Day Camps coming

It's amazing how fast VBS has snuck up on me. It seems like just yesterday, Jeven(my pastor) had called me to tell me that I had that job. Now in less than one week, I will be the director of The Crocodile Dock day camp/VBS at Rosewood Park Alliance Church. Never in a million years would I have thought I would be the one leading something like that.
The funny thing about being a director of a VBS is that you have so much control yet so little control all at the same time. Sure I control the planned events, and in some ways the outcome of the decorations, the lessons, the crafts and snacks that are done. Yet at the same time i have no control over who donates supplies, or even which supplies will be donated. I cannot forsee which volunteers I will have or how many I will have, and most of all I cant even begin to control how many kids will walk through the doors of Rosewood Park.
Yes, I have set limits on the amount of children that will be allowed to pre-registar, but I have no control over which parents will decide to come the day of, or even the days during to bring thier children to this amazing atmosphere where God is being alloweed to work.
One of the biggest thinngs that I'm struggling with is trusting God to bring in the donations and volunteers to make this summer's day camp a success. At the moment I have 109 kids attending, between the two weeks (July 27-31 and August 10-14), yet the volunteers are very small (I think I'm at about 15 including station leaders and registration people). I KNow that God will provide me with the people that will help, yes somedays One has to wonder.
Today God was amazing! I have become quite frustrated with the people at Rosewood, as they seem to be very last minute, and thus even in the area of donations things were getting a little scary. I was starting to worry that perhaps I would be buying everything on my own. However, today, another volunteer came in, as well we recieved many food donations that will help to cut the cost down in the area of food and crafts. Praise God!
Its in the moments like these ones that I really see how God works and they help to push me on in my journey of trusting him as well as learning the art of patience.
Well that's my life up to this point. Please Pray that I get the volunteers and Donations.

This is me

I'm not really much of a blogger, as a matter of fact, i generally dont do it. Words and me generally do not mix. However, tonight as i was thinking i realized that perhaps the best way to allow people to keep in touch with my life, was to blog. So throught this blog, i hope to keep people up to date with the events in my life and the thoughts in my head.
So for a recap of the last few months.
I finished my 3rd yea at the U or R doing education and am still living in Regina. Come August, I will be starting my 4th and final year with an internship at MacNeill school in the north end of Regina. Planning for the internship is definitely something I look forward to.
This summer, I'm working at smitty's as a waitress, as well as at Rosewood Park Alliance church as the summer intern. There I am responsible for planning and executing the 2 day camps offered, as well as aiding in the children's ministry. This definitely keeps me busy, though i'm sure that it will be very rewarding in the end.
In march, I started dating a very amazing man named Benjamin. Being 6"7' makes him the perfet hight, for me, as it allows me to wear any size heels I want ;). He is a sweet guy, who is constantly looking out for me, and putting up with my many attitude moments. Together, we have had some adventures, including easter at Baba and Gedo A's, many trips home to saskatoon, a photo shoot with McMasters in Moose Jaw, countless trips to Moose Jaw and recently have decided to hit the gym (though at this point Ben is not much of a fan). From January untill this past June, we also served together in the youth ministry at Rosewood, meeting many interesting and exciting young individuals.
At the end of June, Gedo M was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which came as a surprise to many, especially me, it was not something that I was expecting. So this past weekend, Ben and I made a trip home to visit him ( he was in the hospital in Saskatoon) and were pleasntly surprised to find him up and very upbeat. Please pray for him.
Upon finding out about Gedo's cancer, Justin shaved his head, raising $310 for Cancer..WAY TO GO BUDDY
As well dad celebrated his 45th birthday this weekend, so while we were still in Saskatoon mom threw him a surprise birthday.
As you can see God has been very active, placing many interesting and amazing individuals in my life (although not all are mentioned here). He continues to take me places and lead me into situations and experiences that i could never dream of. I look forward to see what he has planned for my life, which if time allows I will share with you here on this page.
Well that's all for tonight. Have a good one :D