Grad Photos

Me and Natashia. As you may notice we aren't wearing any shoes. That is because Natashia, Sarah and I decided to walk down the aisle for grad barefoot. We left our shoes at the pew at the back of the church. We said it was in memory of our time in India.

Natashi, Kjel, Me and Sarah W. The four of us were a group in India. We taught together and went to Gospel Meetings together.

Me and Sarah. For some reason whenever Sarah and I take pictures together it looks like she doesn't want to be in them.

Me and my "roommates" Lennae and Natashia. I wasn't actually there roommate but I spent enough time there I could of been.

The Lewis D-Group Girls- Erin, Me, Natashia and Michelle

The Lewis D-Group Girls pretending to do the funky chicken.

Sarah, Natashia and I with way to much flash.

Me, Allison and Sarah.
Natashia, Me and Sarah
Natashia, me and Sarah Again
Natashia, me and Sarah we have this similiar photo from various events during the year.



Being gone from CLBI hasn't gotten any easier. The internet helps to stay in touch but yet it also makes it harder. Knowing your friends are sad or depressed and there isn't much you can do about it is really annoying. I wish I could just be there to give them a hug.

It's over it's over it's all over now

So the time has come. Let me start with the last 8 months have gone by so incredibly fast. Eight months ago when I started the 2nd year program I didn't know any of the other 2nd year students but now today 8 months later 2 of my closest friends are from the 2nd year program. I just had to say good bye to one of them and it was really hard plus the fact that she didn't leave right after I said good bye it just kind of dragged out. The other one I have to say good bye to at the airport tomorrow night. Won't that be fun. She has an international flight and I have a domestic flight so won't it be fun for me going through security all red eyed and emotional tomorrow.
This year has been an amazing year of good times and hard times that after going through have brought joy. I don't even really know what else to say how do you sum up 8 months of your life and gaining some of the closest friends you will ever have?

I guess I close with thanks be to God

Reflection on the year

So only 4 more sleeps and 4 1/2 days remain before my life at CLBI ends. I am very sad to say that in just a few short days I will have to say good bye to some incredibly close friends of mine. I have posted some photos below of a few of my favorite memories.

Sarah and I at the Guys Party for the Girls in November.

Natashia and I at the Guys Party for the Girls.

Shannon and I at the Guys Party for the Girls in November.

Me, Natashia and Sarah inside the Kinger water factory in India

During the few weeks before Christmas there were various decorating challenges. The one day was Nativity scene so 2nd floor got all dressed up and did a live nativity scene it was pretty sweet.

Natashia, Sarah and I outside the kinger water factory in India. We drank kinger water everyday while in Chirala.

A little girl and I at the fishing village in India

Vardhini and I at her Bible School grad in India.

The whole group of the random fashion show people from back in September.

Sarah B, Erin L, Michelle S and Natashia W on the hike up the mountain at the beginning of the year.
Shannon getting to begin the hike down the mountain at the beginning of the year.

Michelle S, Me, Natashia W a random fashion show at about 1 in the morning back in September.

To all of you who helped to make my year at CLBI so amazing..THANK YOU I love you so much.

Coming to the end

Let me start with I hate Alberta Weather. On Tuesday I was in the courtyard with shorts and a t-shirt reading not we have like four inches of slushy snow. Anyways...

So the time has come...Only nine days left of school. I thought leaving CLBI was hard the first time it is going to be even harder this time. This year has been such a great year a time of growing and stretching for me. Yesterday I had my discernment session where myself my d-group leader a staff member of my choice and two close friends met and discussed the answers to the questions I had written. It was a very encouraging and affirming time.

This year I have made some amazing friends that I know I am going to have for the rest of my life. This year there have been many laughs, many jokes and even some tears but I wouldn't go back now and change any of those moments.

I ask that you would pray for all the students right now as this is a hard time as emotions begin to become very strong as the end of the year approaches.

Hopefully I can see some of you over the summer.

