Liz is engaged!

This is what my ring looks like.

When: Jared asked me yesterday after getting permission from both of my parents.

Where: My kitchen.

How: We were sitting in the living room and Jared led me into the kitchen and said, "What's that?" pointing out a small box on the counter near the sink. I went over and opened it knowing that it would be empty. "Okay, it's empty." I turned around and saw Jared down on one knee, "Liz, will you marry me?" And I said yes.

February updates

[I edited this way down. Check the COMMENTS for the full version]
Erin: Hey friends. :) What a crazy life and what a great God we serve! My winter conference experience was awesome... I applied to project 5 weeks ago, 3 weeks ago I found out I was going... WOW. $2500 in less than two weeks, almost entirely provided by C4C'ers like you... can't wait to see what God will do in Scotland during the next two weeks... I'm still in design. :)

Thanks!

Gilberto: Shalom! I hope you are all doing well. It was great to see some of you at Winter Conference. I am sure our Western friends also had a great time! I am still in my 3rd year at Dal. This summer I will be going on the EA Project and I am super excited about it! Hopefully I will be back in Halifax in time to see those of you who are going to go be at the HP 2008.
I miss you all!

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(now it's your turn!)

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 :)

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!!

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

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

Liz's pre-WC Update

Hey Everyone,
Hope you’re doing well. The last few months have been an amazing journey for me. I’m in the process of being swept off my feet by the man of my dreams. It has been an incredible and healing process for me. I couldn’t have imagined better if I tried, but God has His way of doing things even when they seem imperfect at times.
I had the first meeting with the youth of my church and we hope to get a weekly time set down in the New Year. They seem interested in being involved.
God bless,
Liz.

Blog blurbs - Pre-WC

Colleen: Hi! I've recently returned home from Western after an amazing semester! In school, my nursing clinical was split between a family who had just had a new baby and the lab where we practice being maternity nurses on manikins--it's a lot of fun! I'm also heading up the Nursing MDA on campus with a great group of girls who want to impact peers. Next semester we're starting up a video campaign with 1min video testimonies of how we've been CHANGED (sound familiar?) by Christ and directing the nursing students to a website so they can hear these messages. I've liked seeing some of you through Summit and personal visits. If anyone else wants to visit Western-I’d recommend it! I've been remembering project A LOT lately and feeling so blessed to have been a part of it. Have a Wonderful & Merry Christmas!

Katherine: Beloveds,

CONDENSED UPDATE!!! [Editor's note: hee hee, not exactly "condensed"] i'm not one of those who keeps in touch, but my heart is still very much woven with yours. got a Christmas card in the mail yesterday from my darling Polish polishing queen Mirka... HALIGONIANS NOSTALGIA!!! Some of you may know I saw Ike shoot some hoops in October here in Qc. He is still walking with the Lord but needs encouragement... unable to be in Nigeria 4 Christmas. I've fallen in love with 16 4-year-olds at my internship this semester. They inhaled music much to my heart's delight... i found myself welcomed with ooooohs and aaaaahss every time i brought in my guitar or flute to teach them a song... so i bought them a child-sized guitar for play-time... gonna make some future Paco de Lucias!!! helped out at a ghetto (seriously) high school this week and bonded with the "demons"... it took me 4 hours to fall asleep last night cuz these teens FASCINATE me... every single one of them is unique, captivating, and have seen too much evil. aaaahhhhhhh! [Continued in COMMENTS]

Amber: Hello! I love hearing from all of you - and I love this continuing community! This past semester has been crazy with school and all the transition stuff needed for graduating, getting my pharmacist license, getting a job and leaving the student stages of life. I am done classes now and have 15 weeks of internship next semester. Then its all the exams I've been dreading for 4 years and grad :) I wasn't able to be as involved in the leadership/planning side of C4C but have been able to disciple two wonderful UofS girls and co-lead a first year DG with K____* :) I'm really going to miss all the encouragement, support, training and community C4C has provided for me over my 4.5 years on campus - I've come to love so many people and God has changed my life dramatically... [For the rest, click on COMMENTS] (*name removed)

Johnson: Hi everyone! I just found out today that I passed my last course ever with a decent B+ grade! I will be concentrating full-time on my research starting next semester, and hopefully graduating next Fall. Remember how I talked about me getting married in 1 year? Well, God's been putting on my heart not to hurry (Ha-ha, good one Johnson. Way to go for making up an excuse, because you're not even trying). [Editor's note: Come on, Johnson, where's the sense of urgency? We believe in Initiative dating - be intentional!] But I did come to the conclusion that "Quincy" is probably not a good name for a son. Merry Christmas everyone!

Jessica/Jallan: Hey Everybody

Only one semester to go! I applied to go to Fanshawe for next year, which is a college in London. It’s for a two-year program called Developmental Services Worker. After that I could work with people with special needs. C4C stuff is going well, and I can’t wait for Winter Conference! Also, I’m thinking about going back to Halifax next summer as an intern. I haven’t finished my application yet though, so I’ll have to get on that over the Christmas break.

Lynnette: Hello EVERYONE!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS... This semester has been really good and busy. I am amazed how God has blessed us with roommates year after year. My sister and I live with two roommates and have so much fun with them. Its nice to come home from school to a house of friends.
C4C still does not have any female staff so the three of us girl leaders have been getting together and planning things as a group, sharing and just enjoying times together which has become a huge highlight for me. The girls have a day of Evangelism every Wednesday and saw two people come to know the Lord. I have been learning about God's divine ways. There are times when I wondered if God actually does go before us to prepare peoples hearts and through Kerry I learned that he did. At the beginning of the semester I met Kerry who filled out an U1 survey... [continued in COMMENTS]

Melissa: Merry Christmas to ALL! I love this time of year!
So I don't have a terrible lot to say for now but for a quick update....
I am done my undergrad...not officially just yet but I got my grades back and all looks a go. Really looking forward to my internship this coming semester and not having any courses, but something is telling me I maybe doing a course or two for FUN...yes I said it...fun. Still living in the TO until April – I love downtown. Looking back this past year a lot has happened and I am so grateful it did...really looking forward TO SEEING WHAT God has in store for me and all of you - it’s gonna be good!

So what are you waiting for? Continue the discussion in the comments section!