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2009-04-21T05:15:00.000-07:00

Update!!!!!
Hi. I'm back to give some more updates. I'm still going to South City Christian Centre. Although Moe's meal before church isn't on anymore, so it's still feeling a little strange for me right now with it not being on. I feel closer to some people more than others due to this. Like the fact that I am more likely to talk to people a bit older than me than around my same age. There are a lot of people at this church with a lot of wisdom.
Also, I haven't felt as close to God as I would like to be lately and I am praying for that to change. By the way... I'm now engaged!!!! So yayyyy. In case you didn't know, his name is Jared. It is very coool and we have made plans to get married in about 2 years :) I feel too many engagements are rushed and that we are all on a journey. Let's enjoy the journey I say :)

2008-11-24T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well i have been sick so unfortunately no updates on the church. However, I'm like sooo bored at the moment. Most of my gardening is done......Yes I garden now :P Anyways leave a comment about what you are up to k :)

2008-11-20T20:30:00.000-08:00

hello :) FINALLY ANOTHER POST!!!! Well my life has changed dramaticly since I last posted. I am now at South City Christian Centre and not Opawa, mainly due to there being a young adults group at SC (South City). I LOVE it for many reasons:

1. Moe's is the name of the youth group.

5:30pm before church on a Sunday
Gold coin donation for tea.
Great friendly peple
Great cooking :)
Games: pool, table tennis, cards

Moe's is just what i wanted. A youth group atmosphere with people my own age. WHOOHOO!!!

2.Church

Focus on prayer
Great worship
Some members in worship team have written there own songs & used them in church.
Relevant teaching
Pashionate people

This church is teaching me the importance of prayer & what it means to be pashionate.

Also HUGE news!!!! My best friend Tash is now a christian! YEAAHHH. You see, once I stopped hanging out with the so-called "clicky group" from opawa, I found I had more time to focus on others. Please do not make the same mistake that I did. I spent a lot of time with the same people & I found as a result I had no time for anyone else.

Thought of the day: REACH OUT TO PEOPLE.

Don't just stick with the same group & don't just say hello to some people sometimes.
Allocate your time to see people regularly. Not all or nothing type attitude.

Please leave some feedback. I would love to hear from you. I may even be the one you reach out to today LOL. It's ok if you just leave a comment & say hi :P

Tune in next time to learn more about my exciting life. Besides - there is a lot to catch up on :)

P.s Please be aware I have updated my links. This is due mainly to non-activity and if they update I may add them again.

2007-04-08T03:59:00.000-07:00

Tonight I went to Spraydon Baptist church as my church (Opawa Baptist) didn't have a service.
I liked it a lot. It had mostly songs that I knew and I felt I could feel God's presence there :) They have a cafe that is not too badly priced either. I might visit again sometime. Futher episodes to follow.

2007-04-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

Jar Jar had a birthday yesterday. Cool. I'm a bit bored. Not so cool. Another episode coming soon.

2007-04-01T04:57:00.000-07:00

Went to church. Love it. Nail-polish coming off. Hate it. Next episode coming soon.

2007-03-30T18:29:00.000-07:00

I went to womens camp. It was good. I can't go to easter camp. Not so good. Tune in next time for another thrilling episode.

2007-01-10T02:43:00.000-08:00

Let's get talking people! Tell me something important about yourself :) Even a funny/embarrasing story would be good :) Anything.

2006-12-30T17:09:00.000-08:00

What's This Life For
By Creed

2006-12-24T02:30:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS MINE FRIENDS :)

2006-10-22T00:28:00.000-07:00

Camp was great.

2006-10-16T23:05:00.000-07:00

You only gain great understanding after a situation has past.

2006-10-08T02:40:00.000-07:00

Hey, well to those of u whom still read this I have been thu a really hard time. However, I feel I have grown more for the better in the last few days than I have in ages. This has meant that one or two of my friends have been upset by the change as I am putting God ahead of them. I feel this is a real shame as God IS more important. I wish they could see that. Oh well, life goes on. Anyways, please keep praying for me as I feel there is a lot more for me to learn :) Thanks, God bless.

2006-09-25T23:44:00.000-07:00

Why is it that when things start looking good, bad things happen? Is it really to test us? And what if we fail that test? I'm going thru a bad time, so yea.

2006-09-23T19:01:00.000-07:00

Hey, I went to church this morning!!! WOW me morning. lol. Anyways, I got a lot out of it, so it's all good :) Hope your day is going well.

