All That Matters is Christ Be Proclaimed, in This I Find my JOY!

Sweet Potato Pancakes

2010-11-14T16:56:00.000-08:00

Since moving to Ottawa, to join Catholic Christian Outreach, I have missed home. Home is a place where you know you can just be yourself, let your hair down and just be delighted in. The home I grew up in has left me with memories: making cardboard wings and trying to fly; my grandma making apple fruit leather; my mom braiding my hair and decorating it with beads. Then there is that memory of my brother pushing me into the pool with all my clothes on... or watching John making his famous banana bread or lasagna.

The Home is also a place where your traditions come from. Well today I just started a tradition of my own, Sweet Potato Pancakes! It was an experiment that went terribly WELL! God is Good, because he afforded me an opportunity to share my sense of home and fellowship with university students. You know a student has found a safe place when they come over and all they want to do is curl up and sleep somewhere. Today I saw a beautiful thing, students coming together to delight in one another and hoping to be Delighted in. Oh how I love these students! I found myself overcome with love for them! Gods love! The depths of my prayer for them today, was Father may they know how greatly you delight in them; how proud you are of them; how you long for them to come back to you... how much you want to heal them...

Just like John, the beloved disciple, how he sat with you (Jesus) at the dinner table and just rested his head on your chest... This generation of young adults just needs a place to rest their heads; a warm safe place where they know they are delighted in. A place where they can know who they are and how much they are loved. I love these students, and I am a poor lover. How much more must our heavenly Father love you!

I am most grateful and humbled to have had this opportunity to bring what I know about home, and about Gods longing heart to these students today. Lord thank you for inspiring in me the idea of Sweet Potato pancakes! And may my new tradition of Sunday brunch always be an image and arrow pointing to our true home. For our hearts will forever be restless until they rest in you God. Amen.

Good Bye Impact 2010

2010-08-14T19:06:00.000-07:00

Good bye to my dear Impact Family
"Cecelia House".

We all shared a great love of music... 'As for me and our house we will praise the Lord!' We where also a house of strong women, like our other house saint
"Philomena".
Cheers to you ladies,
you all made my

summer so special.
Out of our house came the one the only, the famous "Baked Oatmeal"
BooooYaaa! sooo good; the voices of angels, the love of dance, the Joy of praise, the laughter that can only come deep deep withinthe gut; the art of entertaining; the hardwork of gardening; the gift of understanding; serenity and above all love. Thank you girls for making
Cecelia house a "Home".

To my Parish team "Holy Spirit", it was wonderful working with you all. I loved kidnapping our
guys. Us girls sure have a funny way of honoring you. Danielle, you did an exellent job of leading

our pack. Not only can she lead but Danielle is perhaps the best baker, I think ever. Jullianna you have a fearless spirit that was
awesome to see and a great confidence... Adam you always were
the sensible one, I'll never forget how you guessed perfectly what
direction we where dirving and which side of the road
we were on, while you were blind folded and being kidnapped to

Heritage Park. Mike your just crazy in the best of ways

you totally define cool, and I enjoy your
love of life.

Friday 13th Departure 6:10pm

2010-08-14T10:17:00.000-07:00

Friday the 13th is not a day of superstition, its just another day for the God of the universe to do His thing! Show His Glory! And leave us to marvel at his wonder and awe.

3:00am Friday morning:
My appartment in Lethbridge was finally empty. Just a bit more packing in the morning. I layed myself down to rest on the floor for the next three hours.

6:00am Friday morning: the next few hours were spend hulling my stuff up and down three flights of stairs (no Elevator)... but I was running on schedual, everything was nearly packed. The appartment inspection was at 1pm, then I planned on heading to Calgary (2 hour) leaving lot of time to make it to the air port.

12:45 noon: Ahhh just finished packing... no time to clean

2:30pm: signed the appartment away. At this moment I'm officially homeless.

3:00pm: on the high way heading for Calgary. Ahhhh running late. I need to be at the air port at 5pm however its on the other side of the city, an extra 45min comute plus it would be suring rush hour traffic. At this point just a little paniced but knowing God would help me out. So I started the drive with the Devine Mercy Chaplet.

3:30pm my three hours of sleep begins to catch up to me and I'm nodding off at the wheel... so I pulled over for a Super quick nap

3:40pm Back on the Road. Okay I've got to go at least 120 KM/hour if I'm going to make up the time. So I put the pedal to the medal, but the van would go no faster than 100 and sometimes 110 going down a hill and praise God 120 when I went down a big hill.

