• Jan. 17, 2007
French/Le Francais!

Bonjour ! J'ai décidé d'écrire blog dans aujourd'hui français. Avec espoir j'apprendrai quelque chose de lui. Que je tape maintenant est traduit avec un traducteur en ligne, mais j'écrirai un blog en français tout tout seul bientôt. Dieu bénit, Sheila

TRANSLATION...

Hello!  I decided to blog in French today.  Hopefully I will learn something from it.  What I am typing right now is being translated with an online translator, but I am going to write a blog in French all by myself soon.  God bless,
Sheila

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ALL BY MYSELF...

Bonjour!  Je suis Sheila, mais vous savez cela.  Je comprends un petit Francais, mais j'apprendrai Francais tres bien.  J'utilise le dictionnaire, mais que d'accord.  Allons!  Apprendre le Francais avec moi!

TRANSLATION...

Hello!  I am Sheila, but you know that.  I understand a little French, but I will learn French very well.  I use the dictionary, but that alright.  Let us go!  Learn French with me! 

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It's not essay speech, and the translation is a little too literal, but hey, it's a start! :D
Sheila

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• Jan. 1, 2007
My Story

I was recently reading Cocobabe's blog, and as I read her story, it reminded me so vividly of my own story.  I don't really want to post the whole story.  I want to keep it mine until it's done, but I would like to write a synopsis for you! :)  

“Time: bending, and flowing, beginning to morph into another place, it was, it existed so much more real that Emlyn could have ever imagined.  She realized that this was as if she was inside the pulsating body of love, its beautiful song silently singing.  This secret could not be contained any longer.  They had to go back.”

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- A young orphan girl, adopted into a world so unfamiliar; how could she learn to love?  Struggles pull deeper, and new horizons fill the soul with joy, as this journey of a lifetime begins.  Through a timeless adventure in a timeless world, these struggles are overcome, and a different kind of love prevails.

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• Nov. 8, 2006
Anne Of Green Gables

It'a a simply scrumptious book in which delightfull surprises are tucked away, and it's completely overtaken by pure imagination.  Anne is dear to my heart, and I only began to read her story a few days ago.  I'm over half way through the first book already (And it's rather thick!)  Lucy Maud Montgomery who wrote 'Anne of Green Gables' and the subsequent series based the story of Anne's childhood upon her own childhood growing up with her Grandmother.  I am ever so glad that there are many books in the series, so I can learn of what becomes of precious little Anne.  Furthermore, it is even more dear to my heart because it takes place in Canada.  I have never been to any of the Maritimes, and Anne's story takes place on Prince Edward Island, but it does make me happy to think t hat she - while fictional - was a citizen of my country.  Have any of you read it?  If not, you should, but be warned, don't go read the Wikipedia article and miss the spoiler warning like I did!  it wasn't too big of a spoil, but enough.  Oh well, that's alright!  I suspected something along those lines anyway! :D
Sheila

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• Oct. 28, 2006
Litle Paragraph

Okay, I just wrote this for school, a little paragraph comenting on, well, you'll see. :)

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made  - Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey

Chapter 7 – “Mutiny”

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The body must work as a unit, functioning in perfect unison.  If one part of the body, say a hand, foot, eye, or even a single cell is disloyal to its master; the body, everything goes awry.  Sometimes, the body’s own cells become disloyal, creating rapid tumult.  The body’s protector cells do not respond and kill the disloyal members because they are of the body and the protectors will not kill the body’s own. This is called cancer.  Disloyal to the end, these minute parts of our bodies multiply and grow, choking out everything that is important and finally killing the patient.

The same can be true of the body of Christ.  The body’s protectors do not fight those disloyal members within, because they do not understand how those inside the body could possibly disloyal.  As members of this eternal body, we need to keep in check our loyalty.  Are we the cancer?  We must fight these cancers within, and not stand by and watch the body be choked out.  It is possible to win.

Enjoy,

Sheila

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• Oct. 27, 2006
Timothy's Words

I thought you might be interested in reading the final product:

Timothy’s Words

By Sheila

Brightly coloured packages line the isles, boxes within boxes, laden with protein-rich manufactured snacks.  Bold, glitzy, writing covers the wrapping, proclaiming the healthy proteins within.  Corpulent people wander down the isle; their carts filled with ‘Pop Tarts’ and ‘Shake and Bake’.  They actually believe that the products they are purchasing will help them lose weight, however one would think that these people who have become overweight from eating ‘healthy’ products would have figured out the cause.  No one thinks anymore.

