GenUnleashed/Portland...of Course
1. i can't get over how friendly and nice and welcoming people are in portland- thanks to sarahi and family for hosting us- i've never felt so welcome in a home not my own. and all the people at GU- they just come up and introduce themselves- no reservations, hesitations, awkwardness. my mouth is still agape as i think about how nice people can be.
2. Fun Times/to revert back to an old highschool saying "MMM" (most memorable moments):
-shout shout shout it out
-love so pure and grace so free
-mexican judo- ju-do-know if i have a gun, ju-do-know if i have a knife....
-getting Tessa to focus
-gathered together around sharon's dining room table- we unleased a generation in that house.... so says livy
-lightbulb
-annual bowling tournament- which my team won by the way!!
-being so sleep deprived but never being in that dreamlike state
-meeting everyone at the indian church- they're really blessed to be a part of such a group; i finally have faces to names
3. going to portland, seeing the vibrancy of the church there, the passion of the christians, and then coming back to vancouver i realized what i'm missing out on- continuing to pray that God would bring back the Spirit and make the Church in Canada what it was meant to be
4. i learned that my mom's not the only parent who reads my blog... yes my mom reads my blog... just when you think you have an outlet to say what you want... mom appears. i came home from school on tuesday and my mom's like, "i read what you wrote." i'm like "what did i write?", "you know what you wrote." "what did i write mom, if you read it why don't you tell me", "i read what you wrote then i read simi's comments", "about what??", "are you sure it's okay that you miss classes on thursday and friday", "ma, relax, please, it'll be fine... (pause), when were you reading my blog?", "oh i was", "of all the millions of sites on the world wide web, you have to read mine??", "but i'm your mom"- suddenly that justifies everything she's ever done, because she's my mom
5. i learned, in greater magnitude, that no matter what happens to me in my life, no matter how stressed i am, what i'm going through, i've got this underlying and deeply rooted faith and trust that God will take care of it, the burden that is mine is carried by Him- His concern, His worry, and His problem. last week i was really stressed, i'd think about my future, the short time that i have left to do what needs to be done to get where i want to be, the amount of work that i have to do for school and the stuff i volunteer for- i'd think about it all and i'd almost want to cry just to relase that stress into emotion. but i didn't cry- i'd complain and speak my stress, but underneath it all and deep down inside i knew it was all going to be okay, i know God has plans for me and He'll get me to where i need to be. my stress was merely a human reaction- my control and collectiveness was a divine gift.
6. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you" (Jerimiah 1:5). i'm in awe of these words from God. being formed by God... what is greater than to be created by a perfect being, the one who knows everything. He didn't use a manual, He didn't need anyone's advice, He didn't make a sample, prototype, a practice shot and then create you, He knew exactly what He wanted, how He wanted you, and where He wanted you, and from His innovative mind, He created you with his majestic hands. not only did He create you, He knew you. not He KNOWS you, He KNEW you, before you were in existance, you were already known to God. who you are, what you like and don't, your fears, your ambitions, dreams, and anxieties, He knew them before you had a mind to think them. even in those times when you're not sure who you are, what your purpose is, where you'll be in 10 years, there's reason to not distress, because God does. to me, just knowing that God knows is enough for me to step back and just be, letting Him take care of the rest, open doors and make paths to get me to my destination.
8. simi and i have decided to buy a house in portland. we're going to live in vancouver monday-friday and then spend weekends and vacations in portland... right sim? beni's mom brought up a good point... we should have american husbands who will buy us that house. prayer simi, prayer is what will get the job done.
9. craving a McFlurry- i hate McDonalds- i feel as though everytime i walk by it an artery gets clogged and a portion of my liver disintegrates. but i'm still craving a McFlurry
10. i really have nothing more to say- but i need to end on a nice round and complete number like 10, and thus i write this.
2. Fun Times/to revert back to an old highschool saying "MMM" (most memorable moments):
-shout shout shout it out
-love so pure and grace so free
-mexican judo- ju-do-know if i have a gun, ju-do-know if i have a knife....
-getting Tessa to focus
-gathered together around sharon's dining room table- we unleased a generation in that house.... so says livy
-lightbulb
-annual bowling tournament- which my team won by the way!!
