When there never was...

This morning when i walked into the Hamp's house before morning devotions, my ex-neighbor Jim McAlonan said good morning! This is the day that the Lord has made. It always amazing to me to see how he is always looking to God's strength for what seems like every single aspect of his life. Whenever i am talking to him, it seems it always comes back to God, i don't think there are tons of people who can say that about when they are talking to me. Sometimes i question what is most important in my life, and ive heard it said that if you love something you will talk about it all the time, like a guy always talking about his girlfriend, or his new car, and i know i dont talk a lot, but i know i don't talk about God as much as i claim to love Him. Hopefully this doesn't lead me to just talking about God more, but to loving Him more, and in turn if that is my obsession, then i won't have a problam with never talking about it, because it will just then come naturally. That's what i was thinkin about today, Thanks Jim!

Gone Fishin'

Well at least we were in a fishing boat... This past weekend the staff and tread crew went across the mighty ocean to Al and Elaine Richards' cabin, wow was it ever nice... it was a good relaxing weekend' but i feel way more tired coming home then before we left. It was a good time, there was plenty of time to do pretty much whatever we wanted, from playing catch, to exploring the beach, to... the best of all... sleeping! mmm, a change of atmosphere is always good. I loved waking up and looking out over the water, there was always a layer of fog over the mountains, and it gradually disappeared as the morning progressed, it was beautiful.
this week i booked my plane ticket to Calgary, i am really excited about that, i cant wait to see all the people i haven't seen in what feels like so long. The future is always an interesting concept, I never know whats going to happen, but I always seem to think i can tell it what to do.. it doesn't normally work. I hope in the near future of half an hour i will be asleep, this is what i aspire. Now i will chase my dreams....

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Time flies when your having fun, and im having fun. It's always a cliche statement to say it seems like yesterday that we started the school year, but in a way it does. There is still a long ways to go, but it seems to be goin quicker than usual. This morning at living hope church, some of the Tread team did the music, that was pretty fun, i enjoy playin with them now. I've been thinking lately of what it means to be united. Through planning a lesson and talk to the chuch, I've realized again, (not something new), that this is something i am bad at, im not the most talkative person around, and you will often find me isolating myself, or sticking to groups of 2 or 3. But i guess stepping out of your comfort zone is a good thing, even though it may be uncomfortable. talking about uncomfortable i sang a song with josh for special music today and i have never sung into a mic or in front of anyone before, so that was fun... but i know its good to do things sometimes that you dont want to, i think i need to be more open with people and start to involve myself more in groups. so, thats what ive been thinkin about a bit.

I had the pleasure of seeing three of my favorite friends Jen, Hannah, and Arron this weekend, and I realized how nice it is to take a bit of a break-it's refreshing. We had an excellent turkey dinner at the Jacobson's, where we weighed in and out and I gained 4.5 pounds (did i say it was good?) We also went surfing on Friday which was rad, the weather couldn't have been better! It was good to get away... We started up floor hockey this week and it was a blast, we do it every Thursday up in Cumberland. When I was in grade 7 that was my first encounter with YFC, and with God for that matter. Stef and Charlie were running it then, and Stef invited me out to youth group at the community church that he was youth Pastoring in Cumberland. So I am excited to be a part of that now, I know what kind of an impact it can have on someone's life.

This past weekend at Underground, Richard was speaking on Thanksgiving, and what that meant. We were asked in our small groups to write down 5 things that we are really thankful for, and look at it over the weekend each day and to pray for those things. I was surprised at how it impacted me, and realized that we should all do this way more often.

to the hills

it's been a good week. yesterday a bunch of us set out to conquer the mighty trails of Cumberland, and conquer them we did. a few of us had less than par bikes, but that never held anyone back, it was all or nothing in this extravagant adventure. so the other bits of my week were here and there, i have been thinking a lot about how disciplines affect one persons life. it seems to be everywhere, weather it be at Underground, Focus weekend, class, and life! Maybe someone is hinting at or warning me... that maybe i need to take some time out of my day and think, and talk to God, becuase when i busy myself too much, i seem to have no time for that. Im looking forward to this next week, i am planning on catching up in school, so that i have some time to breathe.