I'm sitting in my room and am having a crisis. Just a mini one today, but really, WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE? Sheesh. Why didn't it dawn on me before a couple of days ago that don't really know what I want to do? Seems a little cruel that it happened after the add/drop day at university, so I may have taken a semester of useless things for the sake of nothing. But maybe I will stay in Education. Maybe I'll transfer to Sciences. Or maybe I will go start an Alpaca farm in the outskirts of Edmonton. Gah... I have never been one for making quick, decisive decisions.That was the first elipse of the whole paragraph. Congrats to me.
I really should start studying for finals but it hasn't hit me how close they are. There are too many distractions floating around on the internet such as downloading season 2 of Lost. Or reading the secrets on postsecret.com.
Or here's the biggie: FACEBOOK. The life-draining, stalker-esque, highly addictive way to keep connected with your friends. Yikes. You add people as your friends, and they are organized into networks based (usually) on university/college. You can leave a 'wall post' on a friend's wall, post pictures, notes, etcetc. Creepily, you can see what your friends are posting, what groups they join, who they have added as friends, see the changes they make to their status, interests ... ad nauseum. Everything shows up in the 'newsfeed' and you are left to wonder if you have any privacy, and did it really ever exist? Dispite this, I still am addicted.
This may be one of the many reasons I have not started to study.
Another would be writing this blog.
Okay, I'll go study.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Goodbye SummerLike............
CELL GROUP! You guys are awesome and I can tell that we will have a super great year! Wooooo woooo wooooo woooooo! GO SWEDEN! YEAAAAA
AWANA! My girls are great... funny, sometimes super rotten, but most of the time we laugh so much. Thank goodness we have our own room now.
BOOKS.. man I need to read more. What would I do without books.
FACEBOOK! Just kidding. It's a pure waste of time, yet so incredibly addicting.
FRIENDS yay for friends
ok, well there are others, and... people....or person.. but thats all that will be included on the very public blog.
Aww... i miss the bushe kids..
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Outside of Eliora's house
Joel driving.. before he almost tipped us haha
Peace River
picking some veggies
possibly the most random picture ever
Joel driving.. before he almost tipped us haha
Peace River
picking some veggies
possibly the most random picture ever
We raced caterpillars.. the winner got eaten by Jordan
behind the youth center... what cute kids!
Destiny
Little Naomi
On the way to Assumption, 11 people/8 seater van. Jordan rode in the trunk. Naomi, Aaron, John, Joel's face, Chris' mouth.
John, Melanie, Eliora and Demi at the park! Look, they're asian gangsters.
Nathan and the kiddies.. he might be spider man, we aren't sure.
Chris and Danae getting close in the grass
Destiny and Kristen.. how much cuter can you get?
Destiny and Donovan, my son.
Group picture in the park!
okay, thats all for now... read the actual blog below
John, Melanie, Eliora and Demi at the park! Look, they're asian gangsters.
Nathan and the kiddies.. he might be spider man, we aren't sure.
Chris and Danae getting close in the grass
Destiny and Kristen.. how much cuter can you get?
Destiny and Donovan, my son.
Group picture in the park!
okay, thats all for now... read the actual blog below
STM 2006 HIGH LEVEL/BUSHE ALBERTA!!!!
Wooooooooo!!! This past week was possibly the best ever. Going into this week was insane.. and I mean insane! We weren't ready at all and our plans were completely off. We thought we would be going to run seminars on being a youth worker, and do some short vbs on the side, perhaps a visitation or two on the side. Uh nope. Seminars were not in the agenda (since no one showed up), but instead God used the preparation for the seminars in a way to equip us. It's funny, because we prayed before going to High Level for God to equip us for the trip. And of course He did.
Anyway... who went: this may make no sense...
Auntie YY or YY: our chosen leader, master of story telling and rapping.
Joel: Games man. Aka Joel Jerkface. Driver number 2
Aaron: Oh man.. aaron chow, you crack me up. Who else would suggest sleeping bag jenga?