2006-09-18T16:44:00.000-07:00

What does your worship pathway say about you?

http://common.northpoint.org/sacredpathway.html

Here are my results:

Naturalist: 16, Sensate: 20, Traditionalist: 13, Ascetics: 14, Activists: 12, Caregiver: 22, Enthusiast: 21, Contemplative:15, Intellectual: 14

3 highest results and what they mean:

Caregiver: Caregivers draw near to God through caring for and serving others.
Enthusiast: Enthusiasts draw near to God through celebration and mystery.
Sensate: Sensates draw near to God through the senses.

2006-09-17T04:44:00.000-07:00

This is an update. Hi. :)

2006-04-28T18:26:00.000-07:00

Update Easter Camp
Easter camp was da bomb! Yet again I gave in to God's presence and beauty as he changed me from the inside. I remember one easter camp where I promised myself that I would never have to go up the front again. I promised myself I wouldn't sin. LOL! Oh how nieve can one get. Every year I come back to God realising that I haven't delt with stuff that I thought I had. I belive that only when we are fully in God's presence does everything make sense. What is truely good. What is truely bad. The connection with God is unbeliveably important. I urge everyone reading this to make sure you are connecting with God. You probably already are, but yea. And remember, if you are ever in a place where you feel nothing is going right or that no one loves you. GOD LOVES U! ALWAYS AND FOREVER.
Update Job
I have sent out over 10 c.v's so I'm hoping to hear something soon. I am also starting another course called Work Track that runs for 6 weeks. I plan to have a job before it finishes. Please pray that I get one and where God needs me. THANK YOU.
*HUGS TO EVERYONE*

2006-04-01T17:49:00.000-08:00

Waltham Fair Over - Easter Camp Coming!

Man life is good! As soon as one fun thing finishes, another is just around the corner.

The food stall we had at the Waltham Fair did really well. Thank you to all who helped out and to Andrew for his baking contribution. You can find out Andrews view of the fair about the info stall he was running if you check out his blog.

Easter Camp is not very far away peoples. Please remember to arrange your own tent. I'm soo looking forward to Easter Camp. With: God, Food, Fun, company, What more could you ask for? *HUGS* to everyone :)

2006-03-22T03:25:00.000-08:00

Easter Camp!!
Not long to go now and I have been saving for AGES. I get so excited year after year. Easter Camp is soo much fun and I reccomend that you go to it if you can :) I think the hardest thing for me will be the possible bad reception on cell phones and I won't be seing my bf the whole time. Lol. Man, I sound like a teenager. Oh well...

COME TO EASTER CAMP.....please :)

2006-03-14T03:02:00.000-08:00

Learning
I have just finished my course not long ago at Kingdom Resources and absolutely loved it and now have more focus on what I want to do with my life mainly in the aspects of a job. Well, I only know the hours I want to do, but that's still a step in the right direction.

Also I'm doing the next paper from youthTRAIN. I found that I learnt a lot through doing the last one and am planning on doing them all! :) I will then get the cert in youth ministry. Don't know what I can do with that qualification, but it's all learning, it's all fun, and it's a step closer to where ever :p

2006-02-27T18:01:00.000-08:00

So everyone knows at roughly the same time
I now have a bf and I'm sure everyone knows who it is. I waited and waited to see if this person is right for me and I have found that we have both positively grown together in patience and understanding. This has been the first time that I have positively grown soo much and put God first before the relationship. Don't get me wrong, I've always wanted to put God first. It's just actually doing it that is the hardest thing. You know, the missing the person so much and spending so much time with them that you don't spend enough time with God. I hate it when that happens. (note: please watch out for that, it is a deathly trap) However, this time I have a peace about me where I am constently thinking about God and still putting leadership and worship etc first. I'm so glad that I have found this balance with putting God first :) YAY God!!! *HUGS* to everyone.

2006-02-15T02:36:00.000-08:00

I had a very good Valentine's day. What about you? And has anyone noticed the changes in me lately? Please list good or bad. Thanks. *HUGS* to everyone.

2006-02-05T18:38:00.000-08:00

Happy happy, joy joy.
Worship on Sunday for me was 'MIND BLOWING'! It was SO awesome and I felt so connected with my God more than I have been in ages. I was on such a buzz I ran outside for a bit, started to act like a plane and had so much energy that I was bounceing like a tigger. Also my heart was doing something. It was like it was literately on fire for God. It was SOO cool. Big ups to the worship team and even bigger ups to God. Also, I'm so surprised at the lenths people will go to for me. On Sunday Jenn gave me a book and she appoligised that it was late as she had to wait for it cuz she had ordered it from like australia. To order a book for little old me ( that I didn't ask for) and to go out of your way and wait for it etc. I find that unbelieveable. I'm not used to people doing things like that for me. I'm used to doing that for others lol. So thank you soo much Jenn for going out of your way for me. Overall I am unbeliveably happy now. Thank you to everyone who prayed for me. I have a message for you from the big Guy. " You are my children, with whom I am pleased". Again thankyou :) *Hugs* to everyone.

