My Life...for You

Spring Youth Conference and Some Bad Luck!

2007-05-21T20:36:00.000-03:00

Well this weekend we were over at the 2007 Spring Youth Conference at Mount Saint Vincent University. What an awesome time it was. It was my first conference other than EXalt this year. Had the opportunity too meet some more awesome and talented people. Didn't get to talk to as many off-islanders as I would have liked to because I was still meeting some people from PEI! :P

I really enjoyed this age group (Junior to Senior High). I'm used to all the weee little ones but it was great to really get a chance to have some talks with them. A few even kept me up until 3:30am talking Saturday night, but it was great to do that. Talked about all kinds of stuff (the good and the bad).

Anyway, a few hours after I got back from the conference I went over to my friend's house and I was playing outside with the kids, and I was running and I just keeled forward and landed on my shoulder. Knew something was wrong and by the time I made it to the house, the collarbone wasn't together anymore and half looked like it was trying to stick out of my neck. Supposedly there's 4 pieces of my collarbone now...the worst part was when the bone was digging into my nerves...I kept jamming my fingers in there to relief the pressure. Last night I maneuvered it into a pretty good place.

well...seeing as I have too many people talking to me right now, and typing with one hand takes a little more time than with two...that's all for this entry :)

I have a Biblical Studies Certificate

2007-05-12T14:33:00.001-03:00

Now what? :P

Canoe Cove Christian Camp

2007-04-12T19:14:00.000-03:00

On Monday I went and had my interview for one of the Male Councilor positions for Canoe Cove Christian Camp for this summer. It was weird having an interview again, especially one like this. There were questions I didn't know how to answer, but I tried my best. I've wanted to be a councilor at a camp since I was in junior high and this was the first year where I actually had the opportunity to do something like that.

I just got my phone call from the Chairman of the camp and I didn't get the position. It really sucks but understandable. I know the camp will have some great councilors who have a lot to offer. I really had my heart set on being at the camp this summer though. I feel I have something to offer. The camp means a lot to me even though I've only known it for a short time. I've really enjoyed the time I've spent there and I thought this would be another way I could contribute. Being a councilor would be a great learning experience. I think I have the drive and the passion for it, and I have a genuine love for children. It's never been about the money. But seeing as I'm broke, I do need a *paying* job this summer. I haven't worked since September! And going to school full-time and paying for a car and insurance is a killer. But God willing, I hope be able to help out at the camp one way or another this summer. The only problem is if I find a job for the summer, it would be hard to volunteer for any of the camps. I only hope that the ones that got one of the 5 positions (male and female) feel blessed to have this opportunity.

Well, now I have some more praying to do. I'm going to try and not get too down about it. I mean, the camp is still going to go on, kids and youth are still going to be able to go and learn about God, and there will be awesome councilors who will care for every one of them. And that I am quite thankful for!

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" - Jeremiah 29:11

March Break is Over

2007-03-24T13:15:00.000-03:00

As many of you know, I've been quite busy the last few weeks getting things ready for March Break Out which is a DVBS which we had a Colonel Gray Senior High School this year. It's such an awesome program and I've been so blessed with the opportunity to help organise and participate in it. We (the committee) have been planning this even since the last March Break, and although it was a ton of work, it was well worth it! The children who attended March Break Out really had an awesome time, and the parents really appreciated it too! Between the main program and the preschool program we had ~170 children, slightly lower than last year but still a great turn out!

This year's theme was Avalanche Ranch, 'A wild ride through God's Word!' It was a fun, exciting, and energetic theme which we all enjoyed. On Monday afternoon we went swimming/skating, on Tuesday we had Dare to Share puppets come in and do some shows for the kids, on Wednesday we had Temple Baptist come in from away to put on some songs and dancing, games, and showed the kids how to make their own puppets and do some shows. On Thursday we went swimming/skating again, and on Friday we had a Winter Carnival! We had 4 different bouncy rides which took up almost three quarters of the gym and we had Snow Cones! It was awesome to see (not so much to set up and take down, oh my gosh...) but in the end it was still worth it as the kids had an amazing time Friday afternoon. And what a way to end an awesome week!

I'm sad to see the week come to a close. March Break Out has consumed a lot of my time (almost 70hrs Monday to Friday alone) and I had the pleasure to meet some amazing kids (and leaders too) and I will certainly miss them all! I could quite easily say that it's been the best week of my life! And I thank God for allowing us to have something like this, that all the children could attend, and that they were in a safe and loving environment.

Finally an Update!

