My Christmas Adventures

Christmas was quite the adventure this year! Some good and some bad, but lots of stories anyway… I figured I could share a few of the stories anyway!

I had a good time at home with my family before I left for my friend’s stag on the 27th. Was good just to relax with family and catch up on some reading and emailing… and snowboarding. I find it trying to be at home sometimes… I start to make my home in a new place, and my heart is there. Even though I have only live in Hepburn for 5 months, it still is starting to feel like home. So, it may be hard to leave in April!

So, I MCed my friend’s wedding, so that was a new experience, but I really enjoyed it, and I have been told that I did a good job to! I was going to get a T-shirt made that said “always an usher” on the front and then “never a groom” on the back, but I guess now I will have to get “and MC” on the side now! It was such an awesome wedding, one of those weddings that just seems right! They are both awesome, Godly people! It was so cool to see Erin go down the aisle to a song with the words, “If you love me, you must first love Jesus in me.” Those might not be the exact words, but you get the gist!

So, I just relaxed in Regina and caught up with people until New Years. I usually would try to sleep in and then do stuff with my good friend, Mike Johnston in the afternoons and evenings. And did some more reading. I bought a stand for my guitar and a capo. Now my bro, Nathan, won’t have to worry about stepping on my guitar because of me leaving it out! Now, just to learn how to play it!

I saw my friends who play pro hockey in the Czech Republic, awesome, godly women! So cool to hear the stories of how God is using them there! And my good friend VT, haven’t seen him since my convocation in June, but was able to visit with him 3 times in 2 days! Such a blessing! Even went to an authentic Vietnamese restaurant on Sunday.

And a few cool stories. I went to church on Sunday morning and it seemed like a lot of my friends were not around anymore, some have moved away or went home for the break or something. Well, I talked to a few friends who had just graduated from nursing and asked them what they were going to do for work. Well, there was one young lady who I know but have rarely talked to. I saw her standing there and I started asking her about her plans. She told me that she has her nursing practicum left, and is going to India January 5th. I told her that Bethany College 3rd year students are going there for missions January 5th. She got really excited and ran around the pews to be closer. She said that she got a visa from a Bethany student. I guess the government had sent my friend, Janell’s visa to Amanda… I don’t know how they mess that up! Anyway, Amanda looked Janell up on facebook and they were able to exchange stories and pray together. Small world! Who would think that Janell’s Visa and Passport would go to a person who I know, and that I would say more to Amanda than I ever have before! haha

Then, on New Years Eve my brother, Nathan, called my cell phone to tell me his car had started on fire an exploded! I guess he smelled smoke as he drove to the Wal-Mart in Kindersley but thought it was just a bon fire or something. He went into Wal-Mart and 5 minutes later there was a red alert for a white Mustang! There was a flame under the hood and everyone told him not to go near it. Everyone was running to their cars and driving away like it was a terrorist attack or something! He phoned the fire department, but by the time they got there it was a huge fire and his car is totaled! He was able to get his stuff out from inside, just not the trunk.

I even got to see the Saskatoon Blades defeat that Regina Pats 2-1 and was able to have a chat with a few Christian guys on the Blades!

There were many other adventures… but those are the ones I can talk about! Haha!