2006-01-30T18:38:00.000-08:00

NOT GOOD :(
Honestly I haven't been doing that well lately. I have let quite a few things get me down that usually aren't a problem. However, they hit me all at once one day recently and it was like I'd been run over by a truck. I need prayer and I need some focus. The focus I am trying to work on. The praying I am hoping you will help me with. Thanks.

2006-01-25T20:56:00.000-08:00

OK OK
I see I am not making it easy. The website I am thinking of : add up = maths and its about a cat. Now that's easy, so whoever is the first to get it right gets a hot choclate or an iced-chocolate. its that easy!!! *hugs* to everyone.

2006-01-18T01:27:00.000-08:00

HINT
A hint seems to be needed.

DOES THIS ADD UP?

2006-01-12T02:12:00.000-08:00

GUESS!!
This is a REALLY hard one. What is the web address that has a pink cat with green eyes that follows your cursor? *PRIZE IS A HOT CHOCLATE* P.S their may be more than one site that has this, but sorry, only the site I have in mind wins. So the first person to guess the one i have wins. HINTS may come later if requested and this is too hard. Enjoy :P

2006-01-12T01:41:00.000-08:00

Guess?
It would be too easy to guess where I am going (esp. 4 Rayd), so sorry no guessing the holiday and no prize. However, a guessing game does sound fun. I might put something different up to guess. LOL ;) Hope everyone is having a lovely holiday. *HUGS* to all :)

2006-01-10T18:33:00.000-08:00

Holiday!!
Yay! I'm going on holiday and telling no one (except my mum *sigh* lol) where I am going. I'm really looking forward to the break. Also I saw Amy come back at the airport YYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. I REALLY missed her ay. I'm SO happy shes back :). Hope you guys are having some holliday time too. *HUGS*.

2005-12-24T17:29:00.000-08:00

MERRY XMAS

2005-12-14T23:12:00.000-08:00

Interview With God
If you didn't see this on Rayd's blog, please view it now. I reccomend it!

Click Here

2005-12-14T17:50:00.000-08:00

I KNOW :)
Finally I KNOW I am on track!! I'm not confused about a lot of things anymore. I've been seeing things a lot clearer. I'm still not sure where my altimate path lies carrerwise, but I'll just let the spirit led me in his time. So yea, anyways, I'm really happy and am spiritually calm for the first time in AGES. VERY HAPPY!!!! *hugs*.

2005-12-13T01:18:00.000-08:00

I am Confused.
I am confused at the moment and I don't feel like I have any direction in my life. I have prayed for some direction. I'm just not sure where to go from here really. Oh well. Will say more when I know more. Laters.

2005-12-03T17:03:00.000-08:00

Am I on track?
Hi sorry I haven't written on this blog in a while. I've been busy. Well as per my last post, I thought I was finally getting somewhere with my issues, but knowing what to do and doing it are 2 different things. I started falling back a bit in handling my issues. Then I went to a healing meeting on Wed morning. It felt a bit wierd at first as some people were dancing with some flags and things like that. Also there was someone singing in tounges some of the time. Anyways, to get to the point, there was a time at the end where we could be prayed for whatever we wanted. So I went up (with a friends help) and I was prayed for. The thing I was prayed for however was to get evil spirits out of me!!! Now man I didn't think I was evil, but a lot of spirits came out of me. I wasn't sure if this was actually true at the time, but have since had time to think about it and I KNOW it is true. I don't know why I know it is true though. Anyways, the lady that prayed has asked me to come back and it looks like I will. What do you think about this?

P.S Do you think this random statement is true or not?

You have to have gone through hell to carry evil spirits.

2005-11-25T00:40:00.000-08:00

Finally
Finally life's making sense. Took a while, but I think I'm now actually understanding things a bit better. Over the last few days I went from bad to worse about dealing with things, but last night I saw a tape I had hired out from the church library. It's called "Taking Back What Belongs To You" Joyce Meyer. Man it helped me put things into perspective so much more than I ever have done before. You see, I was blaming the person/persons who have hurt me ages ago and I could never seem to get over it. I didn't know why and I finally decided I needed to deal with it before it consumed me. So I started dealing with it as I wrote on my blog. However, I still had the wrong mindset. I thought I needed to just accept it and move on. This however is not the case. Not entirely. I learnt from this tape that it is ok to get angry, but you shouldn't get angry at people. Get angry at SATAN. He is the real culprit. This is what is called religious anger. I call it channeling my anger. I can still be angry, but instead of letting that anger control me, use it against Satan. I like that idea and I can finally have piece of mind cuz instead of blaming many, I only blame one. A lot easier ;) So yea. Now I'm finally happy. Thank you Opawa tape library lol. *hugs* to everyone.

