Another Milestone...

Those keeping track (namely myself - who else would be) know that today marks 5 months since I moved to Peace River. It some ways it seems like it has been a much shorter amount of time, but there are times when it has felt much, much longer.

I hope everyone remembered to change their clocks last night and no one got up an hour early today.

Here's a picture of my study area that I've setup for a course I'm taking shortly:



Have a great day everyone!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Yes, that's right, today is the 2nd birthday of this blog!! Launched on October 24, 2004 so that I would have an easy way to communicate en mass with my friends in Canada and elsewhere while I was at school in Australia...of course things didn't turn out that way, as the archives will attest, but once I returned home I kept things going.

Week end update

Well, another week has gone by very quickly. It's hard to believe that I've been in Peace River for nearly 5 months now!!

Monday saw our first snowfall of the season, and Wednesday I shovelled for the first time this season. Tuesday I watched fire fighters light diesel, gasoline and wood fires so that the rookies could practice using fire extinguishers. Thursday was uneventful and Friday I only worked a half day. Saturday I will attend a dinner hosted by the Chamber of Commerce as an official representative of the Salvation Army as we have been nominated for an award in recognition of our service to the community. The officers are going as well, but I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity for a free meal - even if I do have to wear full uniform.

Work continues to be largely enjoyable...there are always those things you don't like so much, but those things are overshadowed by the great things that are part of my ministry here.

Jr. Youth Councils

Today we took 6 kids from Peace River to Grande Prairie for Jr. Youth Councils. We departed Peace River around 7:30am this morning, arriving in Grande Prairie just before 10am, with only one stop along the way at Fairview.

The day was filled with really funky, fun worship; science activities and some sports. It was a very enjoyable and worthwhile day for the kids, and they had a blast. Here are some pictures.

Brittany works on excavating a whole chocolate chip from her cookie using a tooth pick. 

Riley takes a break from his "excavation" 

Ben and Robin during a lively soccer match. 

Legend playing soccer with kids from Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek. 

Brittany and Riley work on their "rockets" 

The kids have fun making a mess while mixing water and corn starch together to form "stuff"