2007-02-22T23:57:00.001-04:00

Been Busy...

Well that's all I was gonna write, but I guess since I'm back here...

March Break Out is in 3 weeks! Like holy freak'n cow! We had a meeting tonight at 8pm, we finished around 9:45pm and a couple people left...then the rest of us basically started again and went until 11:15pm, hahaha, crap....there's so much to do, and I keep taking on responsibilities and I have so much school work to do.

Oh well, that's life!

See you all in another couple months! :P

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-25T00:28:00.000-04:00

Just thought I'd wish everyone a Merry Christmas now that it is officially Christmas Day!!!

I just finished wrapping all my presents, hahaha. Good to finally get that all done sheesh! Here's a pic of the presents to my family (mom, dad, and 'lil bro):

Of those presents 3(4) are to my parents and the other 7 are my little brothers...I spoiled him for sure! I got him a T-Shirt, 2 movies, and 4 games (3 PS2, 1 GBA)! He'll never guess what presents are the games though, hahaha. And I framed one of the pictures of a 5x7 shot of Mom and Dad's 25th Anniversary I took, and the other big one is a group of family shots I framed as well. I think I spent about 50 bucks on getting pictures developed this week! But I also did their 25th Anniversay photo album up this week (all the pictures I took at their big party). They really liked it.

Here's a family pick I took with everyone infront of the fireplace by our Christmas tree! I'll probably remove those pictures on the wall in the background...

So anyway, time for bed! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I hope it's everything you hoped it would be! And even if this year isn't quite as special as every other year, I really hope you make the most of it! :)

Over the Hill, and Climbing a Mountain!

2006-12-10T01:41:00.000-04:00

Yep, I'm officially an old geezer. I'm now the same age as Ben. I turned 22 today (I haven't slept yet, so I'm saying it's still Dec 9th, even though it's not technically...shhh)

Uhm, anyway, it's been a pretty busy day. Coached bowling this morning from 10:30 until 1:00 then was off to the Church from 1:00 to 3:00, then off to visit my grandmother in the hospital until 4:00 (it was her birthday on Thursday). Went home for a bit, and then back out, and got home now. Pretty good day though. Tomorrow we're having a chicken dinner for my birthday, yummie (tomorrow as in the 10th)

At church, we've having a special kind of service I guess. We've had the 'Bethlehem Village' the last couple of weeks at church, and we decorated the front of the church and we're showing everyone what we've been doing. So the kids will sing songs, and some of us have to do some skits (speaking of which...I should memorize my lines...doh). Then I think I have practice for the evening of Dec 17th. Playing my fiddle for church, should be interesting...

On a random note...I NEED winter tires, haha. Anyone who's been in my car knows this. My 2 front tires are completly bald! There's absolutely no grooves at all!

Exams are this week! YEAH! Can't wait, they'll be fun...I think...I just love failing things that are worth lots of marks! I always pretend I'm playing golf when I'm writing a test. Kevin always wants to record me playing 'Christmas in Killarney' for his MCC rendition. Then we're off for like 3 weeks! Nice long break to work on Roman's questions, sweet!!!!

It's now December!

2006-12-01T00:07:00.000-04:00

Well I did my 20 minute speech for Oral Communications class on Wednesday morning at 8:00am. I was up until 4:00am that morning working on it...then I had to get up at 6:30am to get ready, rush to college, get a few things printed off, set up my laptop and the projector.

I guess it didn't go too bad. I did it on Cameras, Photoshop, and Photo-Editing. I could have talked solely on Cameras for 20 minutes, but I told people I'd also do it on Photoshop, and ofcourse, I didn't want to let people down :P

It was hard to get it all into 20 minutes, but I was pretty close, went over some, but oh well. As long as it wasn't boring, I don't care.

So after having less than 3hrs of sleep that night...I think I slept for a couple hours on a table in the class room. Yup, the tables in our class room also double as beds. I should bring a pillow from now on...

Now that this is done and over with, I have a ton of other things to do!!!! Like...read most of the Old Testament still for this semester, finish my 2500 word English Essay, put together some resource file thingy which I don't know anything about, write a lesson plan and then do it in class in front of everyone (joy), read 150 pages on Christian Education, study for a couple tests all for next week!!!! Like holy cow. Then it's time for exams!

Oh, we went caroling today at some old folk's home. It was a good time. I was suppose to play my violin, but like I had said before...it's not going to sound good if we're not singing in the same key as I'm playing. So we found that out JUST before we were ready to go there. So I carried my violin around with me the whole time we were there...felt like a dummy. Some of people there commented on it too, but I didn't get play it.