4:00pm now it started raining so hard I could hardly see, again had to slow down...

5:00pm Calgary SE end. Departure 6:10pm Okay, at this point I'm praying emergency hail Mary's... My plan was to return the bike rack ($175.00) and use the money to pay for my extra luggage and extra weight. No time. New plan. Stopped at the bank.

5:35pm Departure time 35 min. More emergency Hail Mayr's, "Lord delay the plane" "Lord don't let deer foot be backed up!"

5:40pm Approching Air Port. Problem, I had to park close enough for me to run in but far enough so I could leave the van. I parked in "short term" hoping the van would not have to be left for to long.

5:45pm I'm lost in the parkade... looking for an elevator or ramp for luggage.
I spot a cart and load up my Three massive over wiehgt duffel bags. I'm heading for the air port and, my bags fall off the cart...

5:50pm Now im in the air port, frantically looking for Air Canada. I spot it, then get in line and wait.... wait .... wait... I asked the man in front of me, "don you mind if I go before you, my flight leaves in 5 minutes..."

6:05pm Air Canada ticket booth. "Can I still make my flight?!" "Oh, there is no way you are getting on this flight" the lady assured me.

6:10pm I went on to explain that I had no where to go back to, and no phone numbers to call anyone for help (cell phone had died...). I asked if I could sleep in the air port.
The women started typing intesely... hmmmmm. she said. lets see if we can help you out... more intense typing... Okay I can rerout you for tommorow... then she stops, looks at me and says, "I'm sticking my neck out for you... Lets see if we cant get you a deal."

6:12pm at this point my eyes are glued to her computer and she continues to scan the possibilities. "Okay how much money do you have" she aked. "about 200.00" I responded.
"Okay I've found you a flight, but you have to Run, and I mean RUN!!

6:15pm I grab my really heavey clunky labtop and my carry on with a broken handle and woable off as fast as I can in the wrong direction. Ahhhh where is A11??! I turn myself around and find the terminal. I run up to the flight attendant, all sweaty and my hair is sticking up and my cheeks are bright red, and blert out, "have you already boarded the plane!?"The man calmly responded in about 10 minutes, please have a seat" So I sat down and waited.

7:30 Departed. Turned out the plane was delayed
Praise God

I should have never made that flight, if it was not for the help of some generous people.

What is it worth?

2010-08-11T15:44:00.000-07:00

Well here I am back in Lethbridge amidst a mountain of things I can not take with me to Ottawa. I am excited and eager to see what awates, living the life of a Catholic Missionary through "Ctholic Christian Outreach" (CCO). My question is: why can I only have two suit cases on the plain??? clearly my life does not fit into two suit cases! what about my Bike..., my Guitar... all my books and Piano Music... oh and not to mention my car... my Printer... how will I write to you all with out a printer? *Sigh* We are a people of things... I can't imagine what it would be like to be rich... and have to go through the great declutter.

Its been difficult letting go of things right up to an hour ago, when I realized something. The hardest things for me to let go of are the things that my Grandmother gave me: the car, her dishes, the big green frog that someone gave her in the hospital when she was sick with cancer... its the memories I dont want to part with. Well "things" do not define who I am or what I will be in this world. Through this great emptying of things, there has also been a great kenosis of self. I am not only letting go of everything I have but realizing that I am more than these things.

So what is it worth, then, that I should lose everything (except two suit cases!)?
It is worth everything... Jesus spoke of a pearl... worth more than anything; in fact if during the course of your life you happen upon such a gift it would be worth it to sell everything you had just to purchas the field the pearl was in.
The pearl, is to be in the Will of the Father. Right now His Will for my life is to be in Ottawa serving as a Missionary.

Further, to empty my life, and my heart of attachments only frees me all the more for what awates me... I feel like I am giving up so much, but that is becasue God has sooooooooo much to give me, and He needs me to make room to receive it!

Alas, St. Ignatious puts it well:

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory,
my understanding, and my entire will.
All I have and call my own.
Whatever I have or hold, you have given me.
I return it all to you and surrender it wholly
to be governed by your will.
Give me only your love and your grace
and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.

(St. Ignatius, from the end of the Spiritual Exercises)

OF THIS I MUST BOAST!

