Far above the clouds

It's t-shirt and almost air conditioning weather in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania today! So far it's been a very productive yet busy day. I am here for the weekend to paint my dad's house. I must give details of my travels though because I greatly enjoyed the trip! In the past I have driven the 7 hours to get here but this time I got to fly. I don't fly very often so I look forward to any opportunity to fly, especially when it means not spending those 7 hours sitting in a vehicle! So I was trying to decide if I wanted a window or aisle seat but I just couldn't decide, so I took both! I also had no one sitting beside me so I got 2 windows-it was great! It was a nice small cozy plane: 9 rows, 17 seats, 2 pilots - only 14 passengers on this flight though. Some people even had to turn sideways to fit down the aisle! There were no flight attendants but the pilot told us that if we had any questions, we could just come right up to the cockpit and ask! I couldn't think of any questions :-( I should have thought harder.
I really enjoy the take off part of the flight, particularily the feeling of extreme speed as we were racing down the air strop and being pushed back into our seats! When we got above the clouds, it was absolutely beautiful! God creates so many different types of clouds and they are all so very nice to look at. Too bad I had to come back down again :-( it wasn't nearly as sunny down there. Once I got to the airport in Harrisburg, I decided to stop at the lavatory, where I discovered something very amusing in my mind! The toilet seats were all covered in plastic, when I looked closer, I read that before you sit down, you are supposed to wave your hand in front of this sensor. I did that, not too sure what to expect and then suddenly the plastic on the seat started moving from left to right until the seat was covered with fresh plastic! What an inventive idea! I thought it to be rather amusing. I get amused with simple things sometimes! :-)
And now the rest of the weekend will be spend painting! I have a goal that must be accomplished before I leave: the whole house must be painted. Too bad I won't have time to see the finished product with all the furniture in it but I'll have to get my parents to take pictures since who knows when I will be able to get down here in the near future. So it's an early morning tomorrow: 7:30 wake-up and then right to work! My mother wants me to take a break from painting to go shopping on Saturday afternoon. Normally I would jump at that chance but I have a mission, and I will not allow myself to stray from my mission! I have no doubt in my mind that my mission will be accomplished - especially with 5 people working on it! So maybe, just maybe, I might have a chance to do a bit of shopping before I leave because shopping in America is much better than in Canada!

Direct Access

Every Saturday morning I go to a prayer meeting. I really enjoy those times where as a group we can just sit and talk with our Heavenly Father. I know this isn’t a new or profound thought but I am just so thankful that I can have such a close, intimate relationship with God. He can be my best friend as well as the utmost Holy Supreme Being that I am totally in love with and words just can’t describe my feelings for Him!
I can’t believe that I can tell Him anything at all, any concerns, worries, ANYTHING! It’s so amazing that He is always listening to me whenever I talk to Him and for whatever reason! And He answers me too! It may not always be the answer that I am looking for but He is so faithful and He does answer me. The great thing is that He is perfect and He loves me and wants the best for me even if I can’t understand and might not like the answers He gives me.
I am still learning and probably will be for a long time how to hear His voice. But that learning process is just bringing me closer to Him, something for which I am eternally grateful and thankful for and hope that it will never end. I am so privileged to have a direct line of communication with the Creator of the universe! How totally cool is that!! It is amazing! God is awesome, not just for that but for so many things that I can’t even begin to list because the list could go on forever.
I desire that everyone can experience the same feeling that I have towards God and I pray that they will be able to see Him in me because I don’t want people to see me, I just want them to see Him!

It's coming...

So today was the day that started the falling of the fluffy white stuff from the sky. It was very pretty fluffy white stuff. As soon as it started falling, I decided to put on some Christmas music! I knew my mother would absolutely love that! Needless to say, it didn't stay on very long after she got home!

Yesterday I decided to go to the gym on my 3 hour break. I did 2 classes there; the first was a total body conditioning class (TBC) and the second was HiLo. I really enjoy taking classes like that! I am not a weights person, which is why I don't think I could ever be a personal trainer. Now normally, the problem with classes at the gym is the silly dance music. I am not a huge fan of that type of music but since I kinda get to dance around a bit, I try to ignore the music. In my HiLo class we get to dance to some good music which is why I am enjoying it so much. We get to dance to salsa music! And as part of the class we do the mambo and cha cha, its great!! I don't know if everyone in the class is as enthusiastic about it as me though. When I looked around yesterday, it seemed that I was the only one that had a bounce in all of my steps, most people looked half dead or were just not moving with the same amount of oomph!

Yesterday I got myself my 2007 agenda. I already have things being booked for next year and so I needed somewhere to write them down. Time is flying! I guess that can be a good thing or a not so good thing – I’m gunna think of it as a good thing.

