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Wow! Has it really been this long since I have been blogging? Yes, yes it has. Sad, I know. Life has just kept me busy. (That was my feeble attempt for an excuse). I was looking at my profile and realized that my photo is almost 2 years old. I think I've changes a little (i hope). Back to the events of the last months. Some may remember that I was in university for a year and a half, well that was a year and a half ago. After some roommate issues and the realization that God had other plans for me, I dropped out. I began working for Dad almost right away and was relegated to a job at the very bottom of the tottem pole. Noone could ever assume Dad treated his daughters with extra priviledge when it cam eto the jobs we had to do. He believes that working your way up is the best way to learn. He's right. I've learned alot in these last few months. The winter was exceptionally hard for me as I had daily confrontations with people who wanted to look down upon for having to audacity to be of the same gene pool as the boss. Believe it or not I am a person of low self-esteem and guts when it comes to getting in people's face and telling them to leave me alone. That is just one of the skills I have learned since working for Dad. I got over it, I told people off (in the most respectful way my temper would allow), and I have no problems with that issue anymore. However, it did make for a long winter. Spring came (2008) and I decided I needed to try something away from home. My family encouraged me to as I have always wanted to travel but have always been a home-body. I decided to apply to be an RCMP officer. Great ideas sometimes don't turn out great. I went to the presentation, I came home excited. I passed the apptitude test, I recieved my package of info in the mail. That's when things got rough. I went through the process of filling out forms and so on. I went to the eye doctor and was informed that not only would my visit cost $400.00 (new glasses too) but that I didn't meet the qualifications. My eyesight is too bad for the RCMP. Laser surgery? I filled out all the forms anyway and went to do the physical testing. I fell and smashed my knee up pretty bad and have been having problems ever since. I had to reschedule another test. That's ok. I prayed if God wanted me to do it, he would provide. I got a phone call just a few weeks ago, they need my highschool transcripts. Well, being homeschooled and all, that's a problem. So, I told them they would find the annual government testing results and my university transcripts enclosed. They callled back, that wasn't good enough. I needed a highschool equivalency. University transcripts people! Obviously I passed highschool. Anyhoo (deep breath), I took it as a sign that God didn't want me to go down that road. Now I'm on a new path that isn't a rough but still has stones (sometimes boulders). I am re-enrolled at Redeemer university. I am a mature student so that gives my specialized housing for cheaper that the regular students living in res. I move to Ancaster in September! I'm not looking forward to leaving somethings behind (my horse) but I will survive. My parents have been very generous in allowing me to crash at their place whenever I want to come home. Oh, I forgot to mention I moved into an apartment a year and a bit ago, so I don't live at Mom and Dad's. Oh the woe's of dealing with landlords (a whole other story). So life is taking it's twists and turns regularly for me but I'm still on track and working hard to be the woman God intended me to be. There ye have it, my story......of the last year:) |
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Hello everyone. Sorry about the lack of communication for the last mutiple months. A lack of computer access does that. Just an update about what I'm doing. I ded drop out of university to work full time and now still work full time for my dad. I also decided that my education was something that I really wanted to do though so I am a part time student and a full-time worker. I also now live in my own place and have a car. I am working towards two different degrees at two different colleges. I am getting a business certificate one course at a time and the same with a history degree. LIfe is busy right now as I am also training for my teacher papers in highland dance. It is very busy but extremely enjoyable. Something I forgot to mention earlier is when I stopped uni, a volunteered as a sr. high leader. It was realy rewarding working with those kids and with our, at that time, associate pastor. We now have a new Youth Pastor who I have known for a few years now. Him and his wife went to school with me, a year ahead. I am really excited about this years sr. high as it is run entirely by young adults. I really believe that God can use us to really infuence the teens of our community and use each other to grow and encourage each other in faith. So, as you can see, my life is busy but I can definately see God working wonders through it and guiding me daily.
