Preparing To Step Into The Unknown With God

A Moment with your Mission Centre President Team
by Kat Goheen, Canada West Mission Centre Co-President

I recently returned from my pilgrimage in Spain. My daughter was out of town when I got home so I texted her this picture, holding the promise that not only was my gear back at home where it belonged, but I was too. Please receive the same promise from this image! It is good to be home and back among you again after being away for five weeks.
Last November I made the comparison between preparing for summer camping and preparing for pilgrimage. When you go on pilgrimage you need to get time off, you need to make other arrangements for your commitments, you need to plan financially to afford the costs of the pilgrimage, you need to prepare physically for what you’ll need and gather your resources, you need to prepare emotionally to be in a different space with different people. At the end of my pilgrimage, I find that the analogy holds.
Another similarity between the two is finding intimacy with God and community in the process of stepping into the unknown. We can find God anywhere, but God is so present when we intentionally limit our distractions and turn our hearts toward spiritual union. It’s easier to hear God’s still small voice in nature with people of like mind, and both camping and pilgrimage provide that!
We have Canada West camps at Hills of Peace and Samish Island this summer, along with our high school SPEC experience. They are tended lovingly by wonderful directors, guest ministry, cooks, and teachers. All that is left is for you to clear your schedule, handle your commitments, figure out your finances, and physically and emotionally prepare to embark on an adventure together in some of our favourite sacred places. And register!!!!

Canada West Camping Registration