Leaving the Province in Less than 12 hours.

I really should be in bed and asleep. It's been a long day of shopping with my mum and sisters in the city. Besides, tomorrow is another long day for me. I get to drive 7.5 hours on my own tomorrow. I love driving, and even enjoy driving that distance by myself. I am looking forward to quality time with God as I drive!
I am not so nervous about this whole assistant director job anymore. I am really quite excited for it. I know God is going to do awesome things this summer and I get to be a part of it! Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive, encouraging and those who have kept me in their prayers. Please continue to do so. I start my job at 9am monday morning.
I am not sure how often i am going to be able to update things on here, but watch this space for updates anyways! I am not sure as of yet what kind of internet access I will have at camp, but hopefully I'll be able to do a weekly or bi weekly update of things.
So, until I am able to write again---take care people!!

Snow.........Again?

It snowed over night here. Thankfully though, it decided to not stay on the ground! However, the weather forecast is predicting more snow off and on for at least today or tomorrow. Saskatchewan weather I tell you is so mixed up!
I took a walk to my local Christian bookstore yesterday because apparently there was a sale on a lot of items in the store. I got a Mat Redman/Tim Hughes/Chris Tomlin/and like 3 other worship leaders music complied into one big book for a really great price. I've been asked to bring my guitar to camp, so I thought I would pick up some music. I even bought new strings for my guitar and had just finished putting them on when one of them completely snapped. Not happy, so i have to go looking for more strings in the next couple of days.
Packing up is going steadily. I'm really just waiting now on the clothes that I have presently in the wash. I'm definately getting more and more excited, but also more and more nervous. For those of you who have worked at camp before in any capacity, do you have any advice for me please?!

Skirt Making and Packing

I am a pathetic seamstress! I am making a new skirt from an old bridesmaids outfit that I wore last summer. It was right down to the ground and I knew that I would never wear it again if I didn't do something to shorten the length of it. I have attempted to make it shorter twice now, abd both times, the new would be length is all uneven. I think I may need some mother intervention on this thing or it's going to be too short to wear even before i have finished with it. I am hoping to have it finished by the time I leave for Winnipeg on Saturday morning.
I have started the whole repacking process and I have to say that I am not a huge fan of this (as we know from when I was packing things up in England). Regoing through the cupboard in my bedroom and once again tossing out clothing and shoes that I have no use for anymore it sort of refreshing, but I'm not very good at actually parting with anything. I think God can teach me a lesson through this somewhere. I am donating my clothes to the Salvation Army though. At the same time, Packing is a very exciting thing because it means that God is taking me in a new direction once again. I feel like I have found my purpose as to why God brought me back to Canada when he did. I'm also really looking forward to my uni class in 2 weeks. It will be good to get back into the academic atmosphere and mental mindset....i know, i might be crazy.
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Hope everything you seek to acomplish in the week ahead happens for all of you. Take care. Laters!

Fast Trip to Winnipeg with Awesome Results

My trip to Winnipeg was very rushed. I got into Winnipeg around 10pm on Saturday evening. I went to church with my aunt and uncle sunday morning, and it was awesome. I may start attending that church on a regular basis! Sunday afternoon I got to go to my favourite coffee/eatery with my aunt: Bread and Circuses. It was great as always. Sunday evening I had dinner with my friend Gail and her husband. They surprised me with tickets to the Winnipeg Chamber Music final season concert. It was amazing and we had thrid row seats! On monday i spent a lot of it a U of M sorting course stuff out. I shocked my favourite teacher big time and we chatted for over and hour. It felt great to walk around campus again and I'm looking forward to going back to classes their in the fall. Tuesday, I had my interview up at Camp Arnes which is just over an hour north of Winnipeg. My interview didn't really feel like an interview. It was more of a chat over a cup of tea. I love it up there so much. I drove 8 hours back to Caronport and it felt like a really long day.
This morning, I had to be at the hospital at 8:30am. The medical stuff took well over 2 hours and I won't know anything about that for a day or two, but i've been feeling alright the last while. I had been home for like 20 minutes and Camp Arnes phoned me. They offered me the job of Assistant Director. Of course i accepted with no hesitations. I'm so excited and so thankful to God for this opportunity that I am being given. I know God is going to do great things at camp and i'm thankful he changed me attitude towards camp ministry. It's going to be great recreation management experience as well. I leave on April 30 to head back to Winnipeg, and I need to be at camp on May 2. So, I'm not feeling so stressed out anymore, and it had left me feeling pretty relaxed and exhausted at the same time. I just need to focus and study for my sociology exam on friday afternoon, which may be a little easier said than done. Thanks for all the prayers people. They are so greatly appreciated and I truly felt them with me. Please keep praying now for the results of my hospital tests and now my transition into camp life. A nice thing about the camp thing....i get to go shopping for camp clothes!

24 Hours later

I have come to the conclusion that God is just awesome once again! The pastor's wife I was telling you about, gave me the email addie of a camp in Manitoba who is looking for an assistant director or program director. I emailed off my resume to them yesterday without really taking it seriously. However, this camp took it seriously! The camp director emailed me this morning and then phoned me early this afternoon. We talked for over 30minutes and he wants me to drive out to this camp for a "get to see the camp and meet the director". He really liked my phone interview and thought things are heading in the right direction. This camp is only an hour north of Winnipeg, so i'm heading there on Saturday and will spend Sunday with some family, Monday will be spent at uni and getting uni things sorted for my two weeks of classes there in May. Tuesday morning I will drive up to the camp, have my meet and greet session and then drive back to Caronport so that I can be at home for my medical appointment on Wednesday morning. I tell ya, it's going to be a busy couple of days, but I'm really looking forward to it. I'll write when I get back on Tuesday. Please pray for me over the next couple of days. Cheers!!

