Greetings!
My sisters wedding was a whirlwind of activity but definitely an event I will never forget! She was the most gorgeous bride ever too!!! It was a really fun time at home getting wedding stuff together, decorating, getting prepped for the wedding, the party in Red Deer, lack of sleep, lots of coffee and energy drinks (which I now took an oath to never drink again, or at least for a little while), and seeing friends and family. The dance was pretty good too and I danced it up a bit. I don't mind it if I am with a crowd that I know but I am not really a big fan. They played some classics so I felt obligated to.
It is back to reality though. Although I would hardly count sleeping over 12 hours a day and working a life. Seriously though all I have done is sleep when I get home from work and anytime that I am at my house. Including right now, I just got off work at 7:15 and am heading to bed in a short while after I finish writing some letters and have a bite to eat.
I can't wait until it starts getting lighter earlier soon. I just really don't like coming home in the dark and have it feel like midnight all the time. Soon enough though! This month is full of work. Cupcakes is super busy at Valentine's Day and the Olympics we are guessing so I have to work full time there for the next two weeks. It will be nuts but I don't mind it so much. There will be many people working and we hired some new ones so it won't be too much to handle. I am really excited too for the new flavors this month, which include: a chocolate cupcake with raspberry icing, and a vanilla one with strawberry icing, along with a number of cupcakes for the olympics. It should be fun. If you didn't get a chance to try one when I came home, I am planning on coming home again soon so I will bring some then. This time I won't put them in my luggage so they won't get squished.
Other than that, not much is new with me. I am quite excited to see Leia again already. I thought that I was sort of sick of her with all the time we were together before the wedding but I really miss her. I hope that Banff is really nice this time of year! Well, later days!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Ode to my sister
Greetings!
As you might guess form the title, this month (no, not my blog this week) is dedicated to Leia. Every cent from my paycheck (other than rent, etc), all my free time, all my energy is spent on Leia and her wedding. I hope that I can make this the best month of her life leading up to her wedding. She deserves it!!! I am having fun with it though and really balancing my time a lot better than I have been.
I attended missionsfest on Saturday at Broadway Church in Vancouver. Unlike last year when I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life and I was searching for something, I just wandered the halls and said hi to my camp friends. I had a wonderful chat with Alice and met up with a couple other people that I know from various places. I went to the youth rally in the pm where Will Graham, Billy Graham's grandson was speaking. It was fabulous. I went to the booths and saw a film on Israel from a more political mindset. The film was determined to portray Israel as it is to the people that live there and kill all our prejudgments and false ideas about the country. It was very enlightening and educational. I still really, really, really want to visit there! I always have!!! Did you know that they on of the top inventive nations in the world? They have top companys such as Microsoft, Google and many others and one guy invented the USB flash drive for computers!
They have this drive for business as when they are younger, they must join the Israel defense for 3 years and then are released to do whatever. Many learn so many life skills in the army that they are able to work hard and take charge of creating their own companies and merchandise. It also just made me realize how we need to work together with those around us. No matter the color, race, religion, ideas, values, etc. We are God's creation and each of us has His fingerprints on it. If we decide to hate or judge others, we are shaming Jesus as He was the one who "invented" us.
Missionsfest and the New Year has really opened my eyes to this time in my life as well. I am working at some less than important jobs yet I know that I am supposed to be here. I live in an apartment with many people who should just be desperate for a better life, one with Jesus! I work with many non Christians who are also searching. So this year is my missions trip. I wanted to go on a missions trip in the past to another country, but the needs of the people around me make this my mission field for the time being. Please pray with me that God will open doors for conversation about the Word, that He will give me opportunity to hear the needs of others and work to meet them with the Holy Spirit prompting. Also, I would appreciate the prayer for the summer. I have been humho about camp this summer, and although I have a year lease on my apartment, if God prompts me to go back for the summer, He will work something out.
On a lighter side, THE COWBOYS WON A PLAYOFF GAME!!!!!!! It's amazing and pretty much a miracle. I am enjoying my PVR so that I can tape the games and watch them later as I work Sunday afternoons. I also booked Super Bowl Sunday off of work. Haha!
Well have a great week! Later days!!
As you might guess form the title, this month (no, not my blog this week) is dedicated to Leia. Every cent from my paycheck (other than rent, etc), all my free time, all my energy is spent on Leia and her wedding. I hope that I can make this the best month of her life leading up to her wedding. She deserves it!!! I am having fun with it though and really balancing my time a lot better than I have been.
I attended missionsfest on Saturday at Broadway Church in Vancouver. Unlike last year when I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life and I was searching for something, I just wandered the halls and said hi to my camp friends. I had a wonderful chat with Alice and met up with a couple other people that I know from various places. I went to the youth rally in the pm where Will Graham, Billy Graham's grandson was speaking. It was fabulous. I went to the booths and saw a film on Israel from a more political mindset. The film was determined to portray Israel as it is to the people that live there and kill all our prejudgments and false ideas about the country. It was very enlightening and educational. I still really, really, really want to visit there! I always have!!! Did you know that they on of the top inventive nations in the world? They have top companys such as Microsoft, Google and many others and one guy invented the USB flash drive for computers!
They have this drive for business as when they are younger, they must join the Israel defense for 3 years and then are released to do whatever. Many learn so many life skills in the army that they are able to work hard and take charge of creating their own companies and merchandise. It also just made me realize how we need to work together with those around us. No matter the color, race, religion, ideas, values, etc. We are God's creation and each of us has His fingerprints on it. If we decide to hate or judge others, we are shaming Jesus as He was the one who "invented" us.
