Quiz-o-rama!

This weekend was a quiz meet in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. It was at a huge church called Circle Drive Alliance. That is one huge church.. It is in the shape of a pentagon and has so many rooms it could be a convention center. The guys stayed at a place right across froma huge manse that they said looked like the white house. On the way home we said that they stayed across from the White House and we quizzed in the Pentagon. Snazzy!! The drive to and from Saskatoon takes about 9 hours so we had a lot of time to do nothing in the van. Actually it wasn't all that bad. We were all really tired and so we had a lot of fun joking around and sleeping and listening to music and studying and all sorts of stuff. Our team didn't do all that great for the quizzing part of the weekend but we had fun anyway. I was billeted with Sharlyn Dueck. We stayed at her friend's house. Her name is Elisha Ruck and Kyla Dyck was also staying there. Sharlyn and I shared a Hide-a-bed. The second night we came into the house and Kyla took off her shoes and her feet stank so bad that she had to immediately wash her feet. It smelled worse than all three of my brothers put together after they had played hockey for 5 hours. It was so funny!! We couldn't stop laughing at poor Kyla. We got to bed at around 1:30 that night. Last night after we got back from the quiz meet I decided to go to College and Career. Ellie and her family moved here from Germany and we had a bit of a party for Ellie. We played games and talked and stuff. I was really tired by the time I got to bed but I didn't sleep well last night. Oh well. Maybe I'll catch up tonight.

Here's a riddle for ya all:
What has roots as nobody sees
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes
And yet never grows?

Have fun! ttfn
PS: Here's a hint. We don't have them here where we live

Good Life

Hey all! I thought I'd update you on the things going on in my life lately. Right now life seems to be really good. I have so many things to be excited about! Monday Heather, Liane and I went out on the town for a fun day. We went shopping at Walmart with Heather's big stuffed monkey. It was a lot of fun! We stuffed him in the cart and took him inside. We got a few strange looks! After we were done shopping and running around town we took Liane home. She invited us in and we stayed for supper as well. (You've got a really cool couch Liane!). It was lot of fun just spending the day together! Next weekend Ellie is coming from Germany. I can't wait! It will be so good to see her again. Then the next weekend Josh and his girlfriend are coming out from Ontario for the weekend for a Pillar concert. That should be fun as well. Yesterday I went over to Candice's parents and her mom loaded me down with a bunch of stuff for when I move out. She was just getting rid of it anyway so she thought I might want it. Now I am more excited than ever about moving out in fall. I also ended up changing my room around yesterday. It's always nice to have a change but it is such a hassle to move my bedroom furniture! I needed room for the coffee table my parents bought me. I hope it comes in soon! Thinking about all this makes me realize how blessed I am. I thank God for all I have but I think I take them forgranted way too much.
Lyric of the Day: Good Life by Audio Adrenaline

I've watched my dreams all fade away/ and blister in the sun/everything I've ever had is unraveled and undone/ I've set upon a worthless stack/ of my ambitious plans/ and the people that I've loved the most/ have turned their backs and ran// Chorus: This is the good life/I've lost everything/I could ever want/ and ever dream of/ this is the good life/ I've found everything/ I could ever need/ here in your arms//Loneliness has left me searching for someone to love/poverty has change my view/of what true riches are/Sorrow's opened up my eyes/to see what real joy is/pain has been the catalyst/to my heart's happiness//(chorus)//What good would it be/ if you had everything/ but the thing you didn't have/ was the only thing you need//(chorus)//

I think that every once in a while I need an eye-opener to help me realize how blessed I am. The Tsunami made me think about how I would react if I suddenly had everything taken away from me including my family. I hope that I would be able to trust God in the midst of it. Is Christ really the center of my life? I don't think He truly is. I need to change that.
ttfn

No Time

Hey all! I know I haven't posted in a really long time. Sorry 'bout that. My excuse is that I haven't had much time on the computer. I will soon have internet access on my own computer so I should have more time to write then. Since I last posted I started my job at the library and everything is going well enough. I'm still struggling a bit with not finding a different job. Yeah, it's nice that I don't have to be trained, but I was hoping for something different including more hours. I guess God has other plans though. It's really great that I am not nearly so bored as I was before. I actually have a bit of a schedule! This past weekend we had a Quiz Meet at our church, which was really fun. By the end of Saturday I was exhausted, but it was a good kind of tired. It's really fun to have a bunch of kids get together and spend the whole day reeling off scripture. Sunday evening was College and Career. We spent a lot of the time laughing. :) Of course we got through our lesson though. It was supposed to blizzard last night but it only actually started snowing here about an hour ago. Last night was Ladies fellowship at the church so I stopped by there after work. They were having a PJ party and watching a movie. I didn't have supper before I went to work and I forgot about Ladies Fellowship till I was at work so I didn't end up eating till 10:30. Boy was I hungry!! Well... I've gotta go get some memorizing done before Quiz practice this afternoon. I'll leave you with a bit of Matthew.

If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. Matthew 16:24-27