Almost done..

Well, Easter was good. I went to my friend Amy's house and we just watched ALOT of TV, went to church (which was sooooo good by the way!), went to the park to take some pictures and for a walk, and then yah, just hung out. It was realxing. But I was glad to get back to school and have familiarity and stuff again. I was so homesick this weekend though, I wanted to go home to Stetts so badly! I miss it alot! 2 more months. :) This week has gone fast though, just back at the school work and now everything is starting to sink in that we have like 3 weeks left of classes and then itis exams! WOW!

I have been receiving more money for Thailand so that is a blessing! Thanks all! :) On April 4th we are getting our immuizations done. The doctor and nurse are coming here to the school so we don' thave to go anywhere, which is so good. I think the only shot i have to get is the typhoid one, so that's good :) But we are having more regular DRIME practices so they are getting better and I think we are bonding as a team more. I get so excited to go. Yesterday I was finally able to go to the girls prayer meeting for the trip (i usually have class during that time so I can't make it) but they prayed over me. And of course I started crying (I always do), but it was so encouraging because it was all these first years who some I know and some I don't, and they were saying ho wmuch of a joy I am and how encouraging I am and when I come into the room I just light it up. And it was just so encouraging to hear becuase lately I have felt that I don' thave many friends and people don't really enjoy hanging around me that much. And it was shocking that people said they loved me that much! :) So I am so excited to bond with those girls over the trip, it is so exciting.

Then last night I went to Jaki's homegroup and we had a prayer one. We all divided up into 3 groups and did like prayer stations so it was cool.l I met some of the girls in my group and I actually had a really good conversation with this one girl (only cuz she was an initiator, I'm not!) She might be going to Grant MacEwan in Edmonton next year for music so it was good. Ok, so here's a little history...Jaki , my Resident Leader, I haven't really talked to ehr much this year becuase she is authority and I am intimidated by her but I love her to pieces, liek she is so wise and such a strong Christian that I always wanted to be her friend!I have been more lately but still not that great. But then last night after homegroup she came into my room and asked if she could talk to me. It was a serious conversation and she was so nervous to talk to me and she said she had been wanting too for weeks. So it went over well and we both cried, and then we talked for like a good 30 minutes about ourselves and each other and she was just encouraging me about the way I look and different qualities she likes about me and such and I did the same just cuz we never really talked before. And then I told her i was scared of her at the beginning fo the year but I still reallyl iked her and wanted to be her friend! and so it was sooooooo good! And then when she left the room she kissed me on the cheek! So now we are good friends and I love her so much and i am so glad that she talked to me! So overall, yesterday was really good, but emotional!

I called the car place today cuz I hadn't heard anything and they said the last of the parts came in last night so they will have it done for Saturday or Monday... Grrrr! SOOOOO FRUSTRATING!

Recital is coming up on April 7th so I am excited about that. I think I am singing a french song called "Mon Essentiel" or else I have been thinking alot about "On His Knees" by The New Tradition. I basically do anything cuz the musicians ehre are amazing and can play anything! Crazy! But yah, i am a little nervous for that just cuz i dont' knwo what I am doing yet. But it will be good.

Anywyas, this al the exciting or not so exciting things that are up with my life! The main thing is I miss Stettler and just want to go home, but i guess that time is coming! Til then I will just persevere!

One more month to go

Amy playing her song (practicing)

(me recording in the studio while Carolyn played guitar)

So the recording is over and sounds amazing! I have listened to the CD with everyone's songs on it so many times! I can't wait for you all to hear it! My friends Amy and Brianna are on it, along with my other friends from the class, and myself of course! :) Now it is just one more month of getting assignments in on time and finding things to do to pass the time til I can leave. I know when I leave I will miss it here, but I just am sick of being here on campus (not having a car) and just having to stay up late to get assignments in on time.

Last Friday and yesterday I was over at the IMM house painting. I need to get 22 servant leadership hours to graduate, so I volunteered to paint the IMM house. I have been in there 13 hours and am 2/3 done. I need to go back there tonight and get a couple more hours and do some touch ups and a second coat and stuff like that. I will go back after easter and do the last classroom, so things are going well. Painting brings back both good and back memories, but I think I will miss it this summer a bit. Yesterday was campus cleanup day too, so everyone was weeding, cleaning windows, haulign things to the dump, planting things, powerwashing things, etc. So now we are living on a clean campus and the good thing about that was that we got to miss a day of school, yay, NO THEORY!!!!

I heard from the car guys yesterday, I was supposed to get it back yesterday, but he called and said the appraiser just came to the shop to do the estimate once the car was taken apart, and then it would take 2 days to order parts and another 3-4 days to fix it, so i won't have it til after Easter :( So frustrating, but i guess then is better than never, even though i haven't been able to drive for over 2 months. Things are going well with Thailand. I have raised alot of money, more than I thought, so God is good, and thank you so much to all of you who have been praying and those of you who have supported me, it is soooo much appreciated! :)

For Easter I am going to my friend Amy's house. She has invited me over and they are having a big family dinner on Saturday night, so it might be a little awkward, but I know their family enough that it might not be too bad. But it will be a long time at her house, I am going over there on Thursday night and staying til class on Tuesday morning! But I am just so excited that I have friends who are willing to take me in for Easter so that I am not alone :) After Easter it is almost the end of school. I am done classes on the 11th and then exams start. So yikes! It is coming fast, but then it is Thailand and then road trip with my friend Becca to get home so I am pumped. I don't know where I will work in the summer yet, but I have time, and are not worried!

I guess prayer requests would just be that God will be preparing my heard for missions and just getting me to the spot that I need to be in to serve him properly. I still need prayer as to where I shoudl work in the summer and what I should be doing in the fall. And just that i won't be too anxious this last month, but enjoy the time i have with the people here and do fun things that are memorable! :) Thanks so much!

Hello friends!

It is another beautiful day here in Surrey, BC. I am exhausted, but what else is new. We have had this past week off for Spring Break, only I don't really get it off because it is my intensive, the one I have been looking forward to since last year. That's right, I am in the studio for the next 3 days recording and listening to my classmates record. I had to leave a little early today because the tow truck is supposed to be coming for my car, but I already got to hear Zoe play the piano and hear how they put a percussion track to it in the background. It's some pretty sweet stuff. Tonight my friend Brianna is recording and then Amy is tomorrow morning and I am right after her. So I am very excited about this endeavor. I wrote a song entitle "Your Fragrance in Me" and I am so excited about it. Carolyn Arends (a professional singer/songwriter and our teacher) is playing guitar for me and it sounds a little country so it suits me. I love it. And she even mentioned something about a little mandolin action or something. YAY! And seeing as we dont' have regular classes I have been having sleepovers with my friends Amy and Bri. We stayed at Amy's Mon and Wed night and then tonight and tomorrow they are both staying over here, so there's not much sleep going on, but it is fun!

I am still as excited as ever about Thailand. We didn't have any meetings for it this week, as some people have gone home for the week. But I have been working on my drimes and just getting really pumped. I know Becca and Serena have started getting things ready for the children and I am helping them out with that, so it is so exciting! But yah, alot of things still need to be done for that, so a lot of prayer is still needed int hat area. But yes, things are going well here.

Not much else has happened since last I wrote so I will leave this here and report back after the recording :)