Thursday night was my last Thursday with the Jr. Action group for a long time. We had 7 of the kids out, 5 of whom I taught prep classes to. I'm going to miss the kids at the corps! I knew that I'd miss them, but realizing that this was my last time with them in that setting was really saddening for me. It took a bit of effort not to cry at times.
I did a lesson on Australia and the Salvation Army in that country at the request of Jr. Soldier Sgt. Catherine Phipson. I had prepared a lesson on PowerPoint, saved it to the memory card in my digital camera, and then I left the USB cable to connect the camera to the laptop at home. I ended up doing up a bit of a rough lesson on the laptop from scratch based on what I could remember, but I wasn't too happy about it. Oh well.
For our activity, the kids wrote letters to the Metcalf's...Canadian SA officers stationed in Australia at the Eastern Territory's Officer Training College.
Anyways, here are some pictures from the evening.
Friday, January 28, 2005
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Youth Group Bowling and other stuff.
This past weekend was a fairly busy one, but it was thoroughly enjoyable! It started off with a suprise birthday party for me. Last Wednesday was my 21st birthday, so a few friends suprised me with a party...actually I think my parents arranged it...I'm not really sure on that. I was actually asleep on the couch in our family room when everyone was arriving. They all came, put their coats in the next room, and waited around for a bit without me knowing a thing. Then they woke me up. I was completely dazed and confused!! It took me a while to get myself fully aware again. But we had a good time, and people were very generous in their gifts (HUGE THANKS GUYS!!). After that most of us went directly to DYB practice. This was my last practice before leaving, and it went very well. After practice we went to Boston Pizza. I got my usual Spicy Perogy Pizza!! I love that one!!!! I got home sometime a little before or after 1am (I really can't remember). DYB practice resumed at 9am Saturday morning, again lots of fun. We continued our tradition and went to Wendy's for lunch. Thanks to Michael for the gift certificate, it bought me lunch for that day.
I spent an hour and a half standing on a SA Kettle at Chinook Mall Saturday afternoon as part of the Salvation Army's fundraising efforts for the Tsunami Relief Fund. I was greatly encouraged by the generosity of Calgarians, and the time passed relatively quickly.
That evening our youth group went bowling. I hadn't bowled in quite a long time, so I enjoyed it. We were there for two hours (I actually only stayed for the first hour). Brianna, my friends daughter and one of the kids from my Sunday School class took many picture with my camera, and I've posted some below. You have to click on "January 2005" under the archived posts to view all the pictures, they don't all fit on this page.
After bowling a group of us went back to Jackie's place (Brianna's mom) to watch Pirates of the Caribbean.
Sunday morning our church said good-bye to Alicia and I. We both participated in the service, Alicia led a song and read scripture. I was asked to give my testimony and lead a song. A luncheon was also held following the service. I'll actually be at church next week, but many people, including Alicia and my parents will be away next weekend in Edmonton because of the Breakforth Conference there (you always need a good reason to go to Edmonton).
I had Small Groups on Sunday evening, but I didn't go. Having been out late both Friday and Saturday night I figured I should get some sleep before going back to work Monday morning.
Tuesday was my last day at work. I've got the next week and a half to relax, get ready to go, and spend some time with my parents. Most of my preparations are complete now. I just need to get my money order to pay for my tuition and health insurance. I also need to pack, but that will come together over the next bit. We're now down to 10 days until we go...well, it's nearly Wednesday now, so I'll say it's 9 days to go.
Take care everyone.
I spent an hour and a half standing on a SA Kettle at Chinook Mall Saturday afternoon as part of the Salvation Army's fundraising efforts for the Tsunami Relief Fund. I was greatly encouraged by the generosity of Calgarians, and the time passed relatively quickly.
That evening our youth group went bowling. I hadn't bowled in quite a long time, so I enjoyed it. We were there for two hours (I actually only stayed for the first hour). Brianna, my friends daughter and one of the kids from my Sunday School class took many picture with my camera, and I've posted some below. You have to click on "January 2005" under the archived posts to view all the pictures, they don't all fit on this page.
After bowling a group of us went back to Jackie's place (Brianna's mom) to watch Pirates of the Caribbean.
Sunday morning our church said good-bye to Alicia and I. We both participated in the service, Alicia led a song and read scripture. I was asked to give my testimony and lead a song. A luncheon was also held following the service. I'll actually be at church next week, but many people, including Alicia and my parents will be away next weekend in Edmonton because of the Breakforth Conference there (you always need a good reason to go to Edmonton).
I had Small Groups on Sunday evening, but I didn't go. Having been out late both Friday and Saturday night I figured I should get some sleep before going back to work Monday morning.
Tuesday was my last day at work. I've got the next week and a half to relax, get ready to go, and spend some time with my parents. Most of my preparations are complete now. I just need to get my money order to pay for my tuition and health insurance. I also need to pack, but that will come together over the next bit. We're now down to 10 days until we go...well, it's nearly Wednesday now, so I'll say it's 9 days to go.
Take care everyone.
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