:)

heart broken the full story

So yesterday I was in a wedding. There was a cute boy and we danced for like 7 or 8 songs and then he just left and abondoned me on the dance floor. My heart was broken and I was very sad. Who leaves a girl alone on a dance floor just because it is past their bed time?? Ok maybe I should explain I wasn't actually heart broken because the boy was the ring bearer and he was three years old. He was so adorable. He started to like me when we were at photos. He would walk around and hold my hand. He even shared half his candy with me.
At the wedding the bridesmaids were suppose to go and dance when the step dad cut in on the dance of the father with the bride. Problem was there were only three groomsmen and five bridesmaids plus all the groomsmens were married so they had their wives. So I decided to dance with the ring bearer. We danced and then it was time for him to go after we finsihed doing the chicken dance he was so cute. So he left and put his pajamas on and I ended up holding his little brother and we wasn't leaving yet and he saw me holding his brother and came over and led me back onto the dance floor. It was so cute. At one point his grand parents wanted to cut in and I was like "I don't think he will let you cut in" and the lady responded "were his grandparents" and I was like "ok" So his grandma took his hand and I let go of his other one so his grandpa could take it and the little boy(Trevor) dropped his Grandma's hand and took both of mine. It was so adorable. Then after s few more songs it was time for him to go. It was fun.
The wedding ceremory was really good, we took photos at the church inside because it was so cold outside, but I still think they will turn out really good.
That's it for now.

Heart Broken

I had my heart broken by a boy tonight......I think I might cry

CONFESSIONS TOUR

YOU NEED TO COME AND CHECK THIS SHOW OUT IT IS AMAZING

TOUR SCHEDULE


March 246:54pm Saskatoon, SK [Redeemer Lutheran]


March 2510:30am Saskatoon, SK [Rock of Ages]


7pm Elbow, SK [Bethel Lutheran]


March 2610:45am Outlook, SK [LCBI Chapel]7:30 pm


Regina, SK [Faith Lutheran]


March 277:30 pm Frontier, SK [Bethel Lutheran]


March 287:30 pm Lethbridge, AB [Good Shepherd Lutheran]


March 297:30 pm Calgary, AB [Emmanuel Community]


March 307:30 pm Sherwood Park, AB [Bethel Lutheran]


March 317 pm Westlock, AB [Westlock Gospel Chapel]


April 1 9 & 10:15 am Stony Plain, AB [Immanuel Lutheran]7 pm Camrose, AB [Messiah Lutheran]

http://clbi.edu/choir/index.html

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I am stressed

I've been Tagged

Hey So I have been tagged and I am not very happy about it so instead of posting five random facts about myself I am going to post about five things that annoy me.

1. When people don't reply to personal e-mails
2. When people don't go and visit other people
3. When people don't tell you that they are mad at you
4. When people say "oh there a click" yet they have a click of their own
5. When people force you to be fake with them.

So there it is five things that annoy me.

I am not tagging anyone else.

India Pics

Ok so these first two photos are of me and Sarah not being very culturally acceptable. opps. You see it was really hot that day and Sarah and I decided we wanted to tan so we went into the sun for maybe ten minutes cause it was so hot. So after we wanted to cool off so we hopped into the wash area. It was amazing. The water was cool and our hair felt so good after because it was the first time it had water pressure on it in weeks so all the soap from earlier was able to wash out.

Sarah and Sarah a student from school. Shakanya is the girl with the flower in her hair.

Sarah and a lady at a Gospel Meeting

This little girl was so adorable I almost brought her home. She said ok and her mom also said I could bring her home.

Natashia, Sarah and I at the kinger water factory. We drank mostly kinger water when we were there and the factory was also located right next to the school.

Natashia and I at the beach making “sand castles” there was rice patties, watering hole, outhouse and huts.
Natashia, Vardhini and I on the way to the boat on the way to fisherman’s village.
Natashia and I on top of the church at Fisherman’s Village.

