Day two... still in Ottawa

After an intense night of sharing and a good night's rest, we began our morning with a wonderful breakfast prepared by André's wife, Angèle and Katie. Once we finished, we split from each other to take some time for personal prayer. We were given the daily readings to guide us through our prayer and they amazingly fit perfectly with the theme of last night's discussion. We met back together as a team to pray together and left the time of prayer feeling more confident and excited with our mission to Uganda.

Then, we carried on with our training. Most of today was spent going through some of the lessons of CCO's 5th study, "Courageous Catholic." Going through the study has been a great time. It has been preparing us as better leaders for when we lead the same study to the students in Uganda. It has also been an eye-opening process as we think about our own lives when discussing the questions. Also, we had some time to work on our talks while fitting in a swimming break or for some of us, a nap.

Our evening was dedicated to team bonding. After another delicious meal, we celebrated Kristen's birthday with some cake and proceeded with a movie night. We picked Lion King as our movie to help us become more excited for Africa. The team has been getting along really well. Already, there is a lot of love for each other on this mission. All of us are really excited to grow in friendship with one another while we spend the next three weeks together.

We appreciate your continuous prayers!

PS. One and a half more days till we leave!!!

Happy Birthday Kristen!!!