Leaving Mission

So I have been in Mission the last week visiting friends and tonight I fly to Cranbrook to stay with my parents for two weeks. The week has been good, going shopping, and just hanging out. It has also bee kind of a hard week as it is the first week being gone from CLBI. Which means I have spent alot of time on facebook and MSN. How is eveyone else dealing wtih not being at CLBI? I know am not the only one checking my MSN and facebook alot. How is everyone doing?

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.