Jordan: oh those still frame violent movies are the best...:) And who else could fit in the trunk.
Nate: Driver number 3... x about a billion. what would we all do without you? and your knitting?
Eliora: thankgoodness you came!! Besides calling Nathan weaksauce, she is suspect of wearing snowpants for pjs.
Naomi: who would be me.
Chris aka Moos: John's adopted brother, driver number 1. Black fingernails ... *flick flick, flick flick*
Well the plan was to do seminars each morning, but that was quickly thrown out the window.. so each morning we either hung around the house, drove out to assumption, went on a prayer walk.. pretty cool stuff. next comes lunch.. then comes VBS!!! My Favourite!! This is what you need energy for oh man. Each day we would drive around the Bushe reserve and pick up kids, say 15-20? and pack them as much as possible into the astro van, courtesy of Nate and Jordan. Drive back to the Bushe youth center, and play games (do you love your neighbor was a favourite), sing insane songs with nate and chris moos (he would jump around on one foot, while spinning, playing guitar and singing, and sometimes throwing in an action or two), have a story with Auntie YY, and then do crafts!! It's funny how much the kids love to bead. It was really cool to get to know those kids, and to see some of them accept Christ at the end of the week!
After VBS, it was back to the women's shelter where we stayed in High Level. Cook, eat, and then head out again to pick up the kids again and take them to the park or watch a movie. I have never enjoyed playing in a park as much as I did that week. After the park, drive them all home again, and go home and stay up till 2am fooling around and laughing.
Thats just the surface of our week, though. It was a powerful week...I saw so much of God working that week, it was insane. Answered prayers flowing in, meeting awesome people that God provided for us for encouragement (and also so we wouldnt starve..) I think the biggest thing that I saw happen this week was the JOY that we all found. Our team of 8 was a truely joyful team.. there was hardly a moment where one of us wasn't laughing our heads off, and like auntie yy said, I don't think I've ever laughed so much in one week. Auntie YY also mentioned that she doesnt think she has ever prayed so much in one week, and our team saw how powerful prayer really was.
One story: We decided to go on a prayer walk, and we prayed for the homeless of High Level. After a couple of minutes, we look around and see 4 homeless people. We say hi, start chatting and find out that one of the women's sons just got out of prison. We pray for her and ask her to come back with us to the Women's shelter for lunch and to use the phone. She agrees and we stop off at a playground to meet up with the rest of our team. We sit and she starts to tell us about her life... the hardships and struggles that shocked me.. we get a chance to really pray hard for her and with her. Through that, she experienced the power of prayer. God is good!
It's sad to be back home. I miss the kids; I think everyone does. I think we all want to go back too. Next summer.
Wooooooooo!!! This past week was possibly the best ever. Going into this week was insane.. and I mean insane! We weren't ready at all and our plans were completely off. We thought we would be going to run seminars on being a youth worker, and do some short vbs on the side, perhaps a visitation or two on the side. Uh nope. Seminars were not in the agenda (since no one showed up), but instead God used the preparation for the seminars in a way to equip us. It's funny, because we prayed before going to High Level for God to equip us for the trip. And of course He did.
Anyway... who went: this may make no sense...
Auntie YY or YY: our chosen leader, master of story telling and rapping.
Joel: Games man. Aka Joel Jerkface. Driver number 2
Aaron: Oh man.. aaron chow, you crack me up. Who else would suggest sleeping bag jenga?
Jordan: oh those still frame violent movies are the best...:) And who else could fit in the trunk.
Nate: Driver number 3... x about a billion. what would we all do without you? and your knitting?
Eliora: thankgoodness you came!! Besides calling Nathan weaksauce, she is suspect of wearing snowpants for pjs.
Naomi: who would be me.