-being so sleep deprived but never being in that dreamlike state
-meeting everyone at the indian church- they're really blessed to be a part of such a group; i finally have faces to names
3. going to portland, seeing the vibrancy of the church there, the passion of the christians, and then coming back to vancouver i realized what i'm missing out on- continuing to pray that God would bring back the Spirit and make the Church in Canada what it was meant to be
4. i learned that my mom's not the only parent who reads my blog... yes my mom reads my blog... just when you think you have an outlet to say what you want... mom appears. i came home from school on tuesday and my mom's like, "i read what you wrote." i'm like "what did i write?", "you know what you wrote." "what did i write mom, if you read it why don't you tell me", "i read what you wrote then i read simi's comments", "about what??", "are you sure it's okay that you miss classes on thursday and friday", "ma, relax, please, it'll be fine... (pause), when were you reading my blog?", "oh i was", "of all the millions of sites on the world wide web, you have to read mine??", "but i'm your mom"- suddenly that justifies everything she's ever done, because she's my mom
5. i learned, in greater magnitude, that no matter what happens to me in my life, no matter how stressed i am, what i'm going through, i've got this underlying and deeply rooted faith and trust that God will take care of it, the burden that is mine is carried by Him- His concern, His worry, and His problem. last week i was really stressed, i'd think about my future, the short time that i have left to do what needs to be done to get where i want to be, the amount of work that i have to do for school and the stuff i volunteer for- i'd think about it all and i'd almost want to cry just to relase that stress into emotion. but i didn't cry- i'd complain and speak my stress, but underneath it all and deep down inside i knew it was all going to be okay, i know God has plans for me and He'll get me to where i need to be. my stress was merely a human reaction- my control and collectiveness was a divine gift.
6. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you" (Jerimiah 1:5). i'm in awe of these words from God. being formed by God... what is greater than to be created by a perfect being, the one who knows everything. He didn't use a manual, He didn't need anyone's advice, He didn't make a sample, prototype, a practice shot and then create you, He knew exactly what He wanted, how He wanted you, and where He wanted you, and from His innovative mind, He created you with his majestic hands. not only did He create you, He knew you. not He KNOWS you, He KNEW you, before you were in existance, you were already known to God. who you are, what you like and don't, your fears, your ambitions, dreams, and anxieties, He knew them before you had a mind to think them. even in those times when you're not sure who you are, what your purpose is, where you'll be in 10 years, there's reason to not distress, because God does. to me, just knowing that God knows is enough for me to step back and just be, letting Him take care of the rest, open doors and make paths to get me to my destination.
8. simi and i have decided to buy a house in portland. we're going to live in vancouver monday-friday and then spend weekends and vacations in portland... right sim? beni's mom brought up a good point... we should have american husbands who will buy us that house. prayer simi, prayer is what will get the job done.
9. craving a McFlurry- i hate McDonalds- i feel as though everytime i walk by it an artery gets clogged and a portion of my liver disintegrates. but i'm still craving a McFlurry
10. i really have nothing more to say- but i need to end on a nice round and complete number like 10, and thus i write this.
posted by tyna at Monday, February 06, 2006
6 Comments:
tynes ur number 8 point sounds exactly right.
dudette i was like SERIOUSLY thinking about it last night....and i relli like that idea.....i went so far as to calculating that i would set aside a certain amount of money when i get work and save it to buy that house. .....lets see where God takes us aye?
and why wait for husbands? imma buy it myself!!!! i don't want to depend on a freaking guy to buy a house!!!! i'm not incapable of working and getting one!!!
and when we do get that house, i'mma make benster beg to come to my house just cuz she was being so darn pessimistic!!!!! that's rite beni !!!!! you heard me~!!!!!!!!!!
and boy am i glad my mom doesn't read my blogs!
ten years from now i'm gonna laugh at you guys and remind you of all your "plans" that never came to be. actually, why wait ten years...i think i'll juss start laughing now! neither of you have a job, you can't even think of buying your own car, and your dreaming of buying a house...all i gotta say is, dream on.
your best bet would be to juss marry an American.
admit it, America is better. Applebees is yummy. driving is easier. people are nicer, Christians are on fire, the guys are...well okay, not going there.
but you get my point. and deep inside you KNOW i'm right.
beni, why are you listening to the voices?? keep your eye on the vision- we went all the way to portland and you didn't even learn that much??
i've always wanted to have a weekend home, it was either going to be on the island or somewhere north/east of vancouver- i've come to love portland- and i've always wanted to use the NEXUS lane.
my only clout with America has been their foreign policy- beyond that i've never had a problem with the US. i just never wanted to be so closely linked to a country with a negative image in the international realm.
holy cow benster you have SO MUCH NEGATIVE ENERGY!!!!!!!!
how bout some encouraging words huh??jeez!!!!!!!
and who says we're gonna buy it right away?????? so what if we don't have jobs now??? we're headed in that direction!
and america is not BETTER. it's a good place but i don't consider america better than Canada.
"your best bet would be to juss marry an American."????????? we don't need to bloody rely on a husband! arghhhhhhhh beni u have the mallu mentality!! stop it!
tyna my dear dear friend. have faith. don't listen to the voices like some people....
you keep me going sim... keepin on laughin
i might have said something about husbands, but there are parents reading this blog- so i've censored myself
uh oh i totally keep forgetting blogspot is no longer the kids domain...lol
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