awesome weekend

So I just got back from our chrurch retreat it was lots of fun. Lots of Swimming and such. Friday I went to virtical adventures for gym credits. It was a blast but I am very sore as a result of it. Oh man friday did I ever get a work out. I don't thik I had ever swet like that before. It was grose. I could feel the swet role down my face some times. not pleasent. however it was lot and lots of fun and I made it to the top of the wall quite a few times, which is amazing for me sice I'm scared of highta and can't really even hold my own whieght. I do recomend all of you to go to virtical Adventures some time though.

no dress

So they didn't get to pick up my dress yesterday. Liane got her dress before they had to go to LaBelle's. I was really hoping they would get it because I will probably will only get it in a couple of weeks now.

My Dress

LaBelle's called yesterday and said my dress was in. That makes me really happy. Auntie Sara went Wedding Dress shopping with Liane today so if they go to LaBelle's then she can pick it up. I hope they go there.

YAhhhhhhhhhh

I gave my notice today and it felt sooooo good. I'm very happy to be done at the Days Inn.

rest of youth retreat

So it's been a week since I came back from the youth retreat and I haven't finished telling you guys about it so now I will. Session three was "I'm so thirsty and weak." Here brad taked about Cora (one of the writers of the Psalms) how he wrote these Psalms because he was thirsty for God (Psalm 84, 42:1,2a) because he worked in the temple but could never go into the holy of holys he was always just on the other side of the curtain. Brad said in Psalm 42:7 Cora comes to God but he dosen't quite get it, he is swimming in God and saying he's so thirsty. Brad siad we are just like Cora we are swimming in God but we want god to fill us. We don't need to feel this way though Jesus makes a promise to us
1)John 7:37-39 - jesus is the source inside of us, within our hollow places
2) John 4:14
3) " then Jesus declared," I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungrey and he who believes in me will never be thirsty..."
So God is a spring within us why would we have to be thirsty for him. On this day I finally let God be that sping within me. I went to the river where he was waiting for me and to tell you the truth it cool because I can honestly say I haven't been thirsty since.
Session four was basicaly a wrap up of whole weekend and at the end then the people that wanted to could take a nail the reprsent what Jesus had done for us . I have that nail in my bible now and it is definatley a good reminder.

went to Winnipeg

So I went to Winnipeg yesterday. I saw my Dad which I hadn't done in a long time and it was good. He told me that he had to do a double take a few times because I looked just like my mom when they got married. apparently even our hair was the same. I thought that was kind of cool. I was also talking about bible school with him he told me that he wanted to set up a program at his church for me so that they can help me go to school he said I would probably have to go there one sunday and give my testimony or tell about what I want to do or stuff like that. ANd I thought about itand I htought that would be really cool I know his church is penticostal and I think it would be a really cool opportunity, I would be sharing my testimony witho thousands of people and even though that thought scares me alot I have a feeling that it is something God wants me to do. I figure if I want to go into missions I'll have to get out of my comfort zone. I'm really worried about this somehow I know God will take me through it though.


I hope my spelling is ok the spell checker isn't doing anything I hope that just means that I don't have any mistakes.

session 2

ok so I guess I didn't get to writing this all down like I had planned to. so I'll do it now. Session two was about " I'm so far away from God..." Brad said this to us " How can you be far away from God if you're a believer?" There is nothing that we can do to get closer to him because he is in us. THe funny thing is tha tI had never realized this before. You would think since it is a simple truth I would have. It's very reasuring to hear that though.
here are some verses that Brad gave us:
-Philip 2:1
-2 cor 13:5
-2 Cor 6:17+19
-Gal 2:20
-eph 3:17
-Jn 14:20
-Jn 15:5

some other stuff that happened on sat at the retrat was :
- Solo time which was awesome. we had 1.5hrs for this and I don't think it was enough. IT was weird though because the first 1/2 hr I thought wa slike an hr and the reat of the time I thought was like15-20 min so that was interesting. I went to swing for like the last hr or so and it was awesome. I imaginded my-self soring like an eagle with God. (it was very windy so it was easy to imagine t his). It was cool though because Friday I had seen an eagle soring above the school ( the fist time I had seen a bald eagle). When I got off the sings I did feel sick but thankfuly I got over that quick.
-girl/guy time was amazing the guys were resteling (how boring) lol. Us girls had like facials, hand massages and we did our nails. it was fun. I also ended up crimping a bunch of peales hair. And farn did mine too. It was awsome.
-during free time some of us girls decied to do make are own version of the Summer whitly skit. it was fun. we did it for the talent show
- the talant show was cool some people have amazing talent like "little" phil I wis I could break dance and I think he even beats Tim in the juggling area. oh and Dan peters and jeff peters halarious. Jeff can do exactly kips voice and Dan can not only do the voice of Naploian but he looks a bit like him too. It was one of the best talent shows I have seen.

ooops

sorry for all the spelling mistakes. Some of them are just typoes. but anyway i can't find the spell checker on here yet so I'm working on it. If you have ideas where the spell checkers is it would be good if you could tell me.

