and are caring, and this guy is, and funny, might I add! I used to work with David at Share Jesus International, and bless him he is quite hectic at the mo, sorting all the stuff out for the Easter People Festival next week.

Wednesday evenings is when I used to go to Connect Group (my small group from Hillsong Church), well Megan sent me a message last night reminding me about it and that I should come, so I did. Gosh, it was lovely to see those awesome people again, and to celebrate the Passover and going into Easter the meal that we all had was a roast lamb dinner (ha-ha…yea, I don’t typically eat lamb, for those of you who I have talked about this with before). And then after dinner Phil and Amber had set up an Easter egg hunt for us!

The best though, was after we all had are chocolate and sat down, we shared communion together before the study. It made me realize even more how much of a loving God we have! I mean who would have thought I would have been able o be back over here in England again so soon! My God made a way, He knows the desires of our heart and He wants to see us happy, why then does it seem so often I (and lots of other people) have such a hard time trusting Him? I mean its not like He is going to mess up our lives, what God had to offer is WAY better than any of us could do on our own.

Anyway I will stop rambling; I am just really happy and thankfulJ

Hmmm….I wonder what lays a head!?!?!

things i will miss from England

2007-01-01T17:09:00.000Z

Moving Home Dec 13!

2006-12-04T23:10:00.000Z

Well...I have just spent what seems like FOREVER going through all of the incredible amount of stuff that I have aquired over here in England...I am moving home!! This move comes totally unexpected and SO not planned, thus the difficulty trying to sort out all of my stuff.

The job that I had been working on (project co-ordinator for thirst for life) hasn't recieved the expected funding, I had signed on to stay until April, but now suddenly thathas all come to a close, so after some prayer I have decided to move home. I am excited but atthe same time this is going to be quite challanging! I have made some amazing friends since I have been over here, and am loving church at the moment, my small group rocks! (I'm attending Hillsong).

Also since I didn't plan on coming home I didn't have time to look into getting an apartment, a job, car...gonna be interesting since am coming home, with no money, but that's what makes for adventure!:) Please feel free to email me if you have any leads on any of those topics.

Anyway here are a few 'Christmas-ish' pictures, and some from church.

"I'm making a citizen's arrest!"

2006-10-23T22:59:00.000+01:00

Ok, so yesterday turned out to be a very interesting day!!!...
What I had intended was to go to church in the am, have lunch with Sarah, chill in London and just enjoy the day, but it didn't quite happen like that. After an intense journey into London (bank card wasn't working so I had to talk my way with out paying onto the tube, then duck the gate at the other end), I managed to get to church like 10 minutes late. The service was awesome and the Sarah and I walked through the rain down to the South Bank to have a Sunday Roast at a lovely pub. Sarah specifically chose this place because she wanted me to sit and have a view of St. Paul's Cathedral, while we were eating.

We ended up making a quick lunch last a couple hours, and had some awesome conversation, so awesome in fact that a complete slimy creep, managed to knick my bright red Canada backpack from beneath the table by my feet!!!!...Thankfully enough this guy Ben was sitting nursing a hangover while his friends were at the bar, he kind of thought that the man seemed a bit suspicious especially carrying this backpack, that’s when Ben came over and asked me if I had a backpack...I said 'yes' and immediately went to grab it because I thought it must have been in his way...that’s when I noticed it was gone...my $700 camera was in that bag!!
Immediately Ben took off down the steps, and I flew down behind him, and even launched couple steps (the police officer taking my statement loved this and said he was going to have to check out the CCTV, to make sure I wasn't too dramatic or he would call me on it!!)...anyway the foot pursuit for the thieving jerk was on!!!!

Ben ran up to the 6'2", guy and was like' that’s not your backpack', the guy pretended to look all shocked and confused saying that he thought it was his! And was looking like he was about to take off...not going to happen!! I grabbed a hold of him and in no uncertain terms told him that he wasn't going anywhere that he nicked my bag and he was going to jail where he belonged! That's when I proceeded to declare to him and the large crowd that was beginning to gather that "I was making a citizen's arrest!"...ha-ha...I was trying to cover all my bases, but then realizing that you can do that in Canada but I wasn't sure about England...so I asked him!!!
Ben and I then pinned the guy up against a wall and held him there until the police arrived, I was SO angry at this guy, especially as he kept claiming that he was an innocent tourist and he though my red CANADA back pack was his!?!??!?!? Then I was like "look Buddy!! Don’t for an instant think anyone will fall for that, your busted and that’s all there is too it!!"