2010-07-15T22:59:00.000-07:00

Like Paul I confirm that: "to my shame we are too weak" (2Cor11:21) There for I must boast of my weakness. In my tiredness I lack so much charity towards my neighbors, patients in instructing the ignorant and begin to pursue my Independence apart from God. I find This mission has taken me to the end of my strength my wits and and ability to love. I am utterly weighed down beyond my strength, it feels as though I am accepting within myself the sentence of death, to quit, to not finish the race, to surrender this fight; only to learn that I must not trust in my self but in God who raises the dead.

My boast is small in comparison to that of Paul who suffered far more in his service of God, "far greater labors, more imprisonments, far worse beatings, and numerous brushes with death. Five times with the Jews [He] received forty lashes minus one. Three times [He] was beaten with rods, and once [He] was stoned, three times was shipwrecked and passed a day and night in the deep. [Paul] was on frequent journey's and in danger from rivers, robbers, from his own race, dangers from the gentiles, dangers in the city, the wilderness, dangers at sea and among false friends. [Paul] endured hardship through many sleepless nights, through hunger and thirst, through frequent fastings, through cold and exposure; and apart from these things there [was] the daily pressure upon Him of the anxiety he had for all the churches" (2Cor11:21-29)

Although I cry to the lord of all my sufferings, I remain as I am, for as God answered Paul, God likewise answers me: "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness" (2Cor12:9)

To all missionaries, let us "commend ourselves as ministers of Christ, through much endurance, in afflictions, hardships, constraints, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, vigils, fasts; by purity, knowledge, in a holy spirit, in unfeigned love, in truthful speech, in the power of God, through glory and dishonor, insult and praise. We are treated as deceivers and yet truthful; as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and yet behold we live; as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all things." (2Cor6:4-10)

Although a life hidden in Christ is full of paradoxes there is more than enough reason to hope: "For his mercies are renewed each day..." Therefore, I am not discouraged, for I share in Paul's assertions: "although our outer self is wasting away our inner self is being renewed day by day. FOR THIS MOMENTARY LIGHT AFFLICTION IS PRODUCING FOR US AN ETERNAL WIEGHT OF GLORY BEYOND ALL COMPARISON, AS WE LOOK NOT TO WHAT IS SEEN BUT TO WHAT IS UNSEEN" (2Cor4:16-18).

FEELING TIERD??

2010-06-30T06:53:00.000-07:00

The ebb and flow of Mission is going well. It is a pleasure to live the call, as a disciple of Jesus, being fishers of Men. It is a vast sea that lay before us and many are feeling the weight of such a great responsibility - the pursuit of souls. Some of us are even feeling as though we are drowning in our responsibilities and tasks. I had the pleasure of listening to Fr. Raymond speak during Cornerstone, and it was the feast day of St. Peter. Fr. Raymond talked about Peters call to follow Christ and how Peter is a great example to us as Missionaries. What a tall order to be compared to such great man. It strikes me that Although Peter was a strong leader, held authority, and was specifically chosen by Christ to lead the church in a significant way, he still struggled.

Although though Peter was great, and much better at proclaiming Jesus than I, we are equal in our weakness. Peter doubted Jesus and denied him three times on the same day he said he would go to his death for Jesus. Peter was called by Jesus, and turned away in shame, knowing he was not a worthy man. I to at the beginning of mission thought Lord why are you asking me- I fail at so many things.

What then is the solution? "I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, your must strengthen your brothers and sisters." (Luke 22:32)

Jesus intercedes for Peter. In other words, Jesus' prayers for us are sufficient. Yes, I am tiered, and exhausted, but Jesus' prayers for me are sufficient, in fact more than sufficient. Some how we are all still here and still responding to this call to be missionary. Some how we are still getting up each morning, praying at the crack of dawn, and engaging with the people we meet, some how we are still being faithful. Jesus' prayers for us is sufficient- through the supports of the church: Mass, Confession, Adoration, prayer, Community, Fellowship.

May I never forget my need for God, and especially for His strength.
I am most weak and fail miserably when I rely only on my self.

VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP

2010-06-17T22:41:00.001-07:00

The Value of Friends, (written in 2007)

(here is a little something I came across while cleaning out some files)

It is 11:00pm and I often become most reflective between the hours of 11:00pm -1:00am. So I decided to write you all an update on JaZz.