In our bodies, certain amounts of different nutrients are necessary, and protein is one of them, however, our society has been led to believe that they need more of it that is required.  Studies are made of protein ‘diets’, for instance, a punch line from a recent BBC article states “Scientists say a gut hormone could explain why high protein diets can aid weight loss.”[1] The problem is that major authorities such as the scientists mentioned in the quote above are promoting high protein diets which are a leading cause of the world food shortage problem.  Recent statistics show that in 2004, each Canadian individual ate an average of 27.1 kilograms of red meat. [2]  Under-developed countries are severely lacking adequate protein-rich foods, while twice the recommended daily allowance of protein is consumed by North Americans.[3]

Many people understand the dangers of eating too many calories – it is posted in every diet advertisement – but the fear is that the information is not taken to heart.  Understanding what one is doing to their body should be stressed more diligently by authorities.  Corpulent human beings require medical attention to treat their dietary problems; costing taxpayers thousands.  Life expectancy plummets and insurance premiums skyrocket.  Research must be carried out.  What are we putting into our bodies? 

Writing in ‘More With Less’, Doris Janzen Longacre states one of these many problems as such: “Most North Americans have sedentary occupations.  We live in comfort-controlled temperatures.  Our calorie needs are therefore significantly lower than they were several decades ago.  We fail to adjust our eating habits to these conditions.”  It is a sad, but unfortunately true state of events.

In the United States of America, ten or more pounds of grain are consumed by beef cattle per pound of meat produced.  If that grain was fed directly to the humans, there would be much less waste in our society, and plenty of grain to feed everyone.  Meat is important; it contains nutrients that our bodies require.  As long as it is carried out in a humane manner, meat should still continue be manufactured, but on a much smaller scale.[4]

During the refining of white flour, the factories discard the most valuable parts of the wheat kernel: the bran and the germ.  The flour is then artificially ‘enriched’ supposedly adding the necessary nutrients back into the powder, however it is never near the nutrient-rich level that flour made from the entire kernel (Whole Wheat) has.

North Americans are wasting time, energy, and the nutrients that God provided in all things natural by supporting ‘all-for-profit’ food corporations.  Lives are over-complicated by food conveniences including toasters, mixers, blenders, deep-fryers, electric frying pans, food processors, and many more.  What are these instruments for?  They are for the creating of an imbalanced diet that serves only one’s taste buds – not our bodies or our planet.  Timothy’s words explain how it should be quite well: “If we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.”[5]  Timothy’s food enriches our bodies, souls, minds and society.

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• Oct. 9, 2006
Books...

Other books, other books...Hmmm.  Well, if you're a Christian young adult (12-13 up?) you might consider reading 'When God Writes Your Love Story' by Eric and Leslie Ludy, and 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye' by Josh Harris, and the sequel to it 'Boy Meets Girl' by Josh Harris.  Very Very Very good books!!!!  Please be warned though, they are 'mature' books.  Not explicit or gross - I would never read something like that!  They are just not 'little kid' books.  They deal with issues that children don't deal with.  I would NOT read 'When God Writes Your Love Story' untill you're 12 at least, and that with discretion of parents, and I would wait to read 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye' until 13-14ish, and 'Boy Meets Girl' probably 14.  However, different people are ready for different things at different times.  I'm just letting you know. 

'For Such A Time As This' is a great Christian book for older girls (12+?), too, by Lisa Ryan.  It talks about being part of 'Generation Esther' and being a Christ-like girl.  It's very good.

And more books?  Well, when I was younger (10-11 down?) I really enjoyed the 'Mandie Books' by Lois Gladys Leppard.  Christian mystery stories of a young girl 100 years ago or so.  Very neat!!!

Another book I recently enjoyed very much was 'The Robe' by Lloyd C. Douglas.  Awesome book about the Roman soldier who won Christ's robe when they threw the dice for it. (Remember the Bible Story?) It may sound dull, but it is absolutely FABULOUS!!!!!!  He also wrote a few othe books including 'The Big Fisherman' and 'Magnificent Obsession'.  I haven't read either yet, but 'The Big Fisherman' is about Peter (from the Bible), I know that.  I personally think that 'The Robe' is enough to bring a non-Christian believer to Christ. Weeeee!!!

Anyway, enough said for now, I should go finish my schoolwork,
Sheila

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