2005-11-23T00:55:00.000-08:00

My Soul
My soul it longs to feel once more,
The beating of my heart.
For heart and soul to combine,
For happiness to start.

For in thy devine eyes,
Is where my happiness lives.
But alas my King through your hidden eyes,
I'm lost and can't forgive.

Dost thou seek my broken heart,
To mend, to tend, and love?
Then where's the staff to show the way?
Or a message from above?

Broken pieces, broken pieces,
Whatever shall I do?
Please put them all together,
So your eyes are in my view.

By Aliesha Jane Brown

2005-11-19T15:30:00.000-08:00

Facing
Well, the other day I ended up comming face to face with my main issue. Literally! What I will say is that it is about someone from my past. Anywyay, I ended up comming face to face with them. Seeing them when I didn't really want to. Well, I was not happy, but at least now I'm sorting through my feelings about the whole thing. Instead of hidding my feelings, I actually started to let them out. I found that I am still really, really angry about the whole thing and about him. At least I know how I really feel. The next step I think after realising these feelings is to deal with them. I'm still not sure how I'm gonna do that, but I'm 100% positive that God will show me. I've had all this anger all bottled up so I'm glad it's comming out, so it won't be bottled up anymore. I'm so grateful to God for helping me through this. I'm not sure how I would have handled this without him. He really is my rock and my protector. Trust me. Rely on him and you can't go wrong. Praise God!

2005-11-13T23:11:00.000-08:00

Yay!!
My issues are slowly dissappearing and I haven't even talked to anyone properly about it yet. I'm so glad I have God helping me out with them. He's showing me my issues and some ways to deal with them. One of my issues is about crying and I hate crying. Well tonight I cried and I'm feeling more and more comfortable with it. That's a good thing cuz now I won't be bottling things up. Well, not so much anyway. It's something God and I are still working on, but it's going real well.

2005-11-11T13:26:00.000-08:00

Feeling Better
Man I am feeling so much better. I took the day off on Wed night and let Adelle take the girls as I thought I needed to try to deal with stuff more and wasn't really up to it. I called it a 'mental health day'. I ended up relaxing in the end and I feel God has been teaching me patients. I know that doesn't sound like it realates, but between the being patient and relaxing I am so much more stress free. So yea, I am feeling a lot better. I still have stuff to deal with of course, but at least now I won't get stressed about it lol.

2005-11-09T00:17:00.000-08:00

Dealing
Man does the devil hate me! I'm still dealing with those issuses I mentioned, yet everytime I try to put some time asside to deal with it a little more, something else comes along to deal with on top of it. I've come to the conclusion that that satan is trying to stop me from dealing with this. Well he's got another thing comming! I came to this conclusion also due to the fact that dealing with this would help me grow emensely. Anyways, I'll continue on this journey with the intention of growing more through Christ and the determination to not let anything else get in the way or stop me from reaching my full potential with and through him.

2005-11-07T16:38:00.000-08:00

Thank you
Thank you for all your prayers. They are working! I'm starting to finally deal with my issues with an amount of clarity I have never had before. You see, I thought this was one big issuse really, but it's not. It's lots of little ones. So, with that in mind I can look at things a little easier. Here's some advise for others. If you have a problem, deal with it at the time. It makes it a LOT easier in the long run.

2005-11-06T16:04:00.000-08:00

Prayer Needed...
I am dealing with some stuff at the moment and would like people to pray for me. That would be great. We all face issues in our lives, but I have avoided dealing with some issues for too long now. It has gotten too much for me. I am o.k, but just need a lot of prayer right now. Thank you. I may in time open up a little more about this when I am ready. We shall see.