I was SO thankful for Ben jumping on to save the day, and my camera! The police arrived after about 10 minutes cuffed the guy and then took us all back to the station to give statements.
Turns out dude was from Morocco and has been over here for a few years living on British benefits...that’s right he comes to this country, lives on your tax dollars and the fleece's ya'll again by robbing you!?!?!?!? I was appalled! But Ben (not the Ben from the pub but the police officer) then told me that they were also going to serve him with deportation papers, this made me happy!

So eventually we got driven back to the pub, stayed til closing where Sarah and I sat and talked with Ben and his two friends, it was such a God time because that was literally what they all wanted to talk about for hours!

...So there you go...lesson learned, always have your bag attached to you...and don't under estimate Canadian females, they're apparently capable of taking down 6'2" Moroccan criminals!!!!!!

Just some pics

2006-09-21T17:05:00.000+01:00

Here are some pics of me and my friend Sarah...we had an awesom etime in Cornwall this past week surfing, praying, evangelism....it rocked!!!!!! I am going to seriously work at updating this blog!!!! Like telling you about new job potential, etc. and putting up pics of Jess and Jons wedding.....really Margaret I will;)!!!!!

Visit home

2006-08-25T14:03:00.000+01:00

Now here are some fun photos from the visit home so far!

Brother's Wedding!

2006-08-25T13:58:00.000+01:00

So, My big brother finally got married!! It was last Friday, I love him a lot and truely hope that he is happy!! Here are some pics of brother and sister!

Our World?...What are you going to do??

2006-08-10T17:06:00.000+01:00

Our World?...What are you going to do??

"Lord help the innocent lives affected in our world today by terrorism, hatred, and mass destruction, be with them, comfort them and Father, may they call out to You, seek You, Father in these dark times let them see that Your light will get them through, that in You they may have Salvation!"

ok...So, yet again today there was a severe terrorist threat! Twenty some cowards and terrorists were areested here in England today, they had planned to take liquid expolsives onboard of flights bound for the USA, with the plans of mass murder. Mass murder of hundreds upon hundreds of innocent lives!

I have spent some of my afternoon crying, but these tears are not tears of defeat, my heart is broken for the lost people of this world that don't know that amidst all this chaos there is a Saviour that loves them so much! People blame God or say "where was God the day the towers fell?". Well let me tell You He was right there beside each and every person involved! But you know what, so many people don't choose to believe and call out to God for help.

There are things in this world that we will never understand, we can't we are just humans, but, let me assure you Jesus saves, he doesn't slaughter innocent people, or blow them up, He calls to us...do we listen??...do we call back?Although all these things that are happening make me sad, they don't defeat me, in fact they do just the opposite! My faith becomes stronger, I will satnd for freedom, I will stand for peace, I will stand for Jesus! No terrorist/coward, will stop me, I will spend my life seeking peace and being ready to let the people of this world know about the love that God has for each and everyone of them, that He believes in them, will never leave them , and wants to comfort them in their time of pain and sorrow.

What will you do? Will you answer when God calls out to you? Will you even choose to hear? Will you stand for peace? Jesus had already claimed the victory, the day that He died on that cross, will you choose to be on the winning side?

Alright, so this was my random rant, but I feel so passionatly about these issues, and the fact that we can't just sit back and pretend like it will all go away, it won't, but we can, one person at a time make a difference in this world, we just need to have faith!

2006-07-18T08:26:00.000+01:00

Ha! Had to put up a poser shot of me!! This was in Seville before we left for an awesome night of Evangelism

2006-07-18T08:12:00.000+01:00

Sarah is creating a comic to remember the trip by. The sketch of us lying oin the tent is when we were talking about the vision that I had of the archway, with the shadow of a cross on the wall and going through the archway....that is also shown in the second sketch....there was signifigance to what this vision meant, just not enough time to write that...but...the amazing thing was...

The acrchway actually existed!!!!! And there is the pic showing exacxtly what I saw in that vision!!

Haha! Right, Sarah and I posiong with the 'Silence' signs!

Last but not least a pic of Jo while she was praying on one of the watchtowers gaurding the city in Avilla.

2006-07-18T07:36:00.000+01:00

Hey All!! Here are some of the photos from the Road Trip Mission...The group photo is all of us in Avilla (the one at the table), then there is everyone posing as I set up the camera to take out group picture, but I thiught this one was more fun!

Next is Dave, Ali, Me and Laura in Salamanca, which was such a beautiful place!.....then there is Sarah and I being silly in Avilla (man...what a crazy night!!!)

Finally ending on three od us in our Road Trip shirts just after a swim in the lovely Atlantic!

2006-07-05T15:55:00.000+01:00

Alright!!

