Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Smile
YIPPPPEEE!!!! My teeth finally got fixed and now I have my smile back. :-D Now I look all handsome again.....err....well at least I look like I used to (and even slightly better perhaps cause they straightened the one tooth out a bit while they were at it) Anyways...I am excited. I'll have to try and get a picture somehow. Anyone have a digital camera?
Monday, January 30, 2006
Weddings and Lack of Sleep
So, this weekend was pretty fun. My friends Nathaniel Johnson and Rebecca Spears got married on Saturday so I went down to SC for the wedding. I flew out of Buffalo airport right after work on Friday and arrived in Raleigh/Durham at 10:00. Greg and Arie picked my up and we stopped by Amelia's house on the way home and visited there for a while and so by time we got in bed it was about 2:30 a.m. We were up and at 'er at 7 the next morning and hit the road to Greenville by 8. The wedding itself was wonderful. A beautiful bride and handsome groom, a very well done service, beautiful Bridesmaid dresses and lots of really good food afterwards made for a great wedding.
after the wedding we visited a few people and then went and saw Glory Road...which by the way is an excellent movie. Watch it if you get the chance. After that we stopped by the Karr's house and visited there til 1 in the morning. I am proud to say we made it to Sunday School then next morning too. Although Mr. Clay (whose house we were staying at) couldn't quite figure out how we got there on time since we were still in bed when he left. Sunday School and Church were both excellent and then we went over to the Johnson's place to eat leftovers from the wedding. After stuffing ourselves we head back up to Greensboro for the evening service, and after that we talked into the wee hours of the morning and then after a quick 1 hour nap we headed off to the airport for the ride home. So here I am back in Canada and just a little bit tired :). Boy did I have fun though.
Dave...Off to Bed!!!
after the wedding we visited a few people and then went and saw Glory Road...which by the way is an excellent movie. Watch it if you get the chance. After that we stopped by the Karr's house and visited there til 1 in the morning. I am proud to say we made it to Sunday School then next morning too. Although Mr. Clay (whose house we were staying at) couldn't quite figure out how we got there on time since we were still in bed when he left. Sunday School and Church were both excellent and then we went over to the Johnson's place to eat leftovers from the wedding. After stuffing ourselves we head back up to Greensboro for the evening service, and after that we talked into the wee hours of the morning and then after a quick 1 hour nap we headed off to the airport for the ride home. So here I am back in Canada and just a little bit tired :). Boy did I have fun though.
Dave...Off to Bed!!!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Election
The numbers are in: The conservatives have a minority government. Stephen Harper is the New Prime minister of Canada and we have yet another minority government. I wonder how long this one will last?
Conservatives: 124
Liberal: 103
NDP: 29
Bloc: 51
Independant: 1
Its gonna be tough for the conservatives. I only hope they will be able to do some good while they are in.
Conservatives: 124
Liberal: 103
NDP: 29
Bloc: 51
Independant: 1
Its gonna be tough for the conservatives. I only hope they will be able to do some good while they are in.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
The Love of God
In youth group we are studying the book 'The Joy of Fearing God' by Jerry Bridges and so far it has been an excellent read. This week we studied the chapter on the love of God and it was an amazing chapter. What does it mean that God loves us? It means that He sent his son down to earth to die for a race that openly rebels against him and hates him. Bridges uses the analogy of a hobo coming to your door for food and you give it to him; but in God's case it is more like a hobo breaking into your house and stealing all your stuff and then getting caught and going to jail where you go an bring him food. God has a great and infinite love for us who are so unlovable. This amazing love worked in our lives can only lead to outworkings of holiness in the Christian's life.
He also talks about how we better come to know and appreciate the love of God. It is much like the opposing forces that we see in nature. If you whirl a ball on a string around your head it is pulling on the string in the outward direction while the string is pulling on the ball in an inward direction each of these forces needs the other one to counterbalance it, and so it is with the love of God and the fear of God. The more we come to understand how great and holy our God is and how far above us he is and how horrible our sin is the better we understand his love. He who has been forgiven much loves much. The more we learn about the holiness of God and the sinfulness of ourselves the greater our awe and fear of him will be and the greater our astonishment at his love. It is incomprehensible that God should condescend to love a wicked man like me and yet it is true. This amazing truth can never be dwelt on too much. This is where self-examination should lead us...to an astonishment that God still loves somebody as wicked as me. Hallelujah what a Savior.