Chris aka Moos: John's adopted brother, driver number 1. Black fingernails ... *flick flick, flick flick*
Well the plan was to do seminars each morning, but that was quickly thrown out the window.. so each morning we either hung around the house, drove out to assumption, went on a prayer walk.. pretty cool stuff. next comes lunch.. then comes VBS!!! My Favourite!! This is what you need energy for oh man. Each day we would drive around the Bushe reserve and pick up kids, say 15-20? and pack them as much as possible into the astro van, courtesy of Nate and Jordan. Drive back to the Bushe youth center, and play games (do you love your neighbor was a favourite), sing insane songs with nate and chris moos (he would jump around on one foot, while spinning, playing guitar and singing, and sometimes throwing in an action or two), have a story with Auntie YY, and then do crafts!! It's funny how much the kids love to bead. It was really cool to get to know those kids, and to see some of them accept Christ at the end of the week!
After VBS, it was back to the women's shelter where we stayed in High Level. Cook, eat, and then head out again to pick up the kids again and take them to the park or watch a movie. I have never enjoyed playing in a park as much as I did that week. After the park, drive them all home again, and go home and stay up till 2am fooling around and laughing.
Thats just the surface of our week, though. It was a powerful week...I saw so much of God working that week, it was insane. Answered prayers flowing in, meeting awesome people that God provided for us for encouragement (and also so we wouldnt starve..) I think the biggest thing that I saw happen this week was the JOY that we all found. Our team of 8 was a truely joyful team.. there was hardly a moment where one of us wasn't laughing our heads off, and like auntie yy said, I don't think I've ever laughed so much in one week. Auntie YY also mentioned that she doesnt think she has ever prayed so much in one week, and our team saw how powerful prayer really was.
One story: We decided to go on a prayer walk, and we prayed for the homeless of High Level. After a couple of minutes, we look around and see 4 homeless people. We say hi, start chatting and find out that one of the women's sons just got out of prison. We pray for her and ask her to come back with us to the Women's shelter for lunch and to use the phone. She agrees and we stop off at a playground to meet up with the rest of our team. We sit and she starts to tell us about her life... the hardships and struggles that shocked me.. we get a chance to really pray hard for her and with her. Through that, she experienced the power of prayer. God is good!
It's sad to be back home. I miss the kids; I think everyone does. I think we all want to go back too. Next summer.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Whoa, I don't blog so much anymore. Maybe it's because my life is boring! hahaha.
The past month and a half have gone by pretty fast since Im working. Long days... long weeks.. but the pay is good, and most of the people are fun, so it's a good job. The down side: Today I got bitten. I have bite marks on my arm now.
Life has been okay and getting more normal again. I think I'm finally getting back on track with devos...meaning that devos actually exist again. Life is good, God is good and I'm sleepy! Bye!
The past month and a half have gone by pretty fast since Im working. Long days... long weeks.. but the pay is good, and most of the people are fun, so it's a good job. The down side: Today I got bitten. I have bite marks on my arm now.
Life has been okay and getting more normal again. I think I'm finally getting back on track with devos...meaning that devos actually exist again. Life is good, God is good and I'm sleepy! Bye!
Monday, June 19, 2006
You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times
And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you
But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways
The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know
But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same
Cause I'm still here so far away from home
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
In Christ, there are no goodbyes
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again
To see you again
And I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
-Mercyme
This song breaks my heart.
Pray for my family.
And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you
But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways
The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know
But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same
Cause I'm still here so far away from home
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
In Christ, there are no goodbyes
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again
To see you again
And I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
-Mercyme
This song breaks my heart.
Pray for my family.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Ohhhhh man... we're losing.... again. Poor Oilers. BUT HEY! HAVE FAITH! YEAAaaaaa....
I started my job this past Monday at a place that provides therapy and activities for autistic kids. So far I have done DANGEROUS and EXCITING things.........
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FILING!!!!
Danger danger! PAPER CUTS!!
And I lied. It's not that exciting unless colour coded file folders are your thing.
But I get paid well... and the people are very nice. So I'm happy. Tired though, since it was 0-37.5 hours in one week...
