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So its been a long time since I last posted. I really don't have an excuse since I have had access to the internet for a long time but I just haven't known what to say and haven't had the ambition to do it. Last week we stayed at this camp that is located about an hour and a half from Calgary, AB close to the small town of Sundre. We were there for about nine nights and were blessed to be sharing our rooms with only one other person and we all had our own bathrooms. When you go from sharing a bathroom with twenty girls and sleeping in a room with five others this is quite the difference. So we got to hang out, have a speaker and participate in the camps activities that they offer. We also had a day of silence where we were supposed to just spend the day listening to God and couldn't talk for the whole day. That is really challenging. After that we loaded up into our vans and we headed to Vancouver. We stayed at the Patricia Inn on east hastings street and got to have a free weekend. On the Saturday I went with a few people to see the movie Footloose which was absolutely amazing. Then in the evening we went to Gastown and found a cute, nice restaurant and had supper. On Sunday we were planning to go to Stanley park. We hopped on one of the buses and ended up in a totally not Stanley park area. After about 45 minutes of sitting on the Transit bus the bus went "not in service" and the driver kicked us off. Thankfully the last stop was close to the sky train terminal so we boarded and took about a twenty minute ride. Eventually we made it back to the mainland of Van, found the right bus, got on and about an hour and a half later we finally managed to get to Stanley park where we went to the aquarium. It was an awesome day. Especially since we did all that travelling on one bus ticket. So this morning we were starting our Vancouver Urban Plunge and we found out this morning that on Saturday night our trailer was broken into and they took off with hundreds of dollars worth of our stuff. Not everyone lost stuff just about thirteen of us. So we could use some prayer. Thankfully a few items were found being sold on the street and they were now returned to the rightful owners. God is awesome and afterall those are just material items. Well I need to go to bed now so I think this will be wrapping up this very abnormal post.

The Wonder of Life

Its interesting to look back on my short 18 years of life and to see all of the people that God placed in my life for specific parts of my life even if I don't really spend time with or talk to now. They all helped to shape me into the person that I am today and I am so grateful for all of my life experiences. God knew what I needed at every turn of my life and I feel that without certain things occurring throughout my life and with certain people I may not be the person I am today. I look forward to continue to get to know all of the people that He has placed in my life right now and see how they will shape my life.

Wind

There is something comforting about standing outside in a beautiful place when a strong wind is blowing. Perhaps its the knowledge that a strong wind is essentially what God is; so powerful that a house could be moved in an instant by an unseen force. Unseen in the way that it moves but not unseen in the things that it touches. Looking around at the faces of those around us we can see God moving. Those moments when someone spontaneously reaches out and helps a fellow in need but they had no idea that person was in need. The whole Earth is filled with God. Every person on the planet regardless of the religion they follow, ethnics, colour, or personality was created in the image of God; the unseen force that sweeps across this planet. A planet that personally knows God and is crying out for His Return. All the animals are touched by the Wind of God. God is the Wind; an unseen force that is impossible not to see touch everything around.