He also talks about how we better come to know and appreciate the love of God. It is much like the opposing forces that we see in nature. If you whirl a ball on a string around your head it is pulling on the string in the outward direction while the string is pulling on the ball in an inward direction each of these forces needs the other one to counterbalance it, and so it is with the love of God and the fear of God. The more we come to understand how great and holy our God is and how far above us he is and how horrible our sin is the better we understand his love. He who has been forgiven much loves much. The more we learn about the holiness of God and the sinfulness of ourselves the greater our awe and fear of him will be and the greater our astonishment at his love. It is incomprehensible that God should condescend to love a wicked man like me and yet it is true. This amazing truth can never be dwelt on too much. This is where self-examination should lead us...to an astonishment that God still loves somebody as wicked as me. Hallelujah what a Savior.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
its time to post
Since Mary seems to have a weak stomach I'll update this thing so that she has something else to look at :-P Actually I just now finished setting up a wireless router here at the Bosshers.
Who are the Bosschers you ask...
well that is a good question. The Bosschers are the family that I will be living with for the next 4 months of my life. I'm on a co-op term in Burlington, working for Environment Canada on the GEMS water project so make sure you pay your taxes this year so that I get my paycheck.
anyways, now that I have that router set up and have access to high speed internet once again, I can update this once in a while, since I know how much y'all love to hear about my teeth breaking and what color socks I'm wearing and when I last went to the bathroom and other such interesting information. ya well, speaking of my teeth they are doing fine I have to go into the dentist soon, but I don't have a date yet...hopefully not too long, cuase I'm sick of freaking people out every time I smile.
In other news, I had a great Christmas down in NC...broken teeth or no broken teeth...it was soooo good to see Greg and Re again and of course all the rest of the van Eyk family together with all my friends from NC and SC...we had a blast down there and didn't even end up in jail...we did so much stuff that I can't even post it all on here...you'll have to call me if you want to hear all the details...
New Years was good too. We had a great New Year's Eve party and did some crazy stuff like sledding down a hill on garbage bags and racing through the snow in my socks...lots of fun. Then of course there was the St. Thomas yps New Year's Day Skating Tradition that has been going on for as long as man has inhabited this earth...(well, my mom and dad met there so its been pretty close to that anyways) although, since New Years was on a Sunday this year we had all the stuff on the 2nd, but it was still lots of fun. Volleyball where you spent more time waitig to play than playing and then skating and then getting home late and not getting enough sleep and almost falling asleep the first day of work...yes indeed. Good times.
Who are the Bosschers you ask...
well that is a good question. The Bosschers are the family that I will be living with for the next 4 months of my life. I'm on a co-op term in Burlington, working for Environment Canada on the GEMS water project so make sure you pay your taxes this year so that I get my paycheck.
anyways, now that I have that router set up and have access to high speed internet once again, I can update this once in a while, since I know how much y'all love to hear about my teeth breaking and what color socks I'm wearing and when I last went to the bathroom and other such interesting information. ya well, speaking of my teeth they are doing fine I have to go into the dentist soon, but I don't have a date yet...hopefully not too long, cuase I'm sick of freaking people out every time I smile.
In other news, I had a great Christmas down in NC...broken teeth or no broken teeth...it was soooo good to see Greg and Re again and of course all the rest of the van Eyk family together with all my friends from NC and SC...we had a blast down there and didn't even end up in jail...we did so much stuff that I can't even post it all on here...you'll have to call me if you want to hear all the details...
New Years was good too. We had a great New Year's Eve party and did some crazy stuff like sledding down a hill on garbage bags and racing through the snow in my socks...lots of fun. Then of course there was the St. Thomas yps New Year's Day Skating Tradition that has been going on for as long as man has inhabited this earth...(well, my mom and dad met there so its been pretty close to that anyways) although, since New Years was on a Sunday this year we had all the stuff on the 2nd, but it was still lots of fun. Volleyball where you spent more time waitig to play than playing and then skating and then getting home late and not getting enough sleep and almost falling asleep the first day of work...yes indeed. Good times.
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