Finding a job was really stressful... and sometimes I felt like giving up and just bumming all summer. But I guess I learned how to rely on God to provide, and to not give up and be a lazy bum bum. Frustrating as it is, God has his own time (which happens to be one whole month after school ends!) Heres how the story goes: didn't get the first job at a day care/camp. At the time, I was really dissapointed... Then I was offered a job at another daycare, but it was low paying and would end up being like babysitting.. So I decided not to take that one and have faith that something better would come up. And it did! Now, its good pay, good people, good experience related to what I want to do:)
............
To have faith is one thing.. but to have tangible faith: trust.. pure, concrete trust, man it is so hard sometimes... but a good lesson, I'm sure.
............
It's 5-0. My faith is gone. . But only in the Oilers.
(Just kidding)
I started my job this past Monday at a place that provides therapy and activities for autistic kids. So far I have done DANGEROUS and EXCITING things.........
....
..
....
..
FILING!!!!
Danger danger! PAPER CUTS!!
And I lied. It's not that exciting unless colour coded file folders are your thing.
But I get paid well... and the people are very nice. So I'm happy. Tired though, since it was 0-37.5 hours in one week...
Finding a job was really stressful... and sometimes I felt like giving up and just bumming all summer. But I guess I learned how to rely on God to provide, and to not give up and be a lazy bum bum. Frustrating as it is, God has his own time (which happens to be one whole month after school ends!) Heres how the story goes: didn't get the first job at a day care/camp. At the time, I was really dissapointed... Then I was offered a job at another daycare, but it was low paying and would end up being like babysitting.. So I decided not to take that one and have faith that something better would come up. And it did! Now, its good pay, good people, good experience related to what I want to do:)
............
To have faith is one thing.. but to have tangible faith: trust.. pure, concrete trust, man it is so hard sometimes... but a good lesson, I'm sure.
............
It's 5-0. My faith is gone. . But only in the Oilers.
(Just kidding)
Thursday, May 18, 2006
I am a bum.
I have no job. Well.. I do, but it pays not so well so I may or may not take it. I guess in the long run, it won't matter all that much how much I got paid but it seems like such a big issue now. I guess I'll sleep on it.
But ANYWAY to talk of more happy things....
YAY CEL is officially going to the philippines!! WHOOHOOO for answered prayers!!YAY JORDAN is getting a nice tan (or feverishly putting on sunscreen, depending) in the Caribbean (Not that i don't miss you ;) )!! YAY THE OILERS WON! YAY CHRIS' ankle is doing ok! YAY its freaking hot here!! (Which means i will be darker than EVER) YAY Josh met a stupid butterfly?? I dunno.. YAY my brother is almost done grade 10!! YAY my grandma is doing ok after her surgery!! hmm what else...
YAY DAVE got safely back to gp!! YAY we are going to ALBERTA BEACH!!! YAY its SLEEP OVER time at eliora's soon!! YAY ser is becoming JAPANESE at mikado! (I just tell myself that, it's not really true) YAY I got offered a job, despite pay! YAY for the boys being able to play street hockey (BUT EW because they were so sweaty...egh)!! haha jokes. YAY for Hope mission on sat!!
SOOOO... what are you YAYing about?
I have no job. Well.. I do, but it pays not so well so I may or may not take it. I guess in the long run, it won't matter all that much how much I got paid but it seems like such a big issue now. I guess I'll sleep on it.
But ANYWAY to talk of more happy things....
YAY CEL is officially going to the philippines!! WHOOHOOO for answered prayers!!YAY JORDAN is getting a nice tan (or feverishly putting on sunscreen, depending) in the Caribbean (Not that i don't miss you ;) )!! YAY THE OILERS WON! YAY CHRIS' ankle is doing ok! YAY its freaking hot here!! (Which means i will be darker than EVER) YAY Josh met a stupid butterfly?? I dunno.. YAY my brother is almost done grade 10!! YAY my grandma is doing ok after her surgery!! hmm what else...
