Sunday, January 13, 2008

Overdue from before Winter Conference

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Ben H.:
The last two weeks have been fantastic. The Harrison home in Hanover was graced by the presence of Ben T. and Gilberto over Christmas which made the season even more exciting. My parents asked whether everyone on project was as nice as the two guys and I could reply affirmatively that they were representative of the whole group. Winter Conference here in the East as amazing. I got alot out of the sessions and the frequent meetings with old friends was a real blessing. I am now recharged for heading back to campus. I have the same excitement that I had the first week of September and coming off project that was lost over the course of the fall. I am thankful for that and once again optimistic about the future. I am working on my application to be an intern on Halifax Project. I would like to spend most of the summer in Halifax following project - if it works out for me to intern - maybe serving with a local church or another sort of ministry.

Joanna: Hi friends,
Well last semester flew by. It was a blur of clinical (labour and delivery - alarming, but really great experience), classes, Campus for Christ leadership, and all that jazz. God continued to teach me that all that really matters is knowing Christ and delighting in Him. I had an amazing christmas with my family. God really answered prayers and I'm so thankful for the time I had to spend with my brother and his girlfriend and my sister. It was really great! Winter Conference was amazing. Such a refreshing time to be with friends (especially of the halifax project variety!) and to be with God. I'm all done with classes now and just have my final placement left. I need to work around 450 hours and then I can get my temporary nursing registration until I write my RN exam in June... [see the rest in COMMENTS]

Paulman: This is my last semester, and the plan is to finish writing my thesis so I can graduate. Then in the summer, I'll either be on Waterloo or North Africa project, but I'm having trouble choosing (again) due to some recent developments. I miss you guys as always, and I wish more of you would read my blog or talked online (lol). Then you'd know what to pray for me for! Bye for now :)

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Where's everybody now? (continued)

If you missed the first round (Colleen, Katherine, etc.) click here and here (Liz). Oh yeah, and remember: 100 word limit! (more or less)

Sarah: Hey all,

This term has been quite a challenge, but I've been learning a lot through it all. My tolerance level for spiciness has gone up through eating tons of spicy food with my Middle Eastern and Indian coworkers at my practicum, where I've been thrown into the immigrant and refugee experience through the people we assist at our agency. Slowly I've been fattening up for the winter at family dinners since being home- my grandmas just celebrated their 81st and 80th bdays. Still figuring out what I'll do when I graduate this year, but I know for sure that I'll be in Waterloo for the summer when my program is done. See you around, esp the Eastern WC ppl!

Take care, sarah

Olga: Hey Guys!
Hope you're doing well and had a great time celebrating the birth of our King and Saviour! I had a slow start to my break as one of my exams kept on getting postponed for various reasons but ever since then I've been enjoying the days off with my family. I may be finishing school after this upcoming semester and am very excited! I'm sorry that I can't make it out on the 30th to see many of you since we're having a family reunion on that day but I hope to see some of you guys at the new year's party at winter conference. I love you guys and miss you! God bless!
~Olga

Veronika: Dear Friends :)

I miss everyone SO MUCH! It was really hard to come back to Toronto and my transition was…no thank you! lol! But it has been a super exciting and colourful semester. I have been made the Socials Coordinator at York C4C and getting to know people at school has been easier than expected. I have also decided to go back to my old church to share the spirit-filled life with them because God is sending me back *sigh*. I am also praying about sharing KGP with 5 of my non-Christian friends and going to East Asia this summer.

Love ya my siblings in Christ!!!!

Tabitha: I'm doing a full course load and working part-time, so it's been hard to focus on campus ministry. I enjoy building community, but so far it's been a bit of a struggle. York seems like a pretty spiritually open place, so I'd love to invest in some crazy "all out" ministry this semester -- a coffeehouse possibly? I'm on the worship team which is totally fun and leading prayer which is so fun as well! Serving God has just been such a privilege and pleasure because I'm not obligated to do anything. I've chosen to serve in these ways. Anyhow, at my workplace my boss caught the title of my book, Jesus among other gods (with Jesus in huge letters), and so I ended up having a spiritual conversation with him during the middle of my shift. Can you say amazing?! God has been nuzzling me this last month (I hope that's biblical..). Anyhow, keep pressing on!!

Friday, January 4, 2008

As far as the East is from the West...

Here are some of my photos from our Western Canada Winter Conference Reunion!

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Western Canada - Halifax Project 2007 reunion
Group shot at White Spot!

From Eastern Winter Conference, here are Sarah's photos:
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Eastern Canada - Halifax Project 2007 reunion