To start off our journey we found ourselves at Wilderness Edge Retreat Center in Pinawa. It's a beautiful little place with almost as many deer as there are people. The speaker we had for the last few days was Gerry Michalski who is the pastor of Soul Sanctuary in Winnipeg. Our first session was at 9:30am on the morning of the 15th. Maybe it was because Gerry started off with a basic summary of his life but he gave off the impression that he was an approachable guy. Gerry's big thing that he wanted us to get was the need to understand people in their cultural context. Once we grasped that, he said the only thing left is to share the gospel in that context. Clearly the guy believed in this because even his power point presentations were filled with images and clips to contain our generations fleeting attention. Gerry even took it to the big screen, the profit of our culture, by breaking down and showing us significant truth in The Guardian. The last day contained a comprehensive look at the first piece of the armour of God: the belt of truth. After three days, Gerry left us with a lot to think about. When he left, I felt like a conversation had ended, even though he was the only one speaking. The seed has been planted and we will just have to wait and see if we can harvest something. He maybe even gave us a few insights into questions we didn't even know we had yet.
Joshua Krueger
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