no words could describe how happy i am right now : )

so yesterday school was kind of dumb...skipped eng to go to jane's to prepare. hehe it was fun : ) been a while i was hanging with my girl : )

so went home showered...and got ready
left the house at four and we went...went a little early so we sat in starbucks for a while. it was freezinggg.

dinner was amazing : ) and the phantom of the opera was just breathtaking. i absolutely loved it. i love watching plays...so captivating.

a lot of firsts yesterday
...first taxi ride
...first play w/ boyfriend
...first time @ La Maquette
...first time at Dimitri's
...first time walking out in the cold night

*sigh. madly happy

Koinonia Retreat 2007

so it's been a week..probably the exact time almost too since we left for retreat last week. And i'm probably the slowest person EVER to write about it. haha got some thinking i needed to do after i got back from retreat.

so i must admit...came back from retreat...i didnt feel as satisified as i wish i did...but i mean after some thinking...and some reflecting...God has totally showed me what a true blessing it was to chill with all those koinonians for one weekend.

3 days...2 nights...
that's all it took for me to see true genuine fellowship. For the first time in a longggg time in koinonia i saw no cliques...everyone just...talked...no awkwardness...no silences. haha i got to know so many of the gr9 girls. haha so little...so happy...so excited for the fact that this was their first retreat. haha i think they're all so cute :P haha.

it was amazing though...from the food...which was oh so good : ) haha to the joax like at 5am in the morning :P haha i got to see the awesomeness of Koinonia. They're my family. that's it...right there : ) God has been so gracious. and He provided soo much during this retreat : ) all the awesome girl talks and the bonding...and all the talks i had with my girls : ) just being able to catch up with them and what not. and praying about the boiler. it was major stress this retreat. haha probably becuase this is the first time i was in it so much...but it went through. God changed lives, God worked, God provided, God was there.

I know everybody wrote all this stuff about the highlights and what we did...but retreat for me was more than that : ) it was about seeing what true fellowship meant and how i want to see it every friday (taking out the foosball table and pool table) haha but i will talk about highlights :P cuz there are some things that i cant forget even if i wanted to. haha so here goes:

highlights
- stayin up with jt, jto, byron, and kitty till 5:30am. haha
- jt's ability to throw his guitar across the room : ) (i think that's jto's fav memory :P)
- the awesome random conversations of the girls all stuffed in one room the first night
- awesome devos : )
-pastor ian! who by the way was amazing : )
- kitty dancing to fergilicious
- tim, jto, jt, & mike singing to songs. haha
- walking in the dark towards nowhere and singing trance songs haha
- watching the boys go "tubing"
- throwing snow in collin's face : ) that was fun.
- owning jto as i push him into the snow everytime : )
-candlelight sharing : ) haha first one where nobody cried. wow. haha saving it from grad night ;P
- the awesome skits from the counsellors : )
- awesome gr12 w/ glasses pictures :P haha i love my 12ersssss

so picture time :P


my favourite girls : )


aww candiee i heart u

all the girliess

one of my fav pics : ) ahha this is how many ppl i can take in a shot :P


mike, me & jto

large group of ppl :P

my grade 12 girliesss <3

my roomiesss : )

family portrait

we're happy : )

now we're REALLY happy

now we're just weird

haha so for those of u who kept asking how retreat was :P here it is. enjoy

oh and if u want more pictures: u can go on facebook...or my pictures are here: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2095585747

I've learned...

- that as flawed as I am, I am loved
- that no matter what, God will ALWAYS provide what i need
- that God speaks through people
- that everyday is a new start, a chance for me to wake up and take chances
- that when given a task, God does not expect us to succeed, but rather ask for His help.
- that giving God full control is tough...
- that smiles and laughter cures a lot of things
- that there's NO way i can go through life alone...
- that as important as marks seem to be...they are so not worth crying over
- that God's work in Koinonia NEVER ceases to amaze me and surprise me
- that what I want to do is not necessarily what God wants me to do.

sooo let's take all those awesome things that i learned last semester and...carry it along with me to the second. i have a good feeling about this sem. friends in my classes, im kind of liking world issues too. :) good start to my last highschool semester.