So all summer I taught semi-private lessons with 2 ladies at my gym. They decided that they wanted more people to join them so I made it an adult class. Tonight I had 4 people - I really enjoy teaching it! It’s a very easy going class which I haven’t been able to do before because I have always had to have a very structured class for kids. So now I pretty much let them decide what they want to do and I spot them or give suggestions. It works great for everyone! And I think I might have 2 more people coming to the class too! That is exciting.

So in the next couple of days I will have hopefully finished a story I will post on here. It is a story that amuses me greatly. Well I don’t know if the story itself amuses me because I haven’t written it out fully yet but the concept definitely amuses me! The sheep are coming…

So much to be thankful for.

Today is Thanksgiving and I went for a hike on the Bruce Trail in Limehouse. It has been a family tradition for as long as I can remember that on Thanksgiving Monday, a bunch of family and some friends go for a walk up north and use the leftovers from the turkey lunch on Sunday to make turkey sandwiches. It’s lovely to experience all the different colours and smells of fall and be out of the city for a change. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to climb any trees but I did climb up, down and through some nice crevices. I had hoped to get in some spelunking as I have done in past years but there were no places to spelunk in! I was disappointed. So below are some pictures from today as well as other beautiful scenes of nature that are awesome reminders for me of how beautiful and incredible God is.

The waterfall picture was taken in Pennsylvania and the beach pictures were taken on a little island near Belize. That beach looks wonderful right now. I would love to be back there or any beach for that matter as long as its nice and warm.

I am so thankful that God has given me the eyes to experience so much! Everyday is thanksgiving day because I have so much to be thankful for - God has blessed me over abundantly!

So now that Thanksgiving is over, its time to start thinking about Christmas! Woohooo!! There are (let me calculate)... 11 weeks until Christmas! I enjoy the Christmas season, can you tell? :-) Ok, I won't scare some of you by talking more about Christmas....yet...hehe.

Pointless blabbing as a result of boredom

So I am sitting in my school’s library being very bored. I have a 3 hour break today and those aren’t fun. If I had more time this morning, I would have brought stuff to go to the gym during my break but that didn’t quite happen. I was rather rushed because I needed to get to the train station earlier than normal to get a parking spot. Yesterday I had to drive into school because there were absolutely no parking spaces in either of the lots! I have no problem driving into school, I like driving. My problem is the crazy amount of money that it costs me to park there for a couple of hours on top of the monthy bus pass I already have but wasn’t able to use. I’m sure it was possible for me to have gotten a parking spot yesterday but the only way that would have happened was if I parked illegally and I refuse to park illegally. So thankfully today I got one of the last remaining spots as I pulled in although I think I’m going to have to go in even earlier than I did today to have a greater probability of getting a spot in case other people decide to come earlier as well.

Well I think I need to go find somewhere else to sit so I can eat my lunch. Mmmmm food!!! I like food. At least I can say this break was somewhat productive because I got some research done for a paper that is due in 1.5 weeks. That is always helpful. Only 3 hours left of class time but 5 hours of being here still. And then Bible study this evening! That is an enjoyable part of Wednesdays. And now I must go find some food…

Life is great!!

I’m sooo excited!! Ok, so maybe I’m hyper because I’m not sure what I’m excited about. Hyperness is fun! I just know that I’m not tired and I should be! Oh! I know what I’m excited about – God!!! I just got home from an excellent evening! Monday Night Life which just started up last week is a service with young adults from around Brampton coming together to worship God regardless of denomination. It is incredible!!! It reminds me of my Tehillah days, I miss those days but now I get to experience something similar again! WOOHOOO!! God is so cool!

So I don’t like denominations. I used to call myself Pentecostal. Then I thought about calling myself a Bapticostal because I have the beliefs of a Pentecostal but go to a Baptist church and am currently attending both Baptist and Pentecostal churches. I decided against that too, although it is kind of funny to tell that to people and see the puzzled look on their faces! Even the word ‘Christian’ has lost so much of its meaning. So many people just attach that tag to themselves but don’t live it in a genuine way. That’s sad. So I don’t really know what to call myself. Christian is the easiest because people know that term. I’m just not satisfied with that. I have a personal relationship with the Creator of the universe! How’s that? I am a Christ follower. I am a child and an heir to the throne of the Most High God.

Every once and a while I get reminded that I am indeed getting older (and hopefully wiser!). I am seeing and hearing about more and more people I know getting engaged or married. It’s pretty cool!

Well I did have a lot to say early when I was thinking about writing this but for some reason it has either left my mind or got buried and lost underneath a pile of other thoughts. I think it’s the latter. I had a really good day today though! A day off with no homework in it followed by a great evening filled with God and people who love God makes for an excellent day! Thanks God for allowing me to experience You tonight and thanks for an excellent day!