As we all know, and most of you to whom I write are already participating in CCO. (Christmas conference 'Renaissance of Hope' held in Calgary 2007) I did not make it in but I have dropped in to loiter. I hear there has been talk of HOPE and faith…. Hope is so easy to loose track of. To often I find myself loosing hope and daily convincing myself that I am worth something of value. JPII got it right: “I am not the sum of my weakness’ and failures, but of the love of my Father in Heaven.”

“Man can not live with out love, he remains a being that is incomprehensible from himself, his life is senseless if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This is why Christ…reveals himself to us…in this dimension man finds again the greatness, dignity and value that belong to our humanity. We become newly expressed and in a way newly created.”

I always struggle with the purpose of my life! Like God, what is going on man, what is going to become of me? What are these plans? And when do I get to know?!
I to often loose sight of faith in this plan, and usually because I forget I’m loved. Although JPII encourages us to seek out our purpose, we must do so with out falling into despair: “Be stimulated above all by an inner erg to find the answer to the question, about the meaning of your life…go in search of Jesus. If it weren’t for Eucharistic Adoration I would probably loose my mind!

“the most sublime aspect of human dignity is precisely our vocation to communicate with God in a profound exchange of glances, which is life transforming. In order to see Jesus we first need to let him look at us. This desire to see Jesus dwells deep in the heart of each man and each women. Allow Jesus to gaze into your eyes.”

“even the human love we dream of will never be fully satisfied, even our deepest
and most intimate desires. Only an encounter with Jesus can give full meaning to our lives, for he made us for him self and our hearts find no peace until it rests in Him.”

“To understand yourself thoroughly… must with your unrest, uncertainty, and even your weakness and sinfulness, with your life and death draw near to Christ! You must enter into him with your (whole self) you must appropriate and assimilate the whole of the reality of the incarnation and redemption in order to find yourself… If this profound process takes places in you, you not only bear fruit of adoration of God but of deep wonder at yourself!”

Okay, can I get an AMEN! I mean this guy is a Saint! JPII knows what’s going on here, how did he know that I and so many others would have this very problem – the guy is a prophet! And so much more. “The Eucharist received with love and adored with fervor becomes a school of freedom and charity.”

“God uses human friendship to lead hearts to the source of Divine Charity. Feel responsible for the evangelization of your friends.”

When I hear my friends tell me that they love me, know that it runs deep because first I have a little party inside, then through that love I ever become more aware of who I am, in Christ, and better understand the dignity and wonder of myself! I love you all! May Mary keep you forever under the gaze of her son and sustain you as you prepare for your next step in life.

JaZz.

It is now 12:45am and my reflective moment is coming to an end. And so, I wish you all: a good night, good day, afternoon and evening.

THE GARDEN

2010-05-24T21:43:00.000-07:00

I have discovered my inner gardener. My roomies and I have been very blessed with a beautiful back yard. We first arrived to an over run, neglected and junk ridden yard which, has gradually been restored to something beautiful and refreshing. Working with the girls in the garden has felt very simbolic of the work we are doing here in Calgary. Lets consider every human heart is like a garden. Some are full of vibrant flowers and others are over run with weeds, others are completely neglected. These weeds represents the things in life that hold us back, make us feel less Free, less alive, and unable to love. The weeds also represent those things in our life that are disordered. As a missionary we are here to till the soil of the heart, to clear the weeds and water each heart with love, prayer community, we land scape by introducing the sacraments and most importantly we want to shine light... the light of Christ so people can grow into something beautiful, and that their beauty can help restore others.

CORNER STONE and SUMMIT

2010-05-24T15:22:00.001-07:00

Great News!!! Our first "Summit" will be taking place this Friday 7:00pm at St. Bonaventure. This is a night of Eucharistic adoration, with worship music... there will also be some testimonies being shared. Come and experience... Let Christ gaze on you... Its a reflective evening that you can share with hundreds of other young adults. Its time to get connected, and spend a little quality time with God.

Also, "Cornerstone" is every Tuesday at St. Lukes Parish in the N.W. 7:00pm. The night kicks off with a hilarious skit that will bust your gut, then we try to regain your composure with a testimony by one of the missionaries followed by a guest speaker; we like to go out with bang, so the house band gets the last word.

Come and check it out, be apart of the community, fellowship with us, meet some new people, eat the FREE FOOD! Its a great place and opportunity to just hang out and be yourself.