This is me getting wrapped up in my sari. I never really learned how to do it because there was always someone to wrap me like Natashia or Vardhini.
The students in the morning doing the anthem and the pledge.
Vardhini and I at the beach.

This is of our team on the way to India at the Wycliffe Centre in High Wycombe England.

INDIA

So here is the blog that you have all been patiently waiting for. Oh wait most of you haven’t been patient and have been constantly harassing me so I decided that it was time that I try to put together my thoughts and feelings about my time in India. I will try to tell you some stories and highlights but I won’t be able to tell you everything. Time and my typing skills don’t allow for it. Plus I don’t want you to be bored.

So on the way back to Canada we were at Heathrow and I was talking to Natashia a fellow India team member and I was told her how I almost got emotional on the plane watching a movie and how I felt I just needed to go and sit somewhere and cry. But it never happened. So we arrived in Edmonton and I was walking with Natashia and I said to her I don’t feel like I can breath I don’t know why I was just feeling confused about coming back to school and I didn’t know what to think or feel. So we got to the top of the escalator where you come down and then go out the doors and I was like I can’t do this so I went to the end of the line. When I got to the bottom I realized that there was a large group of CLBI students and I was suddenly overwhelmed and just started to cry. I hugged my old roommate first but from then on I just stood where I was and only hugged those who came to me. I couldn’t move it was like I was frozen. I could see some really close friends and I still couldn’t move to see them. It was very strange.

That was almost a month ago and I think I have adjusted to being back in Canada now. Our first two weeks in India was spent teaching English at St. Pauls Lutheran School. Kjel, Natashia, Sarah and I were in a group teaching. We went to five different classes a day and spent 45 mins to an hour with them teaching about the Fruits of the Spirit, English songs and lots of games of Hang Men. Then in the evenings our group would alternate with the other group and go to Gospel meetings. At the Gospel meetings we would share our drime, sing an English song and then just sit at the front while the two pastors that were with us from Canada would each preach. Lots of times we would either be served Sprite, Tea or a sweet coffee drink. After the meetings almost all the people would come up to the front for prayer and in most cases we would pray for them but occasionally it would just be the Pastor’s. After our two and a half weeks in Chirala we traveled 10 hours to a more mountainous region called Piler. We spend four days there and did Gospel meetings and some sight seeing. So I will sum up my trip with it was amazing and I really enjoyed the time. If you want more info lets go for coffee sometime or just give me a call at the school.

On my way home

After a tearful goodbye I am on my way home. I am in Heathrow right now. We didn't go to sleep before going to the airport at midnight so we were pretty tired. Thankfully I slept on the plane. Long line ups were annoying. I will post more about India when I get home.

Bites, Bites, Bites

Ok so this will be brief. My legs from just above my knees to my feet are covered with bites. I counted the bites on my one leg and I counted almost 50. You should see them they are kinda gross. I look like I am on Survivor. I will post a pic of it when I get back to Canada. The other night Sarah said with all the rice we have been eating it is like we are on Survivor India and I was like Out Sing, Out Pray, Out Save! and then I proceeded to laugh Natashia says I was laughing hysterically. Anyways I should go I need to do a few things before going back to the school.

Take Care

How crazy I am in India

This will be breif because I am in India and we have an India Team Blog you can check for more details.

Ok so life has been crazy I got over jet lag rather quickly after finally getting to lie down and sleep. We have been busy at the school teaching the children. Some of us have had the opportunities to go to Gospel Meetings and have had amazing experiences there.

The people here are amazing and their hospitality is crazy. We don't open our own doors or do our laundry or other things.

So today we went to church and I had an awakard experience with my sari which is the women's outfit that you wrap and your stomach is showing (I know me showing my stomach crazy) then we got back and I was getting out of it I noticed that my stomach was coloured from the dye in the shirt so I was frustrated standing there in my bra when the little lady who always randomly comes in my room just comes in and stares at me. I freaked I was like I am tired of being looked at. Sarah and Natashia were trying to be supportive but they thought it was pretty funny. Then when I noticed my armpits were blue they were both laughing hysterically and were no longer supportive. Don't worry I have a picture of it.