Youth retreat session one

So now I'm tell you about the youth retreat because I'm at home now and the internet finally works. So the them was oasis. We were supposed to relax ( it actually worked) I had lots of fun. There were lots of Napoleon jokes especially at the talent show. Anyway the sessions were awesome. The first night(our first session) Brad talked about how most Christians in Winkler follow "the list" (Read your bible every day, pray many times a day, memorize verses, etc.) and measure them selves up to it. He also said that people who live the list have this curse on them and they will feel it because they will never be able to live up to it. He told us to through out our lists (this does not mean reading your bible and doing all those things are wrong, but we should trust Jesus to show us when we need to do them) and to go to Jesus because Jesus nailed our lists to the cross for us. Jesus wants to release us from our burdens (" his yoke is easy") but following the list is basically a burden. ( I don't know about you but I got a lot stress form "the list"). Brad also said the Jesus was telling us to forget the list and "love me and Love people" Jesus wants your heart and your love and wants to set you free. You need to get rid of the list to do this. By the way we had all been given "the list" and were supposed to check off the ones that were true for us and I got 1 out of 20. I did feel really bad about that but it made me see how much of a burden it put on me. ( I think without going by the list and just listening to God I want to do that stuff more ) Anyway and the end of session brad said he was going to be the image of Jesus and if we wanted he would take the lists that we had and he nailed them to a cross that we had there. During that session I could really feel Jesus taking away my list and I really do feel lighter now. ( I'll write about the other sessions and other parts of the youth retreat later)

change

HEy Guys
I got back from the youth retreat yesterday. It was awesome. I know that there is definatley a change in me now, and I hope that I don't go back to the way I was because I hate that person. Well I can't really write much because I'm on the computers at school and it wont post if it's too long so bye for now.

Story Time

Ok I'm going to try this story thing again. I hope it works. I hope ya like it. it might be alittle cheezy but hey it's a short story what to you expect. I have lots of my own ideas so you don't have to give me any, but please coment. I'm interested to see what you think and what you think will happen next. do't worry I wont change my story because of what you think will happen.
One day I was walking in the forest when suddenly I heard a sound. At first it scared me but as i kept listening I heard that it was a beutiful voice that was singing. I was determind to find out who was singing so beutifuly so I started to seach holding up my candle to the night sky. However I could not see anything. As I was wondering around I soon discoverd that I was getting very tired and it was too late to head back home. So I blew out my candle and laid down on some grass and leaves beside the path.
When I woke up in the morrning I was hoping to start looking for were the singing was coming from again since it was light out now and would be able to see more. However, to my disapointment I could longer hear the beutiful voice, and when I stood up and looked around I was no longer In the forest where I fell asleep But in a peaceful medow. I looked around to see if I could see how I had gotten to this medow. I was not useually a sleep walker and it did not look like the forest was anywhere in sight so i could not possibly have walked there my self. As I looked around I saw nothing but the tall grass and flowers of the medow of miles and miles and the radiant golden sun shining down on it. I let my eyes follow the beutiful golden rays up to the sky. As I looked up I saw a magnificent eagle sorring on the wind. I wanted to reach up and touch it, but I knew that would be impossible. I let my mind wonder on thoughts of the great being which seemed like forever, as if in a trance. Until it sorred out of sight and I could no longer see it .
When my wind came back to reality, I found my self discouraged at the thought that I had no clue where I was and no clue how to get anywhere. I decide that the only thing that I could do was to start walking and hope I could find something or someone to find out where I was so I might possably be able to find my way home. So I started to trudg though the tall grass and flowers. I walked for many hours and realized it was close to lunch time for I was very hungry. I looked around to see if there was anything to eat, but I could see nothing. I closed my eyes in discuragement , but when I opened them again then I saw a beytiful orcherd if all the kinds of fruit you could imagin, and a little streem running through it with water that sparkled. I desided that this would be the perfet place to spend the afternoon. . .................... to be continued
sorry to sopt now but the period is over and I have to go to a meeting now

Frustrated

So I started writing a story before and when I went to post it it didn't work and I lost the story. I think I could write it again and it would be simalur, but I'm not going to do that right now. I dodn't really have that much time.

just listen

So I'm back in school right now. I think I'm sort of happy to be back. I get to see all my friends everyday and that makes me happy.
I was just talking to Fran about what God wants us to do with our lives, well I can say that I don't really know. I think I need to listen to God more and not other people because lately I've been listening to what other poele are telling what to do and I'm getting mixed messages and I have a feeling that God might want me somewhere else. So for now I think I'm going to try listning more to God. You know I wish I had abible here right now. I think I need to get a small one so I can bring it with me places.