BE SATISFIED

2010-05-17T13:52:00.001-07:00

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above... (Colossians 3)

"Everyone longs to give himself or herself completely to someone – to have a deep soul relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But to a Christian, God says: “No, not until you’re satisfied and fulfilled with living a life loved by Me alone. I love you, My child, and until you discover that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, you will not be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you. You will never be united with another until you are united with Me, exclusive of any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning and wishing and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing – one that you cannot imagine. I want you to have the best. Please allow Me to bring it to you.

Don’t be anxious and don’t worry. Don’t look around at the things you think you want. Just keep looking off and away, up to Me, or you’ll miss what I have to show you.
And when you’re ready, I’ll surprise you with a love far more wonderful than any you would ever dream. I am working this minute to have both of you ready at the same time. You see, until you are both ready and satisfied exclusively wiht Me and the life I’ve prepared for you, you won’t be able to experience the love that exemplified your relationship with Me – and this is perfect love. And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love. I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me. Know that I love you. I am God Almighty. Believe and be satisfied.”
~Author Unknown (Attributed to St. Anthony of Padua)

SUFFERING

2010-05-16T21:28:00.001-07:00

Today I was in the presence of a saint. She is a mother with six kids. Although separated from her husband who has relapsed back into addiction, has a 16 year old daughter who was pregnant and gave the child up for adoption, is alone in raising 6 magnificent children, and spends allot of time in court, she radiates a quite Joy.... and a contagious faith... She engages in hospitality, kindness - love. Her home is always filled with others, neighbors, friends, and today us, missionaries.

It would appear that suffering, trial and misfortune are useless in life however, when united with the sufferings of Jesus those sufferings become transformed, and in turn transform us. 'Sadness and melancholy are not found in a heart that loves God.' Yes it seemed like Jesus was defeated, Yes He even died. BUT he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, and our sufferings and moments of life that make us feel like we are dieing inside will also be resurrected. Our sadness can become Joy, and despair Hope and our doubt faith. Above all we can learn to love. In short, if we make that choice to say Yes to God and stay close to him, we to are transformed.

Boast in hope of the Glory of God, even boast in your aflictions, knowing aflictions produce endurance and endurance proven charachter, proven charachter Hope, and HOPE DOES NOT DISSAPOINT because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts.

JOY

2010-05-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

Well I'm just going to come on out and SAY IT!! I'm HAPPY. I've giggled my self to sleep the last few nights, not because I live in a house with 7 Awesome ladies, heard a funny joke or ate one to many candies with red die #5. I'm happy because there is an energy and a life coming out of me that is not my own - and its beautiful. Janelle Yasinski defined beautiful as something that fulfills its purpose. My purpose is being fulfilled, and that fulfillment is giving me life... Wouldn't it be great if the world had more people who were alive, fulfilled and expressed hope, faith and above all love!?

Well, I'll say this too: "What difference does it make, as long as in every way whether in pretense or in Truth, Christ is being proclaimed? And in that I rejoice" (Phil1:18).
This is the Joy of a missionary.

Meet the Missionaries!!

2010-05-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

From left to right: Josh Brisson, Greg Smith-Windsor, Sam Flynn

Muffy Mclntyre
Philippe Deverdenne
Sarah Paiement
JaZz Bean
Breanna Lysyshin

Robert Rubben
Muffy Mclntyre
Robin Anderson

Kyle Banadyga

Ben Coyle
StephanieDumais
Lyse Rowledge
Stephanie
Kristin Konieczny
Zachary Timinski
Veronica Barrett
Natalie Jung

Alexandre Chartier
Chelsea Denney
Lauren Arsenault
Matthias Brennan

Curtis Arvay

Micah McQuiad
JaZz Bean
Julie Godin
Laura Pond

Ashley Wong
Dustin
Crawford

Stay tuned for more.... coming to a computer near you!

Come Follow me

2010-05-02T23:42:00.001-07:00

Consistent... steady.... secure is my heart in the confidence of Christ. Approaching IMPACT is like an experience of fidelity. With so many broken and dysfunctional relationships out there, sometimes it can seem like people have forgotten how to love - I have forgotten how to love. I am keeping my eyes fixed on Christ, and with Him comes this ease and lightness of heart... an inner stillness... Over the past week He has consistently called me to him self, and I have never felt so steady... All my enthusiasm and joy have not withheld a potent question: Lord are you sure I'm adequate? Will I have the courage? the perseverance? I am weak Lord, and I often fall into my own selfishness. I am glad you choose me, but why me?