That is it for now check the team blog for more details

love cat

LARIAM®....

...also known as Mefloquine is the type of anti malaria pills that I need to take for my upcoming trip to India. So I was reading through the patient information sheet and it is like those commercials you see on tv for drugs that say side effects may include and they go on and on. Here are some of the possible side effects
-Severe anxiety
-Feelings that people are against them
-Hallucinations(ex. seeing or hearing things that aren't there)
-Depression
-Unusual Behavior
-Feeling Disoriented
-"Some patients taking 'Lariam' think about killing themselves, and there have been rare reports of suicides. It is not known whether 'Lariam' was responsible for these suicides."

Yeah kind of crazy I would hope that if they were responsible for the suicides then they would stop selling the pills.

People have also said that I will most likely experience crazy dreams keep checking the blog because if I have a crazy one I will share it with you. Maybe.

Anyways I should go hopefully any side effects I get will be minimal.

IN ONE WEEK I AM GOING TO.................................................

India.... I know it is crazy to think that in a week I will be on a plane on my way to India. I am excited. I know it is going to be an amazing time. Please pray for me and the team.

Missing people already

So this will be short my parents have friends over so I should go and be social. I just wanted everyone to know I am safe at home. I hope you are all doing well. I know it has only been just over 48hrs since I left school but I already miss my friends. It's hard when you see them all the time to then be at home and not be able to see them. Miss you guys and love you I will post more later.

My life

So I know my posting has been lacking lately and I am sorry for that.

So my room is clean and I really love having it that clean and am enjoying being in it a lot more often. Thanks to my friends Sarah W and Natashia who got it started for me. I then spent two hours finishing cleaning it. I even cleaned my closet. (Mum you would be proud {no pun intended} )

The trip plans are all coming together. I am excited to go. More info about Prayer Requests can be found on my prayer blog.

School is great and I am so thankful for the friends that I have made. This morning was my friend Erin's birthday so I made her breakfast in bed. I made her a Belgium waffle.(Tasha I have expanded and can make good egg sandwiches and now also waffles.)

Class this week is Missions prep which is nice to tie up the details and also give us a light homework week.

I am going to Creston hopefully on the 16th for Christmas and we might go to Summerland to my aunt's for the 23rd to the 26th. I am really hoping this happens otherwise it will be just me and my parents in Creston which will be a little odd for me.

I gotta go my neck is really sore and I need to do some reading before basketball and I also have night class tonight.

Take Care

Almost Clean

So my room is almost cleaned. I was gone today babysitting and while I was gone a girl or somegirls basically cleaned my room. So right now I am in the process of putting away things that they didn't know where they went. Thank you to the girls or girl who cleaned my room.

Laundry

I hate not having any clean laundry

A New blog

So this blog is to keep you updated on my life and what is happening. I also wanted somewhere I could post prayer requests so I created another blog. The link is below please check it out.

http://catsprayerrequests.blogspot.com/

The Party

Hey Everyone so I thought I would tell you about what I did last night. Yesterday was the Guys party for the Girls. Every year at CLBI the guys throw a party for the girls and vice versa. The day started with Breakfast in the Co-Ed at 11:00am. We had some yummy pancakes and sat there while the boys asked what we wanted and made our pancakes accordingly. After that we had some free time until we had to be in the Co-Ed again at One. When we got there we were given a clue and sent out on a scavenger hunt trying to find out who kidnapped the don. It was like a big game of clue. We had to go to five different places and it took two hours to complete. When we were finally finished we went back to the school and had three hours to get ready. We got ready and went to the Co-Ed. We were then escorted in groups of four to the caf. There we were announced and went in the Caf one by one. The boys had done an AMAZING job decorating. Sorry to the boys I went to CLBI with my first year but these boys did a way better job decorating it didn't even look like the cafeteria. They had paper up around part of it that was sponge painted to look like bricks. Then the rest was covered in black. They had also lit one part up to look like a city sky line. After everyone was seated we were served an awesome dinner. Then had a time of worship. We ended the night with a dance. The music was swing/jazzy type music. It was so much fun and it was sad when the evening came to an end. It seem like it flew by. Thanks to the boys of CLBI for throwing a great party and making the girls feel special.