Seeing as it's after 12:00am, it's now Decemember! So it's like 9 days until my birthday, can't wait...lol...but atleast I'm not as old as that Ben Foreman. He's 22 , and I'm still a young 21. And I won't even get started with Matt :P

My First Devotional

2006-11-15T00:38:00.000-04:00

Yes, now that I have been attending MCC since September, I've experienced a number of new things in my life, one being a Devotional.

Something that we have every Wednesday in Oral Communications. November 8th was my turn…and I was up late the night before (or should I say very early that morning) trying to figure out what I was going to talk about…this is what I ended up with:

*clears throat*

There may be times in your life when you find yourself saying that you’ll never do this or you’ll never do that. You might think you’re not talented, or that you’ll never amount to anything. However…

Exodus 4:10-12 says:

"Moses said to the LORD, 'O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'

The LORD said to him, 'Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'"

(Reading verse 10, you might think, and I did and was also told, that Moses might have had a speech impediment.)

Now, Acts 7:22 says:

"Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action."

(If you have a problem with your speech, can you really be “powerful” in speech? I wouldn’t think so. Wouldn’t that be like saying “Johnny’s in a wheelchair, but he’s a fast runner!?”)

So, here we have Moses, who was apparently “powerful” in speech, and he talks to God, and God wants him to speak for Him, to the Pharaoh and the Israelites, but he doesn’t feel that he can do it, or doesn’t feel comfortable in doing so.

I find in a lot of situations that we just don’t give ourselves enough credit. We put too much thought into what other people might think of us, and how they will judge us. Rather than thinking about how God would like us to act, what He would like us to do, what HE would think of our actions. I find that this tells us that God wants to use you no matter how untalented you think you are. So have a little more faith in yourself, try new things, never say never, and do what you *know* is right. Because you just never know when you might have to give some big speech, talk in front of a large audience, play an instrument for many, or give a simple devotion to some classmates.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and opinions! I could definitely use any advice you can give me. Especialy since I have to do a large group devotion this Thursday! Ahhhhh!

Running on Empty...

2006-10-19T22:56:00.000-03:00

Well here we are, Thursday, October 19th...or just about the end of it. I'm so freak'n tired it's not funny...and not just physically, but I'm mentally exahusted. EXalt is tomorrow...that's right, it hasn't even started yet! I pray the Lord is with us this weekend. That he gives us the strength to keep going, that he uses our willing bodies as he sees fit, that he opens the ears and the hearts or those who attend this weekend, and that he helps us understand...that this weekend, isn't just about having fun, or hitting the right note, but that we all come together, worship, pray and rejoice for our Lord and Savior. For He is everything and we'll never know or understand everything He's done for us, but He'll always be there, with open arms, waiting for you to accept him and take him in.

I seriously hope that we (the worship team) can come together and give the best we can give this weekend. That we can feed off the energy of the youth, because we've practiced so much the last 2 weeks...we've given it our all, and I'm so proud of everyone. This is new to a lot of us, and it's tough...but we never gave up. We're not just doing this for the Youth, we're just not doing this for ourselves, but we're doing it for God.

Well that's all I got to say right now...don't know how that all sounds, but I'm tiiiired. G'night all.

Happy Thanksgiving All!

2006-10-09T16:31:00.000-03:00

Well, it was nice to have a day off from school today. I slept in...sleep is good. This was the first time I slept in since... ... ...well I can't tell you that one.

I read Judges today, and I'll probably read Ruth later. I also started memorizing Matthew 6 for our next test (November 2nd). This one is 780 words, which is almost 300 less than the last one. That's good :)

Life is crazy, I have something EVERY evening right up until the 25th of this month. It's hard to find time for things now a days, but at the same time I guess that's good...somehow.

I got an e-mail the other day asking if I could do a slideshow for someone for $$$. I'd like to be able to do it...I don't know how I'd feel about doing it for money though...but the thing is...do I have time!?! Not really...I also have to do some fliers, and tickets up for a Benefit for someone. Then I'll have to make up some sheets for the silent auction. Mom wants me to get some pictures printed and framed and put them in for that. For whatever reason, I've had people ask to buy some pictures I've taken (sunset and nature pictures).

EXalt is comming up really soon! I'm going to have so much practicing to do for this!!! Eek, kind'a scary. Can't say I'm really comfortable playing with a group of people infront of people with my ability level...but I'll give it a shot, hopefully it'll be ok...

