Goings On

It is pretty amazing how fast time can fly by when you are busy, distracted, lazy, and unimaginitive. However today being my day off (i.e. the Sabbath) with no distractions or obligations I thought that perhaps I should update my blog.

The last several weeks though busy haven't been overly exciting. No big events to exclaim over and write about have happened, so mostly this post will be filled with odd little anecdotes.

Two Sunday ago was an interesting day. The Saturday night before I had stayed up till midnight baking for the coming Easter preparations, first of which was a sunrise service. Because of this I only got less than five hours of sleep. Even though the first service was at a strange church the connection with fellow believers was very encouraging. Because of where I work and the size of my church I have a tendency to feel alone as a christian and it is good for me (and all of us) to be reminded that that isn't true. A few hours later at my regular church we had a great breakfast together and then the usual worship service. Unfortunately my lack of sleep decided to kick in right then and to my great embarresment I have no recollection of the meeting because I was otherwise engaged :) Oh yes, I should also mention here that I also threw a raw egg at my sister that morning. If it had been hard boiled, as I supposed it was, she would have caught it rather handily. As it was, she simply shattered the shell and sent egg guts flying everywhere. Thankfully the day ended on a much higher note with an Easter dinner at my cousin's house.

I also found out that people still like me. Within the last several weeks I have recieved three different invitations to various events. A wedding, a dinner, and a volunteer opportunity. Needless to say I was honored to accept them all. Isn't it affirming to recieve that sort of thing in the mail? In these days of near-instant communication when something comes in the mail it almost lends it more weight because more time and expense have been taken to let you know that you are thought of.

I'm finding also that however hard I try to live spartanly my possesions just seem to keep growing. I just joined up with a dvd club and recieved my intial shipment of eight. Sometimes entertainment can be such a burden.

Last weekend I helped out at my church which was hosting a youth weekend. Overall it went extremely well. There were about 15 girls and 4 boys. I felt rather bad for the boys being outnumbered so badly, but they all seemed to have great time anyway. :)
I was one of the team leaders during the time and I have to say that we pretty much cleaned up due to having a very skills balanced team. I also got to watch 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' again. I would highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

That weekend was also a big first for me. It was my first side job as an electrian! Even though I was simply taking down some old florescent lights and putting up some paddle fans in a slightly different location it was a pretty big deal. I now know that these last two years haven't been a complete waste and I have actually learned a little bit of electrical theory and practical application.

Another area of firsts for me has been in preparing to travel to my friend's wedding. All of my previous travel experience has been arranged by others, and now I am having to do it for both myself and my brother. Even though it is rather stressfull and challenging it is also enjoyable at the same time. I know that I need the experience and that I won't get it any other way except by doing it. Also this way, once it is over I will have that much more confidence to do even more on my own. I made it to Nova Scotia, I'm (hopefully :) ) going to make it to florida, and who knows what after that!

And that is more than enough about me. So I will finish by saying that I now have a new carpooling buddy. He is very quiet and usually keeps to himself. The only thing that I have learned about him so far is that his name is Oscar and that he is exceedingly generous. Everytime I get into the car he greets me with a present. I think he might have low self esteem issues, not that I can hardly blame him. To put it nicely he won't be winning any beauty contests soon, if ever. I think he gets car sick real easily as well because he is almost always green looking. He has a great sense of rythm though, and is always making noise whenever I play music. I say making noise because he has this odd way of banging his legs together and making a tinking sound. In case your wondering just what kind of fellow he is, he agreed to let me take his picture so here is Oscar.


'Nough said. And as a great way to end this post, here is a quote from Jane Austen's novel, 'Northanger Abbey'. "A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can." Aren't the classics great? :-)

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Please excuse the delay. The last three days I have been disconnected from web access, so that is one of my excuses :) Another one is that although I have a half formed idea in my head it hasn't coalesced enough to become a post. Hopefully within the next couple of days one will be forth coming. Thank you for your patience. To leave a message click on the link below.


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Hope of New Life

I realize that it is Easter and that most people will be doing some sort of Thanks to God post or Happy Easter post of one knd or another. It is definitely a good idea and one which can be done just about any possible way. I've decided to combine my Easter post with another post idea that has been going around in my head for quite a while.

One of my friend's friend enjoys taking pictures of sunsets, and does a great job at it. The only problem I have with sunsets is that they end in darkness. The black night wins out and only the dim cold light of the stars is left. Sunrises on the other hand, start with the blossoming beauty of the rising sun and then it gets continually brighter and cheerier. The darkness of night is finished and conquered. One of the best benifits of my job is that I am priviledged to see many of these sunrises as I travel to work. Lately with my cell phone I have been able to capture a few of them however badly. This Easter I would like to share a few of them as we think about Jesus rising from the dead early in the morning.



What must have the glory of that morning been like? Surely all of creation was rejoicing over the triumph of the King over the grave.



"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory" (1 Cor. 15:55)






Wishing you all a Happy Easter as we remember the new life that Jesus gives freely to all.

Of Hands and Heartattacks

Several days ago I was surfing the world of internet posting and I stumbled across a site where a man said that he had had a troubling dream the night before. Being a victim of troubling dreams myself, I left a comment saying that if he told it I would describe my latest and we could compare. Well he has, and so to keep my word, not to mention I have nothing else to post about, here is the latest adventure from the mind of W.C.


Many moons ago, while sleeping peacefully in my bed, I was visited by three spirits. Wait, that's not the right story. Here's the right one.

During the night I found myself in that half awake state, where you are aware of your surroundings but as soon as you turn over, you fall right back asleep. This happens occasionally and usually I just turn over and go back to sleep. This time though something was different. Even though I was half asleep I could feel a hand gripping my arm! In case you don't know me I am single, sleep alone, and don't share my bed with anyone, so this was completely out of the ordinary. As soon as I became aware of the hand I had the instant knowledge that this was a dead, disembodied hand that was clasping my arm! In a split second I was wide awake, and perched at the foot of my bed, having jumped there screaming before I even realized what I was doing. As I crouched there looking frantically for the unattached arm in the dim moonlight, it slowly sank in after several seconds that there was no way an arm could be in my bed and it must have been a dream. Even after that it took me a while to convince myself that it was safe to lie back down.

Thankfully I have had enough night time terrors like this to be able to go back to sleep fairly easily. However the memory of the certainty that I had continues to haunt me, making me wonder if it wasn't more than just a simple dream. Thank God that whatever it be whether dreams or giants we can have prefect peace in the blood of Jesus.