Photos from Party

Hannah and Erin doing I don't know what.

So the other photos of me and Erin didn't turn out only this one did but I like it I think it's cute.

Me and Hannah. (note about Hannah : She is American and therefore tends to be a little violent and has been known to jab her fingers into people's chests.{note: she is sitting right beside me as I post this.})

Photos from the Party

This is a photo of me and Naomi we took it to replace the photo she has in a frame of the two of us from the party my first year.

These are the Lewis D- Group Girls : Erin, Natashia, Michelle and myself.

This is Shannon and me.

This is me and Tasha we were roommates for a month and a half.

This is me and Shannon and it is also my favorite photo from the party.

Photos from the Party

This is Allison, me and Natashia

This is Nat Wurm and me

This is me and Sarah it doesn't look like it but she did really want to be in the photo.

This is a picure of the boys dancing to N'Sync's Bye Bye Bye There was seven of them doing it.

This is me and Nat Wurm again and Allison's fingers above my head.


This is what the centre of the tables looked like at the Party.

Me and Shannon at about one in the morning
doing a random fashion show.

My friend Erin who is in my Discipleship Group

sitting by the fire waiting for dinner I think?

This is a photo of a canoe from the canoe trip in September

Question

What do you think about midwives?

My Nose

So I might of broke my nose the doctor doesn't really know. I was playing basketball on friday and I screened Greg and he turned and smacked his head into me nose. There was a loud crunching/cracking noise. Surprisingly I did not bleed but I did cry for about three minutes and Shannon took me to the hospital. The Doctor said he didn't want to do anything he wanted to wait for the swelling to go down before he does anything. Also Shannon had to wake me up in the middle of the night in case I had a head injury. So I am planning on e-mailing my mum some pics so she can make a decision about my nose. Anyways I should go. Take Care

Please Pray

So in about two hours time I will leave on a 24 hour solo trip. As part of the class this week was an optional 24 trip. We were able to choose whether we wanted to be inside or outside. We also then got to decide whether or not we wanted to water fast, daniel fast(fruits and veggies only) or meals. So I choose outside with a daniel fast. I know how I am and I would find a church inside way to distracting. So if you could pray for my time that would be great. I know this is going to be a very very stretching experience for me. Pray that God would direct me and guide me and that he would speak to me during this time.

Happy Thanksgiving

So life has been busy. Adjusting to classes and everything else that we do at school. Because it is thanksgiving the dorms were locked thursday afternoon and we can't get back into them until tonight. So I am in Tofield at my friend Erin's house. It has been a good weekend. Erin was gone from friday morning to sunday morning so that left me with lots of time to get to know her parents and her two younger sisters. Anyways I should go I will post more later. Take Care

Happy Thanksgiving

So life has been busy. Adjusting to classes and everything else that we do at school. Because it is thanksgiving the dorms were locked thursday afternoon and we can't get back into them until tonight. So I am in Tofield at my friend Erin's house. It has been a good weekend. Erin was gone from friday morning to sunday morning so that left me with lots of time to get to know her parents and her two younger sisters. Anyways I should go I will post more later. Take Care

Sorry

Hey Everyone I am sorry that I haven't posted a blog lately but my life is really crazy and I am trying to find balance. I will work on a sweet update blog soon. sorry.

Day 3 at CLBI

Hey everyone so in class today we were talking about personalities and I found out that I am an otter. Confused check out the test to see what you are. http://www.dnaofrelationships.com/assessments/personalitytest.html want to know more about my being an otter check out http://www.dnaofrelationships.com/assessments/personalitytestinterp.html
( note the names have changed I would be the social director.)

