This Week ... not much

Well not much has happened this week, just the first week of school. My cousin and aunt will both be back in Africa by now. My family and I all went down to the Toronto Pearson airport to say goodbye on Wednesday night. I'm really glad that I got to know my cousin. I had met her before when she was three and I was six but obviously that was a long time ago. And I've met my aunt several times. And I'm glad she came too.

I think I heard a word from God early saying that I would get the job and so I need to learn time management. So I guess if it were Him then I'll find when I get the job. That means I need to do homework soon.

One last note, I've recently discovered a man named Coffey Anderson and his music. I'm gonna post some of his videos of his stuff quickly here. There's probably more stuff on youtube so check him out. If you like his stuff enough then you can buy his music on iTunes under Coffey.

Hey

So today was my first day of school. I've been absolutely exhausted the whole way through. Last night, well yesterday I went to Wonderland, and by the time I had got home from it I was already really tired from the sun and lack of sleep from the canoe trip and having to say goodbye to cousin from Africa for possibly the last time. I woke up this disorganized and I rushed. Trying to recall hard math from a year ago while having a headache. After lunch I went to my English class to find out they had put me in the wrong grade, and I had to deal with that after school. I've quite a bit of homework and this whole evening my dad's been urging me to get my application filled out. And I have an annoying song stuck in my head. I just really want to go to Tim Horton's and get an Ice Cappuccino. Yum.

This year will definitely be the hardest and busiest (espescially if I get the job) so my consitentsy may vary. But I'm already more constant than I've been this summer.

Oh, and the girl from my media arts class last semester is also in my art class. God gives second chances so please keep praying for that!

Love you all!

Canoe Trip 08

I just got back from my canoe trip earlier today. I meant to mention that I would be going in my last post, sorry about that for those of you who are tuned in. This one was the trip I had asked for prayer about a while back.

So, obviously, I went. It was a good trip I've got to say, up in that Algonquin area. You probably don't know where that is. You should know (because I'm telling you right now) that I was the oldest girl on the trip, including leaders. I guess they couldn't find a female and so 17-year-old me was the oldest there. It was a little weird. That was the cut off age because any one older and not a leader would go to C&C. I think a female leader would've been good but I don't think it changed much.

This kind of camping is the real kind of camping, the kind that takes hard work. Hours of canoeing and portaging. But worth it. If you've read my older posts you'll know that my primary reason for coming was for leadership. I gave up time with my really awesome cousin from Africa to do this, and that was the dilemma.

So I think I got that chance just by trying to live out that servant's role. And one of my friends my age recognized me as a leader in prayer, which was actually an answer to prayer. Funny, eh? We also have a group of usually older youth who get to be a part of the youth leadership called the servant's board. We had a servant's board meeting with my pastor out in the woods and talked about youth events and other things. I honestly have a lot of dreams for this group and it's a real committment.

There were also the fun times too. Like throwing oranges up and down the rock side of the site, pretty much fetching them when they were thrown down into the water and getting scrapes while you're at it. You would have to be there. Making a Kevin Jonas shaped pancake with a friend while in the kitchen. Making hemp everything. A friend actually thought she saw a moose at night but really it was just some sticks out in the water. Etch a sketching for sure. Canoe games with lots of tipping. And don't forget being really dirty. Yeah lots of fun.

Oh, um I start school sometime next week. I have an awesome schedule I couldn't have asked for much better. And a really cool job opportunity has come up. There's a newly built Christian Horizons place in my town and I'm probably going to apply there within the next couple days. If you could pray for that it would be awesome! Thanks, love you guys.

A great day!

I sincerely apologize for my lack of blogging, although I'm starting to feel like no one reads this anymore anyways. But the summer's coming to an end (unbelivable, eh?) and school will start when it does it won't be too likely that I won't post a lot more often. All that to say, I'll probably get back into the habit more.

I got back from Belize a couple days ago the trip was fun. The most disappointing thing for me though, was praying for the chance to talk to my cousins about Jesus and then finding themselves mostly in their own bubble of friends (or just boyfriends rather). Yeah. Overall it was really good.

Today was amazing! I got to go spend with just me and a close friend. We ate lunch together and saw a movie, and afterwards we prayed for each other. We saw the Sisterhood of the traveling pants. She going to school in Alberta this year and that seems really far away. So today was really good for us. I gave her this neat headband, probably a little different from anything you've seen, and she loved it. I got it in Belize. I got myself a matching one. She told me I knew her too well. She also gave me a gift. Some cards and decorations so we can write each. (I'm looking forward to that). You just gotta love this girl.

Then afterwards her mom happened to be driving by. Probably the most excited person I've seen in a long time. She had a job interview that we had prayed for and it went really well. So now she can make an offer on the house she's fallen in love with and she's moving in this weekend. It was a really good day!