Missionsfest and the New Year has really opened my eyes to this time in my life as well. I am working at some less than important jobs yet I know that I am supposed to be here. I live in an apartment with many people who should just be desperate for a better life, one with Jesus! I work with many non Christians who are also searching. So this year is my missions trip. I wanted to go on a missions trip in the past to another country, but the needs of the people around me make this my mission field for the time being. Please pray with me that God will open doors for conversation about the Word, that He will give me opportunity to hear the needs of others and work to meet them with the Holy Spirit prompting. Also, I would appreciate the prayer for the summer. I have been humho about camp this summer, and although I have a year lease on my apartment, if God prompts me to go back for the summer, He will work something out.
On a lighter side, THE COWBOYS WON A PLAYOFF GAME!!!!!!! It's amazing and pretty much a miracle. I am enjoying my PVR so that I can tape the games and watch them later as I work Sunday afternoons. I also booked Super Bowl Sunday off of work. Haha!
Well have a great week! Later days!!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Say hello to a new decade
Greetings and Happy New Year,
It's so weird to think that this is a new decade when I think back just 10 years earlier and I was celebrating Y2K with my relatives in Calgary at my aunt's house in a small hot tub. LOL. Good times, but wow has life progressed since then.
2009 was a fabulous year. It began with a trip to Saskatoon, then applying my brains out to marine biology/cruiseline jobs in January. I worked at Tim Horton's for a couple months and went to New York!! I became a lifeguard and went out to Camp Qwanoes for 4 months. Those months were extremely challenging yet I grew so much and was stretched out of my comfort zone. I experienced the Holy Spirit and the Lord in a most personal intimate way this summer. The fall saw me in a really low time looking again for a job, a place to live and somewhere to really belong. I spent so much time with Leia which I will be forever grateful for. We have grown sosososo close the past few years. I started at Starbucks and Cupcakes in November and moved to White Rock, BC. Another different thing was not going home for Christmas but rather spending it with Serena in Port Coquitlam. And I spent New Year's at Camp Qwanoes with my beloved friends.
Christmas day was so fun. We slept in, ate lots of food, went to the park, went to Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, ate popcorn, watched movies, opened gifts, went for a walk to look at lights. It was really fun to see her malaysian relatives experience their first Christmas in Canada with all the lights, traditions, turkey, etc. I spent Christmas Eve with my new good friends Doug and Kelley Stuart who are friends of Auntie Stacey and Uncle Troy. They are great people.
New Years was incredible. I am still so thankful that I am not living on the island as I just couldn't handle the ferry. 2 hours one way is way way too long. I got to catch up with my really good friends Leila, Karle, Matt, Liz and Rebecca. We mainly just relaxed, played some games, ate lots of food, had many worship sessions and sharing times, a huge New Year's dance party and fireworks.
Now I am back in White Rock looking forward to spring of 2011 when I head to Florida!!!! It makes work less mundane and gives me something to get excited about. I have many New Year's resolutions this year, however they are things that I just wish were incorporated into my life all the time. Lately I have been focusing on too many things and when I am not enjoying myself, starting to feel sorry for myself. I have commited myself to focusing wholly on my relationship with Christ. To dive into the word with passion and excitement and to pray without ceasing. There is so much hurt out there and to not be a part of it through prayer is not fulfilling God's will for my life.
I am really looking forward to 2010 and am excited to see what God has in store for me, this city, this province, the country and the world. His glory will shine through His people this year! I know it! So Happy New Year!!!
It's so weird to think that this is a new decade when I think back just 10 years earlier and I was celebrating Y2K with my relatives in Calgary at my aunt's house in a small hot tub. LOL. Good times, but wow has life progressed since then.
2009 was a fabulous year. It began with a trip to Saskatoon, then applying my brains out to marine biology/cruiseline jobs in January. I worked at Tim Horton's for a couple months and went to New York!! I became a lifeguard and went out to Camp Qwanoes for 4 months. Those months were extremely challenging yet I grew so much and was stretched out of my comfort zone. I experienced the Holy Spirit and the Lord in a most personal intimate way this summer. The fall saw me in a really low time looking again for a job, a place to live and somewhere to really belong. I spent so much time with Leia which I will be forever grateful for. We have grown sosososo close the past few years. I started at Starbucks and Cupcakes in November and moved to White Rock, BC. Another different thing was not going home for Christmas but rather spending it with Serena in Port Coquitlam. And I spent New Year's at Camp Qwanoes with my beloved friends.
Christmas day was so fun. We slept in, ate lots of food, went to the park, went to Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, ate popcorn, watched movies, opened gifts, went for a walk to look at lights. It was really fun to see her malaysian relatives experience their first Christmas in Canada with all the lights, traditions, turkey, etc. I spent Christmas Eve with my new good friends Doug and Kelley Stuart who are friends of Auntie Stacey and Uncle Troy. They are great people.
New Years was incredible. I am still so thankful that I am not living on the island as I just couldn't handle the ferry. 2 hours one way is way way too long. I got to catch up with my really good friends Leila, Karle, Matt, Liz and Rebecca. We mainly just relaxed, played some games, ate lots of food, had many worship sessions and sharing times, a huge New Year's dance party and fireworks.
Now I am back in White Rock looking forward to spring of 2011 when I head to Florida!!!! It makes work less mundane and gives me something to get excited about. I have many New Year's resolutions this year, however they are things that I just wish were incorporated into my life all the time. Lately I have been focusing on too many things and when I am not enjoying myself, starting to feel sorry for myself. I have commited myself to focusing wholly on my relationship with Christ. To dive into the word with passion and excitement and to pray without ceasing. There is so much hurt out there and to not be a part of it through prayer is not fulfilling God's will for my life.
I am really looking forward to 2010 and am excited to see what God has in store for me, this city, this province, the country and the world. His glory will shine through His people this year! I know it! So Happy New Year!!!
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