Well it's been a year since Luana and I moved our family up to the other Tdot. It's been a fun and hard and fast paced year.
And 2011 is looking awesome. There are so many new opportunities coming into view that I really can't wait to explore.
But today i'm enjoying sitting in my kitchen with a cup of tea and thinking about the year gone bye. I supposed I could talk about what happened in ministry or the adventures with our house but the story that's striking me today is that our fridge is slowly filling up with the pictures of new friends in Thunder Bay.
It's taken the better part of a year, but our lives are literally filled with fridge worthy friends.
If you're one of them and i don't have your picture, better send me one soon or you might end up on the dishwasher :)
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
P90X Workout
A bunch of us at Redwood have started p90x.
I'm not going to lie to you, it's going really well.
I'm not going to lie to you, it's going really well.
Ghosts
Me: But there's no such thing as real Ghosts?
Esther: maybe we just say that cause they're all hiding in abandoned churches?
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Esther's story
OK before i get into it, You should understand that it's September.
That means that there are a million more things to do than normal.
Kids need new clothes, supplies, shoes etc in time for school, cross country, church whatever.
And all of the programs at church are kicking off.
I'm in a state of eternally playing catch up.
This week i skipped the day off cause i was in Southern ontario serving on a district committee. Got home tuesday night and jumped right back in on Wednesday with a full day of meetings.
This morning i was planning on ticking a lot of boxes because next week we're on Staff "retreat" on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and i need to get some stuff off my place so next week when we're back, i can be in message prep mode as i've got two assignments approaching. Instead i spent the morning spending some really good time with a fellow staff member who i needed to connect with. Good time, but no boxes ticked.
I checked the email before rushing home to watch Esther while Luana goes to School, and my inbox was full of new boxes.
I got home and Luana, who had been working like crazy all morning greeted me with a list of things i needed to do so she could jump right back in when she gets home with her list.
I wolfed down a bite and fed Esther lunch and started working my way through the honey do list when I noticed that Esther was talking to me and had been for who knows how long.
I paused from loading the dishwasher to hear her story.
"There was a girl named mary who had a sister" And Mary's sister was busy getting ready for lunch because God came over. but Mary listened to God instead.
And God said, you don't have to be in such a rush."
To say i was rattled a bit is an understatement. I didn't know what to say. I sat down next to her and pulled on onto my lap and gave her a hug so she wouldn't see me cry. I asked her how she got so smart.
She reminded me she goes to school.
I need a say a couple things now.
I need to say thank-you to Heather and Mark and the whole team in Children's Ministry at Redwood park for helping my daughter get so smart.
I need to tell you that i love pouring my life into people so that they can learn to hear from God and take steps of obedience and purpose and spend their lives walking with him.
I know that everything i do at Redwood is really important. So if i haven't gotten to something i said i would do or something you hoped i would do, i'm sorry. I really am. I've just been reminded that there's something really important i need to do right now.
That means that there are a million more things to do than normal.
Kids need new clothes, supplies, shoes etc in time for school, cross country, church whatever.
And all of the programs at church are kicking off.
I'm in a state of eternally playing catch up.
This week i skipped the day off cause i was in Southern ontario serving on a district committee. Got home tuesday night and jumped right back in on Wednesday with a full day of meetings.
This morning i was planning on ticking a lot of boxes because next week we're on Staff "retreat" on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and i need to get some stuff off my place so next week when we're back, i can be in message prep mode as i've got two assignments approaching. Instead i spent the morning spending some really good time with a fellow staff member who i needed to connect with. Good time, but no boxes ticked.
I checked the email before rushing home to watch Esther while Luana goes to School, and my inbox was full of new boxes.
I got home and Luana, who had been working like crazy all morning greeted me with a list of things i needed to do so she could jump right back in when she gets home with her list.
I wolfed down a bite and fed Esther lunch and started working my way through the honey do list when I noticed that Esther was talking to me and had been for who knows how long.
I paused from loading the dishwasher to hear her story.
"There was a girl named mary who had a sister" And Mary's sister was busy getting ready for lunch because God came over. but Mary listened to God instead.
And God said, you don't have to be in such a rush."
To say i was rattled a bit is an understatement. I didn't know what to say. I sat down next to her and pulled on onto my lap and gave her a hug so she wouldn't see me cry. I asked her how she got so smart.
She reminded me she goes to school.
I need a say a couple things now.
I need to say thank-you to Heather and Mark and the whole team in Children's Ministry at Redwood park for helping my daughter get so smart.
I need to tell you that i love pouring my life into people so that they can learn to hear from God and take steps of obedience and purpose and spend their lives walking with him.
I know that everything i do at Redwood is really important. So if i haven't gotten to something i said i would do or something you hoped i would do, i'm sorry. I really am. I've just been reminded that there's something really important i need to do right now.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Self disclosure
It's been a while since i've posted so i thought i'd do a little self disclosure.
1. today i'm trying to listen for His voice. I'm feeling off centre. I need his voice today.
2. I finally got my exercise ball inflated again. Goodbye deskchair, hello abs of steel.
3. This afternoon the electrical is coming to my house to inspect the work of the electrician... who overcharged me.
1. today i'm trying to listen for His voice. I'm feeling off centre. I need his voice today.
2. I finally got my exercise ball inflated again. Goodbye deskchair, hello abs of steel.
3. This afternoon the electrical is coming to my house to inspect the work of the electrician... who overcharged me.
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