Missions Fest!!

Well, we all just got home last night from a busy and very overwhelming weekend on the mainland! We left Thursday morning for Vancouver because we were going to go to Missions Fest. I have been to Missions Fest before and I was super exited about looking around at all the booths and talking to as many people as I could! It was really great because we slept in a church that wasn't too far from Missions Fest, but before we went to Missions Fest on Friday, we went to visit a Mosque and a Hindu Temple. To say the least, it was interesting. I learned a lot about the culture and religion, but I don't know how comfortable I am with it. I guess I'm not supposed to be comfortable with it because it's not what I believe and it's wrong, but there were some similarities that could be found between Muslim and Christianity. But there were HUGE and jarring differences between both Muslim and Hindu compared to Christianity. It was a good experience but I don't think that I would ever do it again. I liked learning about it, and I don't think that I will stop learning about other religions, I am just not comfortable sitting in their place of worship, knowing that they are wrong and so lost, and not being able to do anything or to tell them the truth about Jesus. It was an exhausting morning! Then that afternoon and all day Saturday, we were at Missions Fest. I went to many seminars and talked to many people and I am still not clear at all about where I want to go or what I want to do. And surprisingly, I didn't talk to any schools. I don't know what to think about that, and I don't regret my decision about not talking to them. I talked mostly with one lady who has a mission in Haiti, called God's Littlest Angels. It's a volunteer position nursing sick Haitian babies and children back to health. I think it would be absolutely incredible to nurse and save these children who can be used for God's Kingdom! I would love it sooo much, so I am definitely looking more into that. And I may have found a job for the summer, and I am super pumped about that. I could potentially be Child Care Supervisor from the end of April to the end of August. But we will have to see about that! There are many things that I need to just sit down with God with and talk it all out and listen to His voice. So, there's an update for you from me!!! Talk to you later!!

Relaxing Week Up Mt. Washington

So, last week we went up to Mt. Washington! That was a blast! We were there for the whole week and we stayed in the sweetest lodge ever! There were two sides and three hot tubs and we were right on the mountain so we could easily go back and forth from the mountain all day. I was learning how to snowboard the first two days that we were there, then on Wedneday we went snowhoeing and it was incredible! The view was absolutely gorgeous and we could see Mt. Albert Edward, the mountain that we climbed at the beginning of the year. Words can't even describe the beauty that was bestowed upon us that day! The next day, we went to get our rental snowboards and we were back out on the mountain snowboarding. My very first run of the day, I go to sit on the chair lift and I am with Downey. Keep in mind it is first thing in the morning and everything was covered in a thin layer of frost before you judge me. So I go to sit down and I feel right away that I am not completely on the seat and we start to get higher and I slip right out of the seat and fall about 10 ft. It was not one of the best experiences ever. Needless to say, I didn't go boarding again after that. But I did have a glorious time napping and hanging out in the hot tub! The whole trip was amazing regardless of the pain that was inflicted! And since we have been back here at school, it has been a mad rush to get papers done and getting ready for the class that we have tomorrow. Tomorrow we have our first Intro. to Christian Theology class....I am super pumped about it! Here are some pics from the best trip ever!!!

I'm Back!

I am finally back at school! I have been here for about a week and a half now, and I have been having soooo much fun! Getting here though was quite the adventure. I flew back with Jon, but our first flight was delayed a looonnngg time! By the time we caught our flight, we had already missed our transfer flight in Calgary. So Westjet, gave us both food and hotel vouchers. That was pretty sweet. So Jon and I finally arrived in Calgary and we got into our hotel room at 2 am and we were sooo exhausted that we just crashed! Then we had to catch an early flight the next morning. It was a fun adventure, but as soon as we got here we had class. We were late for class by a couple of hours, but it was totally ok. So, as soon as we got here we had classes for a week! The class was the Pentateuch and it was sooo sweet. I learned so much and I loved it a lot! And I am really excited about doing my final paper for it because I love it so much! The past week and a half have been super busy with classes just school work. But we do get a nice little break this week. We are heading out tomorrow morning for Mt. Washington. We are there for the whole week snowboarding! It is going to be so amazing and I am so excited about staying in the chalets! Oh, our Vancouver team has also been meeting! We have determined that our team is the best team and we are going to have the most fun for sure! I am so pumped about the mission trip to Vancouver. I honestly didn't think that I would be this excited about it, but the more we plan and the more we talk about it the more excited I get! And youth group was sooo good last Friday. We just played games and hung out with the kids and it was incredible! I love just connecting with the kids and hanging out once a week with them. I really enjoy it a lot! Anyways, I have to go to bed because we are leaving so early tomorrow and I need lots of sleep! haha...Bye!!!