Summer day dreams

from here...
to here...

and then to here...

wouldn't that just be marvelous?? *sigh*

April 22nd 2008

Three days ago the snow was all melted and summer looked like it was on it's way. The weekend before last we hit 20C ...today... we are off school for a snow day, just like we were yesterday. It's delightful :D I don't mind because I know it won't last forever and the break is just what I needed, but I'm sorry for those that are made miserable from it.
Believe it or not Cold Lake was the hardest hit in all of Canada - crazy huh?

It's that time of year.

Happy Passover or Chag Pesach Sameach!!

I feel sad we haven't celebrated the Passover yet... but hopefull this week will be less busy and I can get my act together and we can celebate the Passover maybe together if you're around.

After all... the Passover is for everybody!

I knew it was coming...

I thought it last night. Things are going really well. I can see God working in and through us... it seems like me and the people around me are really refocussing and are seeing such growth and change and blessing. So the obvious conclusion... get ready for some trouble. It seems we are really on track right now, which means a bit of spiritual opposition. Sure enough, it's been a really difficult day, with seemingly all sorts of things going really wrong. But somehow, knowing it was coming changed my reaction to it. I can rejoice... because it really does mean that we have been following God in obedience and it's showed. So I trust that God will care for me and my friends and family right now, and carry us through to the other side, where victory awaits.
Anyway... feel free to pray for us if you think to. We need it. There's a lot going down.

And have it to the full!!

It seems like there is a lot going on right now. Life is getting busier, but somehow less stressful at the same time, which makes me think that it has to be God's hand at work, bringing all these things together. School is almost three quarters of the way through and some courses are wrapping up, and tests are imminent, which means preparing them. BUT at this point in the school year, it seems like the students are all alot more open than they have been previously. Some trust has developed, shich has allowed a lot more ministry oppourtunies with them, and it makes me really excited about what Gos is doing in their lives, and humbled that He chose me to be a part of it.

At church we've had a number of new people come lately, and it seems like those of us that have been there "forever" have this new drive to be welcoming and hospitable, then we were previously. It's been so nice to get to know new people and see how God is able to use us to show what unity in the larger church is about. Also in the church we are planning to have the

Watoto children's choir come (http://www.watoto.com/) and I'm excited to see different people wanting to get involved in fund raisers and outreaches in order to bring their story to as large a part of the towns population as we can. I love that because of this, we have a great opportunity to take care of the "widows and orphans in their distress", just like Christ called us to.

Also with the girls in my small group, I have been able to see such growth and there is a bond growing that is special and so encouraging.

In our photography business, my brother John and I keep getting work, even though we aren't at a point where we have started to advertise. Which is fun, and exciting - now if we could only find a way to really make it pay, so we could invest in equipment faster :D

there's so much more, but this post would become a novel.

Basically, I just want to say... God is good, and I am greatful that He has pulled me out of my self induced funk, and into this light of hope.

AND.. spring is on it's way, I can tell because I've been sneezing. Isn't that great?

OOPS!

I'm obviously too believeable, and not everyone looks at comments... that was all a ruse, an April Fools Joke, but now I see people believed me, and didn't see my comment... I am the one feeling foolish. :C

I could hardly believe it myself...

I was offered a job. A job I don't think I can refuse. It pays about 40x what I'm making now! Crazy right? I never seem to hold a job for more than a year at a time anyway so I've decided to become a surrogate. Before you get upset or start shouting, let me say, that I've given it a great deal of thought. The couple that first put the idea forward to me, couldn't be sweeter or kinder, and I know they'll make great parents. They are presently living in the middle east, but would move here for the duration and would even let me see the child as often as I want later. Yes, my parents have a bit to say about it. But I think that when they actually meet this couple, they'll understand. Also, this gives me a chance to finally get on my feet financially. Move into my own home. Get my photography business started and all it would really cost me is a year of my life! Well a year of my life and some serious lectures perhaps.

Anyway, that's my big news!!!

Yay, right?