That's it for now...been awhile since I've written anything, time to get back to Matthew 6...oh joy.

Youth Group Kick-Off Retreat

2006-09-24T21:18:00.000-03:00

Well, on Friday evening the Youth Group from Sherwood Church of Christ went out to Canoe Cove Christian Camp. It was pretty fun! It's always awesome to be out at the camp. We had 20 Junior High and High School students and 6 leaders. The real idea behind the retreat was to get all the kids there to chop Ben's wood. Ok maybe not...but we did cut some :P

We hung out for a little while, played some frizbee, then we split the kids up into three groups, and gave them a list of words they had to use to make up a short skit. I recorded them on video and then we all watched the crazy and a sort of lame videos they made, haha. Then we all went and ate pizza! Pizza is yummy...and it was Greco! We played some Nine Squares, even in the dark with a basketball with a light inside! We watched a video (some comedian...dunno who). After that, Ben and some other people went to build a fire, so I played the Camp Slideshow, and we went through some other pictures and videos from this year's camp season. When it was ready, we all went to the fire. It was good, Fire=Heat...Heat I wish I had at night while trying to sleep and in the morning while trying not to freeze to death!

See, the girls got to sleep in the Dining Hall, while the guys slept in the Boy's L Cabin. The Boy's L Cabin has no heat. The Dining Hall has heat. Before I went to sleep I said a little prayer, because I did not want to freeze to death. In fact, I'm quite sure it was snowing inside of the cabin. Maybe not...maybe I was imagining things while my brain was getting frost-bite.

All the kids were gone by around 10:30 am Saturday morning, so I hopped in my car with a couple people and went to VBS at church. Yes my work is never finished, hehe, joking :P I didn't do to much though...I was just there for moral support...and because I like to beat up kids. What can I say? The younger they are the easier it is. No I'm just kidding...I didn't say a prayer about not freezing to death.

Maybe I'll put up the videos from the skits...I'll have to think about it. But that frost-bite is making that hard.

Matthew 5 - Memorization Test

2006-09-21T23:40:00.000-03:00

Well, here's what I have memorized so far for our test this Thursday (Sept 28th) on Matthew 5:

The Beatitudes
1Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2and he began to teach them saying:
3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
8Blessed the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, fdr in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Salt and Light
13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neight do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before all men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

276 words of 1,048 that have to be memorized. 16 verses or 48. Oh man...

Canoe Cove Christian Camp 2006 Slideshow

2006-09-20T00:21:00.000-03:00

Ok, here's the slideshow that was shown at Camp Closing, just before my baptism! Hope you all enjoy/enjoyed it! There will be another longer and much better one eventually that will be used to promote the camp, but for now, you can watch this :)

(I lowered the size and quality of the original so that it could be shown. Went from 500+ Megs down to ~35)

Not Just Any Other Day

2006-09-17T23:21:00.000-03:00

Sunday, September 17th, 2006. It was an AMAZING day!

Helped Francine with the Grade 1&2 Sunday School class. We had 5 kids today, we're still missing some. Then church was awesome. Then I went out to Wendy's for lunch, then I drove 4 of the Boyles out to the camp. Camp is awesome. Anyone who knows me or read some of this Blog would know how I feel about it... Waxmen was there to do wax castings of your hands. They were a huge hit with everyone. I was tempted to get my camera done...but maybe that would have been a bad idea...cool...but bad...although having a blue and red wax camera would be sweet! Then we had worship down in the pavilion. It was great, it was so great to see so many people come out and worship together! Then Michael Trusty spoke, and then they showed my slideshow! I rushed it quite a bit (still wasn't quick...but I mean it didn't take weeks like other's I've done, haha) I also decided to add to my stress by doing it with a new program that I had to try and figure out while I made it. (I'll upload it to as soon as I get a chance and put it here - actually I don't know if it's possible. The video was over 500 Megs!) After that Anne Inman got up and said some awesome things, I couldn't believe it. I didn't know she felt that way. I mean, I do what I can for people and I love to volunteer for things. But it's nice to know that people really do appreciate the things you do...no matter how small they may seem.

The highlight of my day though, was my baptism! It was awesome to see so many people gather as I was ready to take another step (or leap) forward in my journey through this life. I have to thank you again Ben for doing this for me! Here's a pic afterwards! :)

Now that I have baptized, I can finally become an official member of my church! And not only that, but that means I get a vote; and we have an important one coming up this Sunday. Talk about timing!

