life...

So since I've been back in Vancouver, life has been pretty busy. Last weekend I took the greyhound up to Whistler to stay with Nick and Lindsey (my relatives) in their suite at the 4 seasons! Very nice. I also learnt to snowboard and came back feeling very sore but proud that I managed to get down the runs while linking my turns. Hopefully I will be able to keep it up and go to some of local mountains soon, although it is an expensive hobby.

School's; we have started a new school, Lord Byng and its going really well, some great connections have been made and we have only been there 2 weeks. Also at Bayview we have started to film which is great fun - although I did get interviewed about having braces. University Hill has been going well, I have been learning how to play poker with some of the boys, although we have a few weeks off because the whole school gets to go skiing - slightly unfair, we never got to do that!

Work so far this term has been good, and an interesting learning curve with new things to try and do, and obstacles to over come; so files just dont like macs and it makes my job harder, therefore I think all the Paisers should buy macs - in my dream world anyway. Pais, had a booth at Mission Fest a conference style missions thing, with loads of organizations, it was a long weekend, but good, and we had some brilliant conversations with people, Rebecca spoke twice and we even had a gold fish which people could name.

Fundraising::

The Pais Westside Team is trying to raise $500 (£250) in order to fund the resources needed for ministry work. To help with this fund-raising, we are asking you to sponsor us/donate some money.

The Westside Team works in 3 different schools in the Westside area of Vancouver. As a voluntary organization we rely heavily on donations to keep the team running and to help us provide professional services to the schools.

Most recently, we have started a new after school cafe at Lord Byng High School where we are supplying free hot chocolate and coffee for the students. Thanks to a local cafe called The Well, we have been donated free coffee each week, but we are still needing to buy hot chocolate (which has proven to be the most popular), milk, and cups each week.

As well as the needs for Lord Byng, we are in constant need for office supplies such as printer ink and paper.

To help you in sending money to us here in Vancouver, you can click on the following link and it will take you a page where you can make online transactions, safely via Paypal: Make a Donation

(You might need to sign up for a Paypal account. Our account is in Jess Gordon's name)

We understand that you won't be able to attend the spectacular event, but we hope that you will consider donating to the team... as a bonus, however, we will video the event and post it online for you to watch.

Thanks for all your support and prayers!