Sitting in a coffee shop...

...I was reminded of how amazing our God is.

"...Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind,
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness,
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name."
Amos 4:12-13

February's Fantastic Fun...

February has been a full, fast and fun month. Spring 'Reading' Break is finally upon us and this is one of my last things to cross off my agenda before heading home to my beloved island. So here's the scoop from the last few weeks...

I was told that if I wore a wedding dress to my Student Ministry interview for a position for next year, that it would make a great impression. Thus, Kari helped to hook me up with a stylish dress...I went for my interview and made a shocking entrance. I'm happy to report: I have the position I wanted for next year, and I'll be a Discipleship coordinator again with 3 other ladies and 2 other fellows.

We have a Rowing Regatta at the end of February, so our crew had a bake sale to raise some funds. The boys came over to help bake some cookies, White Chocolate Macademia Nuts, tastey stuff.

Here are some of the ladies at the sale...

...the selection was phenomenal and oh-so-good and we made a good amount to help out.

My 'sister' Julia (we share the same b-day), came over for an evening for a TWU viewday, so it was fun to catch up with her:)

Last weekend, Trinity was a busy place with Spartan playoffs happening, mens and womens volleyball, and men's volleyball went on Thursday to Saturday and kept us fans busy.
Our school government came up with the idea of selling 300 tickets for fans who wanted to dress in the epic garb of the 300 movie. We made an entrace of fear, however, our chanting and cheering was not enough to win that evening's basketball game, however, we won the set overall.

300 Spartan Section (with our mascot Sparty on the right side). This moment is the classic 'spirit fingers' as our team is making a shot.

Valentine's Day! Kari, Rika and I had a wonderful date to the movies to see Slumdog Millionaire (fantastic movie!), and then to Starbucks for coffee and laughs. It was a stellar night:)

This past Tuesday was the big CANAM football evening. I have no pictures of our girls game, but here is our guys Canada team. Only 2 American girls showed up for our game, so we basically had Canada vs. the mix team. We sadly lost to a final overtime touchdown, and our guys lost as well. It was a bitter ending, and hopefully we can have a rematch by the end of the year.

And this morning I was finally able to catch up with the Macaulay family, who is basically my second family. Two weeks ago, little Victoria became the new addition, and now has three fantastic older brothers to watch over her:)

With that...I sign off!
I'm heading off to see Jayme, some Capernwray friends, home buddies, and my dear parents. Most of the time I'll be locked away doing homework for a week, but rest and recooperation is in the air!
Blessings:)

$11.96

...that's how much my abundant amount of veggies came to when Kari and Rika took me to the Farmer's market for the first time. What a steal of a deal! I loaded up on tomatoes, avacadoes, onions, apples, oranges, a pepper, cucumber, lettuce, and yams - and I was suprised and stoked with my bargain.

Missions Fest has come and gone again for another year. But it was good to reconnect with a few youth group buddies, Capernwray faces, and of course - my dear friend Jayme:) I only went to a few sessions and scouted out a couple of booths. I think next year when I get closer to graduation it will be interesting to see if the Lord opens up any doors to some distant land, or perhaps right up in my own backyard.

We had a hallway Pizza party a few weekends ago. We have 14 people who live on our floor, so it was our first event where we all got together to hang out and eat amazing homemade pizza.

I have just arrived back from our first rowing practice of the semester back on the water. Despite it being super chilly out there, the water was smooth and calm, and it was a nice workout. I am still baffled that I remain on this team after 3 years...go figure.

These photos are from our Westerns Competition back in October...our womens 8

Photo my Garreth JonesPhoto my Garreth Jones
And last weekend we had the death Erg Competition. This year I didn't compete, but I got to help yell at my teammates to make them work hard, and they all did amazingly:)
These photos are of some of the team after the competition...

And this photo is at Subway (eat fresh), with Mary, one of our Novice Girls, and our phenomenal coach Erin, in the middle.

School has been going well. I'm enjoying my classes more, but finding it tough to get everything done. My discipleship stuff has been going great as well. We've been in the midst of interviewing for next years team, so we'll see how that goes.

I've started a mini practicum in a Grade 2 class as well, and that's been fun. Nice to actually be in a classroom and hang out with kiddies for a bit. It always take a while to get into the groove of a new teacher's style, but I think it should be a good semester.

I've been enjoying reading through a book called Completely His, by Shannon Eldridge. She focuses on the importance of spending time with God in order that we may have a deeper realtionship with Him. And lately it's been wonderful to experience the Lord's presence and having my desire to seek Him grow. I've also been reading through Hosea as well, and it is mindblowing stuff that God describes how He seeks and pursues us, despite our fallen nature and sinfulness. Hope and restoration are wonderful gifts.

And in the spirit of festivites -
Happy Valentine's Day (early).
Hurray for family and friends.
I've got a date with Kari and Rika for Saturday night, so girls night will be a blast:)

Blessings on the rest of your week, and thanks for checking in.

Jen J