- July 8-15, 2009 (8 days)
- When you arrive in Montreal, you will spend seven days in On-Site
Training (Orientation) at College Notre Dame on 3791 Chemin Queen-Mary in Montreal, Quebec. During this time, you
will focus on your relationship with God, your team and your upcoming
ministry. This time can be has been described as a waterfall where God pours
into you before you begin your Ministry Assignment. It is
also a time of refreshment, where you drink deeply the spring of living
water, letting your burdens from the past be washed away.
Past participants comments and thoughts on Orientation:
1. “A good learning experience and a way to
surrender yourself to the tasks to come!” – Participant, guy
2. “Exactly what I needed to spiritually ready
myself for this trip.” – Participant, girl
3. “Worship every day renewed your heart to face
anything during that day.” – Participant, girl
4. “The sessions were awesome! I really felt God
move in these sessions.” – Participant, girl
5. “I told myself not to let the small things
irritate me. Foot washing really united our group.” – Team Leader, guy
6. “The sessions were well done and very
challenging and brought me to think about things that needed to be re-thought.”
– Participant, girl
7. “Packed full but necessarily full! Resource
people were open and approachable.” – Participant, guy
8. “We prepared to be unprepared!” – Participant,
guy
9. “Orientation got my heart in the right place.” –
Participant, guy
“I didn’t think I could get to know so many
people so deeply in such a short time.” – Resource Person, girl
"Learning a lot about prayer, praying a long time, expressing my heart to God, being open and listening and aware of what God is telling us, our team etc. and praying for others."
"Submission, obedience, Jesus is leading the way."
"Learning about Community. God is here and a part of every person here. This is where he wants each of us this summer."
"Learning how to be raw with God. It seems like God is becoming a museum, I wan to redraw God and see him new, real, not distant."
"Learning about the beauty of God, his creating, worship, the beauty of silence. There is so much and we are too busy to see it."
"Learning to press on when we are tired, even when you want to sleep, chill or be selfish."
"God wants to meet us where we are at. We don't need to get to a certain point to meet him."
"Life is not about being comfortable."
"Learning how to trust God with new areas of my life."
"Learning that what God is doing in this program right now is way beyond what we could possibly imagine. He will do stuff with it."
"In my weakness, Christ strength is show. All my control is taken away, and I just need to trust."
"I learned that God brings together specific individuals, specific community, to gather, grow, worship, serve."
"Encouraged by a group of people who are really ready to further with Jesus. This makes my day, my week, my year!"
"Called to fearlessness in the face of danger."
"Deep, profound, almost unspeakable desire to go where God wants me to be."
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