Colombia

Where has the time gone… it’s already mid June and my sabbatical is pretty much half over.  I thought that I would be bored after getting back from New Zealand and trying to find things to occupy my time, but it is the complete opposite, I am going to have to remind myself to take time to rest, cause I think that’s what your suppose to do on a sabbatical, but don’t quote me on that, I have never taken one before so I am not 100% sure what I am suppose to be doing (insert smiley face). I thought I would just take a minute to update you all and let you know what I have been doing to keep busy.  For all of you who were asking and still not sure, I am going back to Colombia.  So far the plan is end of December beginning of January.   This summer I will be busy at camp, starting with three weeks at Frontier Lodge in Nordegg  at the beginning of July and two weeks at Bethel Bible camp, both in August.  With the rest of the time I plan on catching up ...

It is or will be quiet impossible to describe these past six weeks and I just may wait a bit to fully tell how awesome it was, mostly cause I am pretty tired and my mind is still wheeling and processing so much.  I just wanted to give a quick update cause a lot of you knew that the plan was to be back in Canada on the 26th of March, well the 26th has come and gone (not sure what day it is there with the time change) and I am not in Canada, I am still in New Zealand.  But for not much longer…. Another awesome learning and growing opportunity presented itself and after changing my mind five times, I finally decided to grab life by the horns and embrace this awesome opportunity.  One of the teachers in my leadership course is going to Fiji on the 2nd of April to teach at a discipleship training school on the subject of identity and she invited me to go with her.  I thought what an opportunity to learn from one of the best (she is a seriously gifted teacher, like se...

Hey guys I thought I would just give you a quick update about my time so far in New Zealand.   Well first off it didn’t even feel like I was back in Canada, it was such a quick whirlwind visit and for all of you that I didn’t get to see, I will be back soon and look forward to catching up, and those that I did get to see, I look forward to seeing you again. All those of you who have been to New Zealand and have told me that I would love it here, you were right.  I LOVE NZ.  I have had such and awesome, restful, fun, memory filled and blessed time my first month here.  I had the blessing and privilege of travelling around with a good friend, who took time off work and took me all around the North Island.  I have also been blessed by his amazing friends and family who have taken me in and have blessed me and made me feel at home.  (I am currently at his parents house, getting in some rest and relaxation before my school starts tomorrow).  I did ha...

Here we go on another adventure, tomorrow (if I get this blog written and posted today), I leave to go to New Zealand……So I thought I would just take a couple minutes to update you all on what is happening in the next phase of my journey… I came back to Canada mid December and it was so nice to catch up with a few of you and those that I haven’t seen, do not fear I am just gone for a few short months and then I will be back. So as I mentioned I leave tomorrow for New Zealand, and I am SUPER pumped… this is a dream come true, it has been on my bucket list for awhile now.  I will spend a month travelling around, seeing the sites as well as visiting some friends and then mid February I head to my Leadership Development Course for six weeks.  I am so looking forward to this course and have heard nothing but great things about it and I think it will be so beneficial to leading camp in the future. I get back to Canada at the end of March.  I will spend some time ...

Just sitting here to write this blog with so much in my heart and mind and tears in my eyes.  I feel that I have so much to say and so much to express and so much I have learnt that I don’t even know where to start or even how to express it (writing my words down isn’t my strong point) These past couple of months have been rough.  I have been so tired and exhausted and have been struggling with health issues, lot’s of doctors appointments with no answers, which leads me to believe that it might just be exhaustion.  I haven’t been feeling a lot of joy (which is weird for me because I find joy is one of my best characteristics) and I have just been going through the motions, especially with camp.  I have felt that people have lost interest in camp, I have questioned if this is really God’s plan and desire for my life.  I have complained to God a lot about having to do this camp thing alone and have been begging and pleasing for a husband (sorry to get honest ...

So once again I let to many days past since the teen girls camp, this time I have a little bit of an excuse, I had a friend from Switzerland visiting so I was busy running around with her… I think I need to start this blog off with being honest.  As some of you know from my last blog posts and a couple of emails, I have been tired and exhausted and the only reason I was looking forward to this camp was to get it over with cause that only meant one more camp and then that would meant in just over a month and I would be back in Canada and then in just over a month after that in New Zealand.  I was tired, better yet, I was exhausted and ready for a break.  I was getting frustrated with little things and just wanted to pack my bags and say “peace out Colombia, see you in 2018.  That was honestly my thoughts before going into this camp.  But as I was praying for this camp and these girls, I was praying that God would shower His love and Joy on them, just like He...

Where as the time gone… it was in my best intention to blog just a couple days after the mom’s camp, but life has been so crazy busy (I’m sure a lot of you can relate, especially with back to school time) and I just kept putting it off, as I have been running from here to there , or getting home late after running from here to there and having no energy to blog.  But alas here I am in my house at 2:44pm with no where else to go so I thought what a great time to blog. The mom’s camp was AMAZING.  We had such a great time and we laughed so hard till my sides and cheeks hurt.  And these beautiful, amazing mom’s put their all into every activity.  It was so nice to hear how thankful they were for this time.  A lot of them are doing this journey of parenthood all alone and they have it tough and a lot of them commented on never taking the time for themselves and being able to leave all their worry and stresses behind, even if it was for just a couple days. ...