YAY DAVE got safely back to gp!! YAY we are going to ALBERTA BEACH!!! YAY its SLEEP OVER time at eliora's soon!! YAY ser is becoming JAPANESE at mikado! (I just tell myself that, it's not really true) YAY I got offered a job, despite pay! YAY for the boys being able to play street hockey (BUT EW because they were so sweaty...egh)!! haha jokes. YAY for Hope mission on sat!!
SOOOO... what are you YAYing about?
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Aieeeeeeeee
So first job interview done for the summer. Hopefully the last for the summer too. Man interviews make me so nervous. This one went pretty well (I think).. it's for a day care in the west end and seems like a pretty good job! Good hours etc etc. The staff is really young too, and seem like a lot of fun. I hope I get it.
Other than that, my room is a mess and it looks like there is a person hiding in my bed. But really, its just a pile of clothes. To clean or not to clean? ..... I think I know the answer.
So David Blaine.. sick.. I bet he is very pruny right now.
So first job interview done for the summer. Hopefully the last for the summer too. Man interviews make me so nervous. This one went pretty well (I think).. it's for a day care in the west end and seems like a pretty good job! Good hours etc etc. The staff is really young too, and seem like a lot of fun. I hope I get it.
Other than that, my room is a mess and it looks like there is a person hiding in my bed. But really, its just a pile of clothes. To clean or not to clean? ..... I think I know the answer.
So David Blaine.. sick.. I bet he is very pruny right now.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Back from spring camp, the out of towners are gone back home.. and things seem different.
Spring Camp was amazing... So many fun times (a some really stupid yet funny times). Like:
Leading praise turned out to be such a blessing (and a good experience). Josh and Eddie started us out great, followed by Noel and Eliora. It's really neat to see how differently the two teams lead, but how effective both were. Haha its like you learn in kindergarten how everyone is unique and special! heehee Sweeet. I was so nervous to lead... I woke up sunday morning and was like "ohhhh mannnn I have to lead worship... crap" But somehow God took away all the nervousness (cuz sometimes i shake) and just gave me calm. And man, if I didn't have Jordan playing with me, there would have been a lot of empty spaces with no guitar..lol.
And now we are back in Edmonton... and it's so sad cuz everyone is leaving!! Josh and Jasmine yesterday.. Tammy and Noel today.. and Jason (who I think was embarrassed that we alll came to the airport with him), and Fiona later this week. So sad. See you all in four months!!!!!
Well, pictures are coming later. And now.. the job hunt is on. Sick.
Spring Camp was amazing... So many fun times (a some really stupid yet funny times). Like:
- fishing... "best catch EVER"
- the bunny...hahahaha so loud
- short arm pictures
- gladiator.. and seeing Simon and Richie in a whole new light :)
- eric's bloody toe.. sick.. and his dancing.. siiiickk
- the amazing race .. "THAT WAYY" run run run.. "THAT WAY"
- pillow fight... chris, jordan and eddie are crazy men Oh booo
- and other things I can't think of.
Leading praise turned out to be such a blessing (and a good experience). Josh and Eddie started us out great, followed by Noel and Eliora. It's really neat to see how differently the two teams lead, but how effective both were. Haha its like you learn in kindergarten how everyone is unique and special! heehee Sweeet. I was so nervous to lead... I woke up sunday morning and was like "ohhhh mannnn I have to lead worship... crap" But somehow God took away all the nervousness (cuz sometimes i shake) and just gave me calm. And man, if I didn't have Jordan playing with me, there would have been a lot of empty spaces with no guitar..lol.
And now we are back in Edmonton... and it's so sad cuz everyone is leaving!! Josh and Jasmine yesterday.. Tammy and Noel today.. and Jason (who I think was embarrassed that we alll came to the airport with him), and Fiona later this week. So sad. See you all in four months!!!!!
Well, pictures are coming later. And now.. the job hunt is on. Sick.
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