So I think I will be hooked on Survivor again

I would be one of the first to say that Survivor is a silly show to get hooked on. In fact I use to make fun of my sister and mother for doing it, however, I have recently been conned into loving it. Actually I am just a less perfect person than I made myself out to be, and sometimes have lower ideals than I thought I did. But oh well, I don't have a problem with that. So last night a new season of Survivor started. At my house everybody watches it together (this is how I got into it). It was only an hour long show, and this was the first episode, but oh, did I start to have very strong opinions about those people. This just goes to show how well this show is produced. It's brilliant really how it brings out the truth in people. Nothing like starving people, giving them no personal space and playing with people's minds to bring out the worst thoughts in people. It should be a crime against humanity. However they voluntarly sign up and I find it entertaining. Anyway, if your interested in that kind of thing, watch survivor. However, it's more fun to watch as a group, so find some friends to watch it with.

So It's time for another blog

It's been one week since my last blog. I was planning to write more but once again I managed to set a reasonable goal for myself. At least I'm not an overachiever! There is a bright side to everything.

So Zoe and Christy, my fellow LQer's have decided to join the blog. Yea! And if you want to read Zoe's previous entry, you have to highlight it as she decided to use black ink on a black background. She's a bright one, that Zoe.

So, Yesterday was Valentines Day! not my favorite day of the year. And it was a horrible day. Actually there were a few bright spots, but mostly it was a horrible day. I just wanted to run away and not deal. So it starts out as Valentine's day, a cheerful day for most. However, I was planning on having a regular monday, I was just going to ignore the fact that it was Valentine's day. But this is just not possible. Monday is a day off for us LQer's and I ussually make it my sabbeth, where I spend the day with God, and not with people. However, I had to go to SMU (St. Mary's University) for a little while, not a big deal and the rest of the day Zoe was going to come over. Also not a big deal as Zoe is like a sister, and her being around does not infringe on my Sabbeth. However, all these things would have made for a good monday anyway had it not been for the worst part of the day. The family that I live with have the most wonderful dog. He had been sick for a few day's, so Mary took him to the vet. He had a massive tumor and internal bleeding. He's 14 years old which is really old. And it was decided that he had to be put down. I know this was best for him but he was such a good dog and I loved him so much, and I did not want to go. And I did not want to be cheerful anymore. So that is what made my day horrible. The brights spots were, it was a beautiful sunny day and the ocean was so blue, and we had a lovely dinner with some lovely drinks. But still it was the worst Valentines day ever.

But such is life. And it's OK because he really was such a very good Dog! So sweet!

On a more cheerful note, I going to home to Manitba in four days, and I get to see some of my family. I 'm so excited!

enter Zoe...

I think this is a fitting enough place for me to enter this blog. Especially seeing as Susana's last post was about me.

Yes, I was sick. It was the kind of sick that you really don't want to write about where all kinds of people who I don't know (and those I do) can read about it. So I won't.

I must admit, this is pretty much as intimidating an experience as Susana described to me. But I'm glad I don't have the pressure of being the very first one. Phew!

As this is the "LQ blog," I should probably take a brief moment in my first entry to speak my 2 cents about what an LQer is. Hmmm. When I ask myself the question, "What is a LeaderQuester?", my first answer is "A disciple." LeaderQuest is one other way for people to learn and grow in their relationship with God -- what I've come to see is one of the more important things we're put on this planet to do. My second answer is "A discipler." This one is a little harder. Let me explain. I have been told that the Great Commission (it sounds more official if it has capital letters) is to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matt 28:19). To me that sounds all very well, and all very honourable. And I am quite happy imagining someone else (someone definitely more spiritual and knowlegable than I) doing great and wonderful discipling in all these nations, but now I am being challenged to apply that in my own nation, in fact my own city of Halifax. Maybe when I'm older I'll feel more ready to use such big verbs as "disciple" and "evangelize" without getting at least a little freaked out.

Anyway, I'm having a blast in this program. And as Susana said it was intended to do, I AM feeling like I'm developping my gifts, and discerning my future. But I can't help looking forward to the end when we graduate and get our caps and gowns; it will be so satisfying to unwrap and hold in our very own hands the gifts God has given us that we've been working so hard to develop, and don't forget the manilla envelopes telling us who we really are, with maps of our whole futures laid out in great detail.

tongues-in-cheeks tonight folks.

time for bed.

So I'm the worse Blogger ever

Hi!

This idea of me blogging is a really high goal for me that I probably will not keep. But whatever, sometimes I aim high. So here goes another attempt. I really enjoy reading other peoples blogs so maybe there is a chance people would apreciate mine.

Anyway, nothing much interesting happened today. I woke up at 6:30 because I had to go to the bathroom, but on the way back to my room I decided that I wanted to sleep in today. My alarm was set for 7:40, so I turned it off (by the way, my alarm play's Oh Canada, I alway's feel like I love Canada in the morning) and went back to sleep. However at 7:25 my phone rang, and it was Zoe and she was sick and she asked me to go to a pharmacy for her. Strangly this did not make me upset to be woken up again, I'm ussually upset in the morning. I was glad I was not upset because it proved to me that at least in a time of need, I can freely give to people. Now I just need to learn how to do it, not out of need. So I went downstairs, drank a cup of coffee in 5 min. and put on my dressy coat (so that I would not look like a slob) and went off to the grocery store. I was a beautiful sunny morning (+2) and peoply were walking everywhere drinking coffee and chatting. I never leave the house that early so I am not familiar with the before 8am crowd. I really enjoyed them and decided that I might like a morning type job someday. The pharmacy in the grocery store did not open until nine so I had a moment of panick. My brain loses some of it's common senseness in the morning, but then I realized that there is a Shopper's Drugmart next door to the grocery store. So I went there, went back to Zoe's and all was OK. Except that she felt like total crap. But I was fine.

The rest of my day was great. It continued to be a beautiful day and I had two great Bible Studies and was just really amazed (again) by God's love of people.