30 days from today.....

And The Bungay's will know where they are spending the next few years of their lives together! April 27, 2007 will be both a very exciting and memorable day of our lives. We look forward to hearing where the rest our session will be appointed as well as many of our friends and family members - but until then....we wait. We wait in anticipation of the excitement, tears (as I know that at least Karen will be crying! haha), the questions, the packing etc. The one thing I will probably miss the most is having the chance to apartment hop! I love living in a community where we show up looking for anything from sugar and eggs to spiritual help and support - and either is just as acceptable!

In other news...we received a wedding invitation from our friends back in NL the other day (waiting until April 27 to respond) and we received some Easter cards in the mail today from our family (thanks a bunch)! I take these as little blessings from God to remind us of the many people we meet along our Christian journey.

This weekend I had the chance to see two really good movies. Friday night Sheldon and I watched "The Terminal", and Saturday night we went to see "The Pursuit of Happyness." I would recommend both! We also went out with some friends for a BBQ and went to a surprise party for Deana Z - a great weekend! The activities of this weekend have made me think about how much I would like to make two big purchases this summer- a puppy and a BBQ!

This week has been filled with some good news as well. Our friend Rebecca (whom we met during our summer assignment) was accepted to Training College! The Braye's are expecting a little bambino! And I was chosen to be the Valedictorian for my session. Also, my sister & brother-in-law have told Benjamin that he is moving - he now refers to a "far away house" and plans on visiting Grandma & Poppy on Lightning McQueen! Which I think is hilarious! Just thought I'd spread some of this good news!

Blessings

Over the past few days I have been reading through the book of 1 Samuel. I have been reminded of the importance of friendship, 1 Samuel 18:1 "After David finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king's son. There was an immediate bond of love between them, and they became the best of friends." Sometimes we make immediate connections with friends, other times it take weeks of building trust - the importance is that friends are those special people we can laugh and cry with, encourage and stay close to during the rough times in our lives. Jonathan and David are a great example of Friends sticking close to one another during very difficult times...so difficult that it was close to David's death. Tonight I celebrate God's gift of friendship! I believe that I have found some of those close connections, and I will cherish them forever!

Tonight I also celebrate God's gift of family - I love all you guys!

March 10, 2007

What a great weekend! Friday evening we had our 99 Day Celebration Party! Our whole session went out for supper and then back to the residence for Cake/Coffee. During the supper we started a "most likely to..." list. I'm not at liberty to share all of the info (hah) but I was most likely to have a baby first (don't get too excited!), and Sheldon had the cutest wiggle! Our session is full of different personalities, passions, and interests - but one thing we all love to do is party together! Upon arrival back at Waverley we were greeted with a 99 day banner made by the GFW's which was full of hilarious statements. For example, "99 Days until you can wear your hair anyway you like!" The others I'm not at liberty to share!!!!

This morning a few of us were at a bridal shower for Hayley (Booth Student), and had another great time of fellowship and laughter! Her friends threw her an "around the clock" shower, so basically everyone was given a specific time of day to purchase their gift around. A few of us went in together and bought her a crock pot. She seemed to really like it...and it was more practical than some of the other gifts she received! But that's the whole point of showers...right?! What's a bridal shower without a little bit of embarrassment?! Another great thing, I actually won a prize! That never happens! I won for having the wedding anniversary closest to Hayley's date!

Tonight we had another evening of fellowship with some friends - so it's been a great weekend! God has certainly blessed us with many new friends since coming to Winnipeg, and we are SO thankful for that! We are taking every chance we get for fellowship within our community before we leave in June....we might be pretty lonely in Digby! haha!

Don't forget to put your clocks ahead tonight!

Tuesday March 07, 2007

Tomorrow I make my big debut as an actress at CFOT! haha! Anita and I will be portraying Mary & Martha in order to help out Amanda with her chapel. I have to be pretty dramatic...so I better get my acting hat on!! Well for those of you who really know me understand that that won't be too big of a stretch, as I can get pretty dramatic sometimes (Do you know who my mom is???hahahaha)

Today we were able to sit under the ministry of Peter & Bethany, and were also given the opportunity to say goodbye before they head home to Pickering. Thanks for the borrowed DVD's, cook books, and Nintendo Wii! haha. Sheldon and I wish you the best of luck, and be assured of our prayers as you make another "turn" on your journey.

In family news - We are all hoping that Erika & Steve will be able to come up for 2 weeks in May to take two intensive courses at Booth College. I really hope they get all the approval they need!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

March 5, 2007

Wow...I haven't posted anything in a long time! Sorry! Let see, things are going well here in our last semester of training college - wow that still seems so weird to say! It seems like only a short time ago we were leaving NL and saying goodbye to family and friends. Time is passing so quickly! In fact this Friday the HGN Session will be having our 99 day party, to celebrate 99 days until commissioning. We are heading out for supper at "triple b's" and then back to the residence for cake and refreshments with the GFW's. Sometimes I think people get the wrong impression of our excitement to get our first appointments and start this new chapter in our lives - it's not because we've had a terrible time at CFOT - it's because we feel ready to get out into ministry, and we are exited to build God's Kingdom! That's something to celebrate isn't it?!!

Other CFOT news is that we will have a website up and running sometime in the near future. The site is www.cfot.ca and it will display pics, articles, papers, bios etc. I think it will be pretty cool once everything is set up. We also had our commissioning pictures taken last week - Sheldon and I are very pleased with ours! Sorry, we can't post them yet.

Tonight I'm also celebrating the completion of the SA History course with my final paper focusing on Army music. I found it really interesting to research the link between the sucess of Army music and its adaptation to culture - but hey - there's not many SA band geeks left! haha!