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My future. That's what I, as a university student, thinks about for maybe 90% of my day. Everything revolves around it...How can I influence people toward God in the future? How can I get a good job? How can I be like the people I want to be like? These questions start going through a persons mind when they are maybe 15. I had my whole life planned out when I was that age... The crazy part is.. to a certain extent, I still want that life. This past semester has really shown me some interesting things though. University requires alot of dedication (I knew that last year too). It also requires a desire. I have that desire and dedication and I was pushing toward my goal when God blind-sided me and said that I wasn't really thinking about what he wanted. I pushed on, still believing that this is what I had to do to be successful. Wow was I ever wrong. No matter how hard I studied or how much help I went for, God kept nudging me. It got to the point that I had to get slapped in the face by almost failing a course that I wanted as my minor. That's when I sat back and re-looked my life plan over. It involved world-determined success and , essentially, money. God can use people with money... for sure. I'm just sure he knew that would lead to a weakness for me. So I decided to change my life plan. I know.. It's strange... second year university and deciding to change my plans. Believe me, it happens more than you think. I decided to take a break from school. I know, it should be refered to as dropping-out but that isn't my intent. I want to take a break. God really showed that this isn't where I should be right now. It doesn't mean that He banned me from university forever, infact, I've decided to start again next year (september or so). Just this time, my path is different. I've decided (with strong support of my family) to move home before Christmas and work full-time. When I get the money I will be renting a car (hopefull from my sister) and moving out. (Probably not far away...maybe 10 minutes- you can tell I'm independant -hahaha) Then I want to get involved in my church alot. I also have this list of things I want to do in my life. As I continue down this new path, I will do these things in God's order and at His descretion. The first thing is to get my teaching certification in Highland dance. I also plan on doing school on top of all this. As I get the funds and the go-ahead from God, I will enroll in one or two courses in on-line school. This way I can continue to pursue the education I really want but still maintain a certain amount of flexibility for God to work. When I first thought about this, I had doubts. I thought I wouldn't be able to be successful and I thought about all the money I owed already for school. A really big influence in my life helped change that; my Dad. he said not to worry about money because worry doesn't make money appear but he also set an example. My dad didn't have to opportunity to go to university at all and he is doing great. Mom and him have one of the happiest lives I know. That's what's important. I'm not trying to say that dropping out s the best bet when you hit a rough spot...that is the last thing you should do. But just remember that sitting back and listening to God may have the answer. Had I done that earlier, I'm sure I would be a ways down the new path God has for me. As it stands, I'm at the beginning...exactly where I should be. |
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My life has consisted of family. Really that's it. SOme people would find that odd and for the average teenager, probably annoying. I guess I don't because that is the norm. It all started when mom decided to have three toddlers at the same time. We aren't tripplets, but closer than the average distance of 2-3 years. We were three little fireballs but we were close. We had to be because we were homeschooled. I say 'were' because I am a veteran of 10 years of homeschooling and I am the youngest fireball. Being homeschooled made us extremely dependant upon mom and dad. We obtained all our knowledge from them. The burping contests included (we do have manners). We also had Grandparents around the corner. Grammy was the home-ec teacher, Gramma was the accounting teacher, dad was the 'lessons-of-life' (he still is) and mom was our class-room coordinator. Poppy was our woodwork and lawncare teacher and Grampa was the one who introduced us to old country, square dances and jamborees. This is why my family was close nit. We were a community. We still are. Just an evolved community. Fireball #1 is married, pregnant and moved to another country. Fireball #2 is still quite the fireball and focusing her energy to teaching dance in another city. She's turned 'big city' on us (really she's still got those hick roots). Then there is me, Fireball #3, still dependant on mom's coordinating (or organizing) and dad's 'life-lessons'. I may be away at school but I will never forget my tight-nit family, my support. Grammy may be gone but she is still a strong part of our community. We rely on those memories to get us through the situations in life we don't know how to deal with. from the movie selection to the jokes to the sewing to the amount of flour in the dough. Even though we aren't always together, our family is. Surrounded by God and His love we make a community that will always be there. We also accept guests and additions. My brother-in-law and baby #1 are very welcomed. That's what's great about our community. Visitors are always welcome for as long as they want. |