SO I have a couple intense stories!!! First and foremost, my mom wanted to know why we switched the routh we had planned to take (originally going along the north, but now south), we did this because well all of us on the team felt that it was down south towards Seville that we needed to go. The other day (second day), Laura and I were heading back to where we were camping before everyone because I really felt that I had to go. It was freakishly raining and hailing like grape sized stones so we had taken refuge in a pub, so we left the rest and well on the walk we got quite lost, but in the process gave out three tracks, but the intense part came a bit later. As we were on the street that led to our site this girl about our age came walking towards us, she seemed quite different and was swinging something in her hand, I totally got a bad feeling about her, but didn't´t say anything until Laura started to say what she was feeling and it just so happened she felt the same thing that I did!!! SO we turned around and just started praying fiercely!! And then I got these words "battle cry" and that we needed to make sure that Jesus was our battle cry to the nation that we were in.

Well we got back to our tents and they were severely flooded so Laura and I spent for like what seemed forever wringing everyone's stuff out, tipping the tents upside down to get out the water, and well just having a good laugh with it all, that´s all we could do since it could have seemed quite tragic! So that night the four of us girls crammed into the one tent, got really cozy and had a could time talking, praying and getting to know each other.

I had been praying that God would speak to me, and He did! He gave me this vision of a big wall, with an archway door, and the shadow of a cross on the wall heading towards the door!! I wasn´t too sure what this meant, but I told the girls about it. The next day we, in all our dampness, lack of sleep, being weighed down by the wet stuff, set off for Salamanca. We met Jo and Ali at the train station, finally, all of the team had arrived!!! Salamanca was beautiful!! Seriously the old part of the town was right out of an old fairy tale, breath taking really! So we had some dinner and then went to the Plaza Mayor, the main square which also was stunning! We had an awesome time of prayer there and got to talk and pray for some of the people there. Later that night the girls prayed for Sarah's back, she had to have surgery before and this lump had come back and was really painful, so we prayed for healing. As we were praying I kept seeing all these 8´s, seemed random and quite weird, but I decided to tell the team about it the next morning at breakfast, we all just king of brushed ot off.

There were a couple tensions brewing, but you know what!? God sorted it in such an AMAZING way, and now the team is so connected it rocks!! Seriously, we are united and standing strong together as an army!! :) So this is the good part.....Jo and I were walking in Avila (the next day, new town), we went to find a hostel and take time to talk and sort things out, It was such a stellar time! And the last hostel we went to we took, and with out even asking the man knocked €15.00 off the price....but wait for it.....as we were walking out of the city )oh did I mention that this was a walled city?????....AND hat there are 88 watchtowers all along the walls!!...yup, there are the 8´s that I saw), we came to the wall in my vision!!!!!! There it was right in front of us, as we sorted things out, the wall, the archway, and there was even a cross!!!! How intense id that!?!?!?!?! Yup, I was speechless, hahahaha...for those of you who know me go ahead and be stunned!

We were so excited to get back to the rest of the peeps, who had be chilling at a Cafe to tell them about it. They were all so excited, it was awesome! Then I was so shattered from the massive amount of walking, that I totally crashed on all the backpacks....I just wanted a quick rest, but then Ali sat of me, I was so about to push him off when a HUGE bird decided to let loose, and bird poo went everywhere!!! It was SO gross, but, haha, Ali was my shield!!! SO he got it not me!!!!:)

We spent some time walking and praying on the walls in Avila, it was so great, God really brought a lot of peace to each one of us in our own personal way. Man I can´t believe that just over two years ago I didn´t believe in God at all, He is so real, and seriously is a loving God and a God of Miracles!!!!! We then took the train to Madrid, and caught our connection to Seville, which is where we are right now, we will be here three more nights, it´s is going to be amazing! We are going to do some street outreach, go into the clubs, and hopefully bring a little hope and love to this place!!

I am already learning so much, and so are the rest on the team, and words don´t describe just how much I love God!! I am thankful that I get to be traveling, and hope that there is a lot more of it in my future, it is awesome to be seeing different places and different culture, it gives you a whole new perspective on life!

Well, Know that I am loving you all and missing you tonnes!! See you soon!
Love and Prayers!
Colleen Hunter

May 2006 Visit Home

2006-05-24T14:45:00.001+01:00

SO, it was great to have been back in Nova Scotia! Kind of sad that the reason that I came back was that my Grammie was sick, but it was great to have been home. I had a lot of fun catching up with my best friend Bernadette and her awesome brother Mike.....we had huge laughs just being silly together!! I will miss ya's!

Wales

2006-05-24T14:39:00.000+01:00

Jessica, Jon and I went to his mum's caravan in Wales, it was such an awesome relaxing time!! My friend Huw met up with us aswell....I will have to go back again!