I know how Simon Peter felt when he was on the boat and and Jesus told him to cast down his nets... Then pulling up his nets, and realizing they where bulging at the seams, Simon Peter became aware that he was in the presence of God. "Go away from me for I am a Sinful man!"

When you realize someone is aware of your mistakes, the first thing I feel, like Simon Peter, is shame. It is an amateur response that must be followed with a mature response which, accepts that you are loved despite short comings. This is a response that says I am not the sum of my fears and failing but of the Love of my Father in Heaven. Simon Peter did not know what he was going to become and he may not have even felt qualified, but deep within himself he was willing to say Yes, and follow Him. Thus, I am on two missions, the first is to learn to receive love, the second is to lavish that love on others. "Do not be afraid, from now on you will be a fisher of Men!"

I am always changing, He is steady. I will have my doubts, He is secure. I will struggle with my pride, He will continue to love me. I may even doubt God, He will remain faithful. Commitment to Christ is the one thing in life that is steady... sure... consistent. If you want absolute certainty, be certain of his enduring love.

Progress Report

2010-04-30T07:02:00.000-07:00

Thanks to you, I am nearing the finish line. My goal is deliciously close to being realized. By the time I accepted the fact I was being called to 'Impact', (Friday April 23rd), there remained only 10 days to achieve a goal that others have had months, if not the whole year to prepare for for. The pursuit of $3000.00 has been the motor in my engine lately. These past few days have been like running a great race. For the first time in a long time I am running into Ministry and not away from it, I am running towards the cross, the source of my hope and joy. I do not run this race just for myself, but this is for all the people I will encounter on my path, all the youth I will meet on retreat, for all the families I will share with, for all the people I will encounter on the streets, and for all you who are supporting me... I am running for all of us.

As of today, including money promised but not yet received, I have a total of $2240.00 which leaves $760.00 to go. Is God not a Father who keeps his promises! "Ask and you shall receive, knock and the door shall be opened to you." I only need to find 15 more people to each give me $50.00 and we will have finished this race. It has been awesome to witness the work that God has been doing in these short days. I remain consistent in my confidence in Him and adore how God can move hearts to bring out the great charity that lies within our community.

Please pray for me and be assured of my prayers for you.

Cheers
JaZz

SPONSOR A MISSIONARY

2010-04-28T21:42:00.000-07:00

I am a university student at the U of L studying music. This Summer I am excited and prepared to share my faith and hope in people. This faith and hope in me comes from Jesus Christ. As I have seen in my own life, when people are introduced to Christ and share in a relationship with him, lives turn around, and discover that depth and mystery we all look for. More than ever, today, people need that affirmation of who they really are and that our identity is not wrapped up in how we look, how much money we make, how much authority and power we hold or the legacy we leave. What is important is that we know we are not the sum of our fears and failures but of the love of our Father in Heaven; we need to know the truth about ourselves, especially how beautiful that truth is; to understand that we have been wonderfully and fearfully made, and that God has a plan, which involves a future of hope. The world needs to know that there is a culture of LIFE ready to confront what the late John Paul II described as a ‘culture of death’. The world needs to see our Joy, our Faith and our Hope – in short we need to evangelize.

It is time for my resounding YES to echo in the ears of my friends, family and colleagues; I must also be honest with myself, that living for Christ is what makes me truly happy. Today I am inviting you to step into the boat with me and venture out on the waters of ministry; to invest in a new generation of builders. The door that has been opened is IMPACT. It is a summer mission put on by Catholic Christian Outreach. I delight in each new obstacle/opportunity to raise the required 3000.00. I need your support! It seems like a big number but its not really. I have already raised $1000.00 which only leaves 2000.00. Just today someone gave me $50.00. So if 40 more people each gave me $50.00 I will have reached my goal. That is like a medium coffee a day for a month, which can be a big sacrifice for some people ~_^. I would be sincerely grateful if you would be willing to support me with $50.00 and I will be equally grateful, if not more for your support in prayer. either way, be assured of my prayers for you.
IMPACT begins May 3^rdin Calgary till August 12^th 2010.

Any contribution will receive a tax receipt. Checks can be made out to Catholic Christian Outreach – IMPACT. Write Impact –Jasmine Bean in the memo line. If you are unable to pass a check to me personally follow the link "offering $$ support" at the bottom of the blog.