So let me know what you think about my being an otter and see if you can figure out what my second one is.

Take Care

God Bless

Day 2 at CLBI

So it's only day two and God is already working and I know that shouldn't surprise me. I know that God is changing the way I view things and what he has planned for my life. He is definitely opening my eyes and letting me know that I can do anything thorough him. So I would ask for your prayers as I explore what exactly that looks like. God Bless.

Day 1 at CLBI

OK I am super exhausted right now even though it is only 8:30 so I am going to try and keep this short. I arrived at school and have started to settle in. I make a mistake on my application and wrote that I wanted a single room which is not what I wanted so for the time being I have no roommate but who knows what will happen. I look forward to hearing from all of you. Take Care.

Two weeks to go

Hey So I know it has been like a month again since I last wrote but I have been very busy and don't have internet at home so that makes it really hard. So on the 27th or maybe it's the 28th I will make the drive up to Camrose with my parents and start my second year at CLBI. It has been three and a half years since I have been there. So yeah I am pretty excited about that. For those of you who don't really know about CLBI check out the website www.clbi.edu I hope to post fairly regularly when I am at school so you guys know what is happening with me. Take Care

So Busy

Hey Everyone I know it has been forever since I posted. I don't have the internet at home anymore so that makes it hard to post. I have been really busy. Right now I am in Mission preparing for Natasha's wedding on Saturday. I will be a bridesmaid in it. Last week I was in Vegas for four days thirteen of us girls went and celebrated the upcoming wedding. All I will say about Vegas is that it is a interesting place. Once I learn how to post photos and I will get some on here look forward to hearing from you guys.

I hate cleaning

So when I am cleaning my room, if I only have like an hour or two because I have plans then I can get it done no prob. But if I have a whole free day to do it then I will take that long to do it. Why is that?? I should be starting to clean right now cause I need to move my room to the basement. The room down there isn't as nice but at least it is alot cooler. Anyone want to help me move stuff??

Going and Going

I feel like I just keep going and going. I think if I was to stop then I would get sick because right now my body is running in fast forward. I can't see an end anytime in the near future. Maybe in late May or June I will take sometime away. If anyone knows of some nice cheap close place that I could just chill and relax at then let me know. Maybe someone's farm or something. I am not sure where this week has gone it has seemed so crazy maybe that is due to me taking the bus to work. My friend from my old work place came back from Ethiopia today she had gone home and visited family and had been gone for like six months. So it was really nice to see her I was pretty excited. Anyways I know that I owe most of you e-mail and I will try and let to do that sometime soon but for now the blog will have to do.

Sally isn't doing so well.

As some of you may know I refer to my car as Sally. While my little red Nissan Sentra XE had some problems over the weekend. I had gone up to Camrose for CLBI grad and it was being a little odd but not to bad. So then I started to drive home last night and it was making a funny noise so I pulled over and it stalled on me while I was going 80kms a hour. Then I thought maybe it was the oil. But it wasn't then I couldn't get it to start again. So I called the Lewis's and Rob came and he got it started and by this point I had already called Amy S and had her book me a flight back on the same flight as her. Then I drove the car back to Camrose and parked it at Canadian Tire. Then Rob took them the key for me this morning. They called and said that it would be about 4hours of labor and they "think" it's the timing belt. Then they told me that it could be the head and that would be like 10 hours of work and I would be looking at $1500.00 work, I was like I don't think so I only paid $1100.00 for the car. So I decided to not get the work done. Rob went and parked it for me at CLBI I will go up there as soon as I can and attempt to drive it down and then will have my mechanic look at it. If there is major work to be done then I will just have to get rid of her. Did I mention that earlier in the day I had gone to the dollar store and I realized that I didn't have my cell with me and I was like shoot I must of dropped it. When I got back to the school I found it and someone had driven over it and the front display screen was cracked. But don't get me wrong I don't want you guys to think I had a horrible time because that wasn't the case I really had a good time.