It meant a lot to see people from my church, and people I've met through camp, and the ones from MCC, and even people I've never met before witness this time in my life. Thank you all!

Well, I have class at 8:00am tomorrow. This week will be a little easier in the sense that I don't have to work a full-time job while going to school, but it will still be busy! I have something going on every evening this week. Monday to Sunday, holy cow...I'm not used to that...I'm used to working on something every evening sure, but not having to be somewhere for something.

Think it's possible to memorize Matthew 5 through osmosis?

"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven." (Matthew 10:32)

No More Office Work! Hello School Work! Doh!

2006-09-15T00:22:00.000-03:00

I've been attending MCC for almost a week and a half now. It's been going pretty good, but exahusting at the same time. I finished work yesterday, so now that that's done and over with, I'll be able to devote more time to school work (and sleep, hehe). Actually I'll have more time to work on Camp stuff too, haha. I don't think I could have taken another week of going to work for 7am and not getting home until 10:00pm. That just doesn't leave me enough time for the reading, and school work, and reading, and reading, and reading, and...we have to do for MCC.

I think to myself everyday, "What am I doing?" Going to MCC? Leaving a job where I was making some nice $$$. Then I think I should be doing this, and I'll be able to use this to help others at some point and use it in the various things I do now. So many emotions and thoughts, and I not enough time to think it over. But after this weekend, I'll have time, and hopefully I'll see exactly where I'm going. I guess life would be pretty boring if you knew where you were heading at my age. Speaking of age, I found out I'm one of the oldest full-time students at MCC...holy cow that was weird! I'm used to always being the youngest at everything I do! Guess I'm getting old...but not as old as Matt McGonnell (just kidding Super Matt, but I guess it's true...right...) :P

Something to look forward to this Sunday, Camp Closing! Yes, awesome! Camp is amazing, and I'll be happy to be out there and to see so many people again even if it's only for an afternoon/evening. But not just that, I'll be getting Baptised at 5:00pm. And Ben Forman will be doing it! Thanks Ben! I'm so lucky to have so many supportive people from camp, college and church. It means a lot to know that I have so many people to rely on. Oh, and there will be a slideshow shown at camp just before that, which I still have to do...oh man...haha *cries*, well it's going to show what's happened at camp over the 2006 season so hopefully it'll be good...and if it's not you better pretend to love it anyway! But I know it's going to be good because we had an awesome summer, full of amazing campers, staff and volunteers. When you have people like this anything about them will be great!!!

Again, never cease to amaze myself, I've created yet another long boring post. And seeing as it's 12:30am, need to be up at 6:00am, time to get ready for bed! G'night all! And good morning, afternoon, and evening whenever you're reading this...if you're reading this...yes... ... ... period.

MCC

2006-09-06T10:31:00.000-03:00

Well, here we go. I attended my first class at MCC today at 8:00am, Oral Communication. We had to get up in front of the class and answer 6 questions. Wasn't so bad, but still a little weird getting up in front of people like that...so early...so soon.

I talked to Fred Osborne just yesterday at 4:00pm about attending MCC. Which is crazy, the day of registration, looking into attending college! I still have to get 3 refereneces, a transcript from high school, a transcript from college, and a police record check. Then fill out a couple more forms, and if I think this is right for me, and they let me stay, I'll be a student at MCC. Everything has been going so fast, and I'm so busy, and this is way out in left field!

But God will lead me where he sees fit, and if it's at MCC this year, then great! If not, I'm sure I'll find some other way to learn. And just because one door closes, doesn't mean there aren't any more opportunities else where. I still have a lot of other things I'd like to accomplish!

Life - A Hard Game to Play!

2006-09-04T18:00:00.000-03:00

Well here we are...Monday, September 4th, 2006. Most young'ns are heading back to school tomorrow. MCC (Maritime Christian College) starts up tomorrow too and classes begin Wednesday.

I have resigned from my position at CGI, but I'm not finished until Sept. 15th...I'd like to be able to attend MCC for a year, but I'm in a major time crunch. If I was done of work right now, I'd be all for it. But then there's the whole going to school and having to work at the same time. If I do that, then I don't have as much time for my volunteer work I do...and that's something I don't want to have to give up...I don't like saying "no".

Then there's a job at Sherwood Church of Christ, which I'd love to be able to take. It would be awesome to be able to do things for the church (well more than I have been). But the job is part-time and a lot less money then I was making from the job I'm leaving now. Money isn't everything, but basically, what it pays for the whole year, half of that would just go towards car payments. Insurance is crazy for a young male driver...