2006-04-13T09:43:00.000+01:00

Alright!....So Easter People was AMAZING!
I met some great people, spent some awesome time with God, abd had a lot of fun!
The pic of me and the other beautiful blonde is Carly, she is such a doll!

Hahaha! No those ARE NOT my underwear! I was doing a comedy sketch in the morning....we had "super powers", those horrible grannie-panties were our costume!

This is a pic of Huw, Kit and Alli on the lovely Torquay beach, it was a blast playing frisbee!

The band is made up of two parts of Tears of Solomon (Shawn at the mic, and guitar, and Ryan on bass), and an awesome guy named Matt from New York (drums).

It was such a good week and I feel really blessed to have been there! God did some awesome things and many teens committed their lives to Christ!!! YAY!

Italy

2006-04-10T23:45:00.000+01:00

2006-03-25T18:17:00.000Z

Well.....it's been awhile since I posted, so here they are! The beach is in Weymouth down south where we did a week of missions in schools.

Here is Kat and I, we were out on a day of adventure!

Talk about intense storm clouds eh!?

Me and the Bull!
Silly Holly!! We got her to hi-jack a scooter for a cool pic!!

2006-02-15T22:07:00.000Z

Well let's see........this is a couch full of friends at my surprise Birthday party, which was a lot of fun!! (big thanks to Jess and Jon!)
then we have a pic of a car that I rented......yup....driving on the wrong side of the road, it was crazy, yet fun!! Kat and I went on a road trip up to Yorkshire (where she is from) funny enough, I knew none of the rules of the road, but she doesn't drive so neither did she.....added fun!

Then there is the Birthday Princess Tiara....every girl wants to be a Princess:)

And the B-Day cake...hahahhaha....I look like I am scared of it!! Could be because there are enough candles to burn the house down:)

O2O Ball

2006-01-15T17:20:00.000Z

Here are some picture from the ball that I went to lasr night. It was a lot of fun, there were a bunch of us there from Saltmine....it's always nice to get all dressed up!

Kat is in the red (actress in the Theatre Company)....you all know Jessica and JT

Then there is Holly in the peach dress, and Dean with the orange tie. They are who I work with in Exalt Ministries, they are a hip-hop duo called Redefined. Sol is in the hat, I will also be doing work with him, in Exalt Ministries, and doing prison work.
Then the last picture is Michael Taylor (actor in the Theatre Company), Michael Boden (actor in the Red Balloon Theatre Company), and me and Kat.

Christmas Visit 2005

2006-01-02T20:33:00.000Z

So the visit home to good 'ol Nova Scotia has been great!! I almost got to see everyone that I wanted (gutted that I missed some of you!!)

New Year's Eve was AMAZING!!! I went to a dinner theatre at Jessica's Church (New Covenant Ministries), and at the end it finally happened.......YES! that's right J.T. and Jessica got engaged!!! I am so happy for them, they will make an amazing couple and serve so well together, I love you two!

And despite my hopes of a good time on the ski hills there was next to no snow....except for a few flurries which I made sure I got on camera!

I love you all so much, and I will miss you even more! Thank you all so much for the amazing friendships, and the prayers that you send while I am away, they give me great comfort!!

If it wasn't for all your love and support I wouldn't be able to be doing what I am doing in England, I am so thankful for all that you have taught me over this past couple years!!

Remember to email!!! I love you all tonnes!

Christmas Visit 2005

2005-12-29T17:19:00.000Z

So it's been great getting to see friends, family, and the lovely city of Halifax...I love you all so much, and am so glad that I got to spend time chillin' and catching up, you are amazing people and will always be in my heart with me no matter where in the world I may be!!

Bernadette, don't cry:) 'cause you know I will then too!! hahaha

Christmas Dinner!

2005-12-21T08:45:00.000Z

This is a picture from the Saltmine Christmas Dinner. From Left to right there is Mim (Theatre company), Mark (technician), Kat (Theatre company), Oliver (on exchange from India, doing work placement), Michael (Red Balloon Theatre Company), and me...hahaha, a deer caught in headlights!!

Warwick Castle

2005-11-16T05:15:00.000Z

These pictures are from Warwick Castle, it was my first castle that I went and it was absolutely amazing!

The scenery really is quite amazing here!!

London

2005-11-16T04:32:00.000Z

So these are some photos from the trip Jess and I took to London! It was SO much fun!

Haha, had to get a pic with the machine gun!!

The lion is in Trafalgar Square.

Then, well the red phone booth...it had to be done. Total tourist I know!

Self portrait of Jess and I at Buckingham Palace.

And then the ground marker pointing to Diana's memorial.