Blessed

Today was a long adventurous day. Elly and I were on the skytrain when we decided to go give Beimers a surprise visit at the hospital. He was just leaving the hospital as we arrived. He took us down to see little Madelyn. I have spent a lot of time in the NICU before with my cousin when she had open heart surgery, and I felt like I was going through all that again. But once I saw little Madelyn, that changed. You can tell just my looking at her little body that she is a fighter and she has a strength in her that will make her overcome what is going on now and what is to come in her life. She has two amazing parents and 3 awesome big sisters that will be there for every step of her journey. Thank you Beimers for sharing Madelyn with me. I feel blessed to have gotton to meet your little angel and am excited to see her grow up and be sitting on the bench with you at your volleyball games just like her big sisters.

24

Well it is now 24 short days until my trip. I have so many emotions going through me, I really dont know what to think at all. My mom is going to Korea on Thursday and this will be the last time I see her until middle of June. Tonight I had to sing at church and I will have to do it all over again tomorrow morning. It doesnt feel like its Christmas at all. Yes we have the tree all decorated nice and there are gifts under the tree, but it hasnt hit me that tomorrow is the day that Christ came to earth in the form of a baby. I have been surrounded by Christmas since July when we first had our christmas ornaments on sale at work. That is the one down-side to working in retail, especially in a mall. Once Christmas actually comes, I feel so sick of it. Once July comes rolling along again, I will be in the same position, hopefully as an assistant manager where I work now and the joy of Christmas will be shot down slowly over 5 months until Christmas actually comes. It is good to have all my friends home from school and what not. I got see a bunch of people last night which was nice. I will hopefully get to see a lot more on New Years Eve. Please let me know if you are coming over for that night. Thats about it for now. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas!!!!!

An Interesting Site

So I just arrived back from Houston. It was so good to see so much of my family who I havent seen in a really long time. We went straight from the airport to the viewing. THat was interesting to see my grandma lying there but it was awesome to see her in complete peace. The burial was yesterday and that was an interesting site in 2 ways. First, its hard to see someone being lowered into the ground. The second thing is that as she was being lowered a black crow was cawing in the tree above us, but right when the pastor starting praying, the crow was silent and flew away. It was a reminder to me that as hard as it is, its also awesome to know that she is at peace. She was also burried right beside my aunt was passed away 4 months ago. Overall I think it was more of a joyful celebration than a sad goodbye.

Houston Bound

Another sad and non exciting blog. I am sorry. Yesterday morning my grandma passed away. Her funeral is on Thursday so I am flying up to Houston on Wednesday evening and flying home Friday morning. I was hoping to see Ashley at the airport since she comes in the same day from Edmonton, but I wont be able to see her. Oh well. The time will come when I get to see her. Me and Ashley havent been so close since we stopped talking to eachother about a year ago. I am so thankful for her and her friendship. I know that I can always go to her with anything going on including everything with my Grandma, and my aunt only 4 short months ago and she will always be there for me. She is the best! Hope you are all pushing through your exams and what not. Its only 2 weeks to Christmas!!! Take Care.

I am going home now. I am going home.

Yesterday morning my dad missed his flight to Houston BC to say goodbye to his mother, my grandma. He flew out today instead to visit her in the hospital. She has trouble speaking as she is 92. The only words she ever said to my dad all day were "What a nice surprise" when he first arrived, "I love you" during the day and as he was leaving, "I am going home now, I am going home". Its bitter sweet to know this is all she said to him. She knows she is going home to heaven to meet her Father. Seeing her will power and strength is amazing and that in her final hours of life she said everything that needed to be said straight from her heart. She is going to a better place now and that is comforting that she can be free from pain. I dont mean for this to be all sad, but I want to have her life known and celebrated as she was a wonderful person. Now, she is going home.

Making Povery History

Well, I cant believe that the snow we have had has actually stuck around and it is freezing out! Christmas is in the air! Nothing compared to Ontario or Alberta I know, but it is cold none the less. The FVC Senior boys lost there game tonight therefore they are playing for 3rd place which is still awesome. 46 Days until I leave. Everyday it is becoming more and more real. I was watching an Much Music presentation on Zambia the other day. It was really encouraging to see the youth there learning about AIDS/HIV and sharing what they have learned with other youth and children around there. Teenage girls especially are learning how to stand up for themselves and say no to sex and actually having their boyfriends respect their desicion. Its amazing how God is working there with the youth. This is in the generation to Make Poverty History and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Keep pressing on.