I'll have to get started on this slieshow for camp like ASAP too! They'd like to be able to show it at Camp Closing (Sept 17th, same day I get baptised!). It'll be roughly 10 minutes, consisting of 2 songs (first ~5 minutes and the second ~3 minutes 30 seconds) and interviews of the campers I took the last day of high school camp. I was actually hoping to possibly do more at camp closing for the slideshow...obviously that won't work now.

Well, time to get to work!

Summer has come and gone...

2006-08-30T23:24:00.000-03:00

The summer of 2006 has come to an end, and it was an awesome one! This year I was lucky enough be able to spend a lot more time at Canoe Cove Christian Camp. A place I truly love, full of amazing campers, staff and volunteers. It's awesome to see so many children, youth, and yes, us older folks to be able to come together and praise God! A place where you can surround yourself with other Christians who you can learn from and where you can escape from the temptations of the outside world.

Canoe Cove Christian Camp

Now that camp is over I've got a LOT of work to do! I have to sort through OVER 2500 camp pictures. And I still have pictures to get from other people! I hadn't realized I had so many, hahah...I have already started with the Grade 6&7 camp. I have the pictures narrowed down, and now have to rename, resize twice, and put up titles and descriptions, as well as code the HTML page. But...before I can do all that I have some "tweaking" I have to do, to the website.

Also, there's a promotional slideshow that has to be done for the entire camp season. Roughly 10 minutes in length including different interviews I had taken with campers from the high school camp. 'My Savior My God' will be the main song for this, may need a 2nd for this length.

Since I don't have enough work to do, I suggested possibly creating a Canoe Cove Christian Camp Calendar! One that we could sell as a fundraiser since the camp can use the money. I've done up a little example to see what it may look like, don't know if I'll share that though.

I'm planning to be baptized at Camp on Sept. 17th, 2006 at the Camp's Closing. It just wouldn't be the same if it were any other place.

March Break Out
You may or may not have heard of this, it's a Day Vacation Bible School we had over March Break in 2006. We had roughly 200 children attend which is an amazing turn out for our first year. Kids had Bible Study, Crafts, Chadder's Theatre, Gym, Snacks, Swimming, Skating, The Amazing Race, Singing, Dancing, and it was just an amazing week!

We had our follow-up party on August 26th. Although the turnout wasn't amazing, it was still nice to see some of the kids that attended that week. Can't wait until March Break Out 2007! We still have a lot of things to plan, but it's going to be awesome! :D

Check us out at www.marchbreakout.org Yes, another website I'm working on. A lot of work to be done on this one still.

Sherwood Church of Christ
Yes, the bestest church in the whole entire world! I love Sherwood, and the people there are awesome! I've met so many great people since I started attending last summer. It's a fun church and the children's programs are amazing! It's awesome to see a church so involved with the children and youth! So far my best experience, or time consuming one was the Jerusalem Marketplace we had over 5 weeks. I spent many days in the church panting, preparing, and setting up for this. And we had to set up and take down almost every week! The kids really enjoyed it, and not only that, but the parents were able to participate and I know they enjoyed it as well.

This summer, I took some time off work so I could help out during VBS! We had a pretty good turnout and I supervised the Crafts. What made VBS even more awesome, was the fact we entered a float into the Gold Cup and Saucer Parade! And we won first place for new entry! Our float was simply amazing! It was colorful, loaded with children, youth, and adults, and had live music!!! Hats off to the band for playing for so long, hehehe.

Uh...the church needs a website...we'll work on that sometime :)

My Life in General
Aside from all the volunteer work I do, and love, I can't say I have an overly exciting life. I work for a company called CGI at the Atlantic Technology Centre. I'm an Analyst, and we support various applications for Bell Canada. Something goes wrong we fix it, it's all software though. Can't say I overly like it. I can't be creative and I'm not really helping anyone here. My days there are numbered. I'm also having a mid-mid life crisis, haha. I'd love to go back to school, I just wish I could find the right program for ME! I love children, I like helping people, and I like to be creative. Any suggestions? :)

It's been 7 or 8 months since I've drawn anything...I had a few months where I was drawing portraits, which is nice. Wish I had more time for it, but I don't have the drive for that either. I usually only draw a few times a year. Short little spurts. I felt one coming on recently, but I don't have the time to devote to that sadly.

I've like to be able to play my violin more too! I'd love to be able to play the worship music at church! That would be awesome to be able to play like that. Not only are the songs great, but there's more meaning to it.

Well this is encredibly long, so I think I must click Publish now.