It is almost Canada Day...and I am excited. I love Canada. And the Ducky 500 Race.

ALSO - it's what you have all been anxiously awaiting for sooo many months...that's right folks, the release of the first videos of begging Ellen Degeneres to be my friend.

The more views and support I have the better...here's to making the random impossible dreams coming true.

Check out: www.youtube.com/jenwantstomeetellen

Happy Canada Day!!

Everytime I drive by the ocean...

...my heart begins to smile and the salty sea air is so wonderfully awakening to my nose that I can barely contain how joyful it makes me.
Yesterday especially, the mix of ocean air and campfires was delightfully intoxicating, and the gorgeous blue sky, and the high tide waves rolling in was absolutely breathtaking. As I stepped out onto the beach with the slightly warm wind twirled around me, I felt completely alive and thankful to experience God's beautiful creation in such a rich way. We cannot help but look to the Creator amidst such beauty.

"I will praise You O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your
name, O Most High." - Psalm 9:1-2

Basket-case...

Well, I'm not quite a basket-case, not yet anyways. I'm entering the busy stretch of work with our AGM coming up in a week and a half. Lots to do...but I am always so blessed on the day of our AGM because I get to spend the evening with some fabulously lovely people with hearts of gold.

I spent a few hours today pricing hand-woven baskets from Uganda. They are gorgeous...and there were many...and they kick started by basket-case craziness. It's amazing to think that the hands of beautiful Ugandan woman put time and effort into each basket. I wonder what they were thinking as they made them...what kind of conversations did they have with the other women around them...and who knows how much time has passed since their completion, but there I was, now on the other side of the world, sitting at a table looking at them.

I feel blessed to be a part of something special during the summer that does something that matters and helps some one far away...

If you're interested, ACTS does some pretty sweet stuff, so check out our website: www.acts.ca...