Drama with friends

Dreams do come true. Today was rocking. I have wanted to do a drama/and or dance for ages with my friends, and it just hasn't worked out until today. Thanks to my homegirl Miss Amber Webber, we are learning a sweet, rockin' drama. Ben, you make an awesome Jesus, and the rest of you, you fit your parts so well. We are going to do our big debut performance Saturday August 12 at 2:15pm. Check it out!

Thanks to my brothuhs and sistuhs for taking the time to do this. Is it fun or what???

My running friends!

So here we are ready warriors for our trek through the mountains. Honestly, this is my dear running/walking friend Darlene and her little darling Baby Jaena (sorry if I spelled that wrong Darlene). Darlene has been such a blessing in my life as she was an elementary school teacher for ten years. She has taught me so much about teaching and also about being a mom (when that time comes for me). She is a gift from God to me.

Adventures Upon the High Seas and Race Car Driving?

We began our fine adventure on a beautiful sunny day. 4 women, one man 5 flotation devices (including Toby the floating turtle as shown in picture)to brave the frigid waters of the Vedder River. After many an adventure and only narrowly escaping dangers and certain death, we emerged unscathed (sort of). 1 flat Toby inside 1 sinking dinghy containing a very chilly Amy and Bonnie, 1 very torn, bright yellow floatie inside the only surviving water floating object containing the shivering Denise and Amber minus a pair of sandals lost downstream. Finally one flimsy, near sinking red floatie from the 1950's (it had been my grandpa's) with a very cold Kurt on it. All in all a very successful days on the high seas of Chilliwack.



At night we headed to the movie theatre to watch some real high seas advetures- Pirates of the Caribbean II. Although the consensus seems to be that the first one was better, we had our share of adventures as before the movie started we were distracted by some of our findings upon the Mission Raceway.
Denichi woman connected us with some famous people-
the ever famous (can't remember his name).






Amber would not miss up the opportunity for a picture with her all time racing hero!








Kurtis givin' the thumbs up!









Do I look excited or what? We've won the prize on having a way too fun day!

Girls Bible study group

Here's our girl's night Bible study group. Are we hot chickees or what! They are the greatest friends a girl could ever ask for. I love you, ladies!





Yeah, my friends are tough and very cool. Look out! They could be coming after you.

Parents Gone

So my parents are gone for the month and I am the woman in charge. I get to do all the cleaning, cooking, watering the plants etc. etc. I'm just thinking wow there's a lot of work that my parents do!

Seems like with them gone my values or should I say values I've grown up with get tested. I know I'm 25 I should have it semi-worked out what I really believe and what's important to me, but it just seems like My Father God's laying everything in my life raw before Him and just covering it all in His love. Tough but good.

What do I really want to live pursuing? dreams of my own? helping fulfill other people's dreams? Having fun? a relationship with God? What should that look like for me? Hours in prayer and Bible reading? Working on a job? I guess I just gotta trust in His love. He brought me this far. He can bring me in. I trust in love.

The Times They are a Changin'

I hope Bob Dylan wouldn't mind me using his song title, but I think it's rather fitting in my life right now. It's time for an end to just dreaming about doing stuff. It's time to do the stuff! I've been dreaming about being a voice for children especially for kids in Africa and the Middle East.

I'm just a girl whose heart has been broken for long enough about children being kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda to be used as soldiers or sex slaves. I don't tend to get angry about much, but that sets me off. So September, yeah only one month away, I am planning a trip to Uganda to visit an orphanage where some of these children have been rescued and brought to a safe home.