Specialist Appointment

Had my appointment with the specialist yesterday. He wants me to have an ultrasound on wednesday morning at the hospital. He wants to check for stomach cancer and other possible cancers before we go on to other tests. I was fine while sitting in the doctors office, but cried once I got to my car. I don't know why I cried, maybe bcause it scared me to hear the word cancer again in connection with me. Maybe it was because I had a friend die of stomach cancer last summer after only being diagnosed with it 3 months before she died. However, I am most likely sure that I do not have stomach cancer (or any other kind of cancer) and the doctor just wants to be sure. In any case, I do have Jesus to see me through it all. On the good side of things, my new doctor is a very nice man and he made me feel at ease during my appointment. I actually felt like I was being listened to for a change.
I found out yesterday as well that I won't be a program director at camp this summer. I'm not sure now where God is leading me in the next few months before I go back to university. I need to keep trusting that he had a better plan for me than my own doing. Which isn't easy when I thought I had been told I would be going to camp this summer and it was just a matter of finding out which one I would be at. However, my parent's pastor's wife who is like a second mom to me has become my job finder agency for me. She has in the last few days given me lots of email addresses of camp directors and other people who are still looking for staff for the summer. I find it funny everytime i get something else from her, but bless her much for her efforts on my behalf.
I did a few more hours in the athletic department today for my dad. Found out that the mail room for the Bible college messed up the 1000 envelopes that I had stuffed for sports camps that the college runs through out the summer. My dad's secretary and I spent all afternoon restuffing them in the mail room so that they could be sent out tomorrow. I was a little frustrated with this, but it was yet another good lesson in patience......Thanks for that one Jesus.
Hope everyone has had a good week. Have a great weekend, and be in touch!

Moose Jaw Shocker

For once, I have an appointment with a specialist (yes in Moose Jaw) in a matter of days for a change as opposed to months. My appointment is set for Wednesday afternoon. It's a good thing I don't have to wait for months, but at the same time I'm a little nervous for the appointment. I shall let you all know how it goes.
I got an email the other day from someone whom I had not heard from in a good 5 or more years. It came as a very good surprise. I haven't actually seen Melany since I was 13 though when her family moved back to Equador where her family was missionaries to. It's been great to know what she's been up to the last number of years.
Did you know that the Backstreet Boys have a new song out? It just came on the radio. I can't believe they are attempting to make a come back. The song starts out sounding like a ballad, but picks up some speed. It's not bad, but not amazing either.
I really don't have much else to say, so I'll most likely write again after my appointment with the specialist.

Results

I must apologise for not updating this really over the last week. I was actually busy for a change! I did a lot of stuff for my dad in the athletic department in the earlier half of the week and in the back half of the week I was madly rushing to fnish off my sociology course work which was due back at my uni for grading by thursday instead of friday like i thought it was. Thankfully, i managed to find a way to be able to email my two 11 page papers into the distance education office. It is a great relief to have those 2 assignments done with. Now, all I have to do is study for my final exam on April 22; which the uni has agreed to let me write at an approved educational institution in Moose Jaw. Originally, when the uni found out i was back home, they were going to make me come back to uni to write it there.
I got some medical test results back on thursday as well. The results were inconclusive, which means they don't know if things have gotten worse or if it is something different altogether. So, I am told I have to go see a specialist. With my prior knowledge of how other specialists work in Moose Jaw, this means my appointment may not be for some months yet. I've been waiting for a long time to get some answers, so i don't think i should have a problem with waiting a little bit longer. I have been on a new herbal supplement specifically designed for those with crohns or colitis and i've already noticed a little bit of a change for the better, so maybe this will be the thing that gets me partially back on track while i am waiting for my appointment. or even better yet, not even having to go see the specialist. God works in great ways and i know he can work through this too.

Word of the Day

GOOKERED. Does anyone else out there use this word (or it could be made up) besides my family. If you know what it is, or would like to take a guess as to what it is, please post your thoughts. I would love to know what you think. My answer as to how my family and I use it will be posted in the next few days.

Weekend Activities

Overall I had an okay weekend. I was sick for part of it, and had to do some more medical tests which once again left me wiped out, but I got to spend a lot of it with my family. We rented The Incredibles and Finding Neverland. My dad hadn't seen The Incredibles yet and hearing him laugh made me laugh even more. I also got to watch basketball with him during the weekend too. Tonight is the championship final which should be a really good game to watch.
I am slowly finishing up my sociology course. All I have to do now is write one last paper before Friday and get it sent in back to uni. It will be so nice to finally have that all finished and just needing to study for the final exam later in the month.
I have been doing a lot of work in the athletic department for my dad in the last week. I am really enjoying working there, and it's been great experience, but it isn't a paying job and that's the only problem with it. I have applied to a fancy hotel and spa to work front desk or as a waitress in their restaurant...something has to turn up eventually right?!
I recieved my proposed academic timetable for modules next semester. I should technically be taking 7 modules next semester. Everything fits just fine into the timetable and nothing clashes, but that is a lot of course work. Plus stress is a huge factor in my health, so I may end up only taking 5 and then a distance education course. I would only take 7 modules if I didn't have to have a part time job on top of it, but I do need a part time job. I am thinking I most likely won't graduate in the next academic year and I will end up graduating in December 2006 which is still better than what i was thinking it would be of May 2007. Either way, I think I am a little ahead of schedule!
I was reading in Isaiah 43 the other night and the first 3 verses have really stuck with me. It says "But now, this is what the Lord says- he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Holy One of Israel, you Savior' " No matter what we do or where we go, God has us in his hands. He is looking out for us and preparing the paths of each one of us.