2005-10-31T23:51:00.000-08:00

Happy!!
Man oh man am I happy. I love trusting God cuz da rewards are awesome!! I thought I might not have any money at all for 6 weeks cuz I forgot to sort out a change of bennifit and my sister was like "we finish school on the 9th nov and theres a 6 week stand down period (which means without money) for the unemployment benifit". I paniced so much at first. Then I just prayed to God and left it all up to him. After a peacefull sleep I rung school to find out when it officially finishes. Well for me its the 9th nov. I was still calm. Then i phoned studylink (current benifit peoples) and asked them when my last payment is. 14th dec. Well that was good news. So I proceeded to ring the unemployment peoples. 1 week stand down period and paid 1 week in arras (another week without money). Thats only 2 weeks. Altogether thats a LOT better than I initially thought it would be. I have an apointment with the unemployment peps and if I apply early I might not be without money by the sounds of it. So big ups to God. Amen!!!

2005-10-25T23:37:00.000-07:00

PAST.......

Is the past ever truely gone or is it like a virus that just keeps coming back. To get over ones past. Thats a thought, but is it possible? Is it fessible? or is the past just pushed to one side every so often? I wonder. I really do wonder. God can get rid of our past. He can do anything. I know that, but why doesn't my past just dissappear. Dissappear for good! Prayer is good, but is there anything else I could be doing? Should be doing?

2005-10-21T15:24:00.000-07:00

Still Board

Unfortuately things aren't going so well for me at the moment. I'm always board and seem to lack a purpose at the moment. Apart from being a cell leader, I can't seem to find a focus to be passoionate about. The boardums a real killer. What to do, oh what to do.

2005-10-18T23:28:00.000-07:00

School or No School....

Hey, well I'm at school again in the adult classes at Hagley and I'm soooooooooooo board, so I'm thinking of getting a full time job. The only reason I'm still at school is to get qualifications to get a good job. Thing is, out of all the jobs I have looked at so far, the only one I like is being an usher. This upsets me because to do this you dont need any qualifications. I'm thinking I should have just got a job at the end of seventh form. Well this is the third year after that and still in school. Is this silly? I still don't know exactly what I want to do for sure and I'm still looking at the different jobs avalible. Maybe it's best to know the job you want to do at an earlier age. Hmmm. What to do? Any ideas. I'm sure others will know what I'd be good at. What do you think about all this?

2005-10-15T19:27:00.000-07:00

I'M SO LONELY....

Hey, well now I understand where Rayd was coming from about the loneliness of not being around da Opawa family. I am staying at Adelles at da moment, but as she has been working I have been here on my own most of yesterday and today. With nothing to do it has been hard being on my own. I prefer company and this has been quite hard. Also it has given me too much thinking time in which I would have gone crazy had I not been crazy to begin with anyway hahaha. So anyway, yea. I feel for anyone who is ever lonely. Hugs to everyone at all times. Even when we aren't together. Bring back camp!!!! :(

2005-10-13T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hey, I've been thinking a lot lately about letting go and trusting. It's been hard for me to let go of some hurts in my life and i am still stuggling a little, but God is helping heaps. I was looking in 'The Word for Today' and at the top of the entry it had: Learn to let go. So I read this and circled one thing: It's about fearing less and trusting more. I've come to realise that it's not about trusting others. It's about trusting God. Cuz once you fully trust God you can rely on him that everything else will be alright. That it's ok to trust when it is in his hands.

There's no need to fear anything when you trust God. Just remember Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

2005-10-11T00:15:00.000-07:00

sorry. i meant chubby bunnies lol

2005-10-10T19:30:00.000-07:00

Camp OBY 2005!!! - At Living Springs, Belbird Heights.
What a weekend! Great food, great view, great company. This weekend was so full of great stuff, I don't know where to start. Let's start with the fact that in da morning of camp I got to up make some yummy fudge. Choclate and russian. Yum! I think the russian turned out better, but people seemed to like both anyway. Another thing before camp is I think we forgot to pick up Scotty on da way to camp. Oppps!. Oh well. Dave did pick him up eventually. So all was good. hee hee. My highlights had to be getting to know my cell group girls just that extra bit better and the games. We played a game in da pool of basket pool. Was so funny. Some people didn't even know who was on their side. There were also prize games like the McDonald combo one. The combo of a burger, fries, and thick shake was all mixed up together and who could eat it the fastest. 1 girl against 3 guys and who won? Thats right the girl. Big ups to Liddia. Better luck next time guys. Another game was where the volunteers had to have one marshmellow (pascall hee hee) at a time and say: 'fluffy bunnies' was so funny. My boyfriend won of course. Yay him!!
Oh yea. Gaz and I are going out for all you people who haven't worked it out yet. Since da same day as Adelle and Dave's engagement in fact. Anyways, I'll carry on. yea so camp 05 was real great and I learned that I can really trust God and have my feelings heard. So yea.

2005-10-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

Dreams

I had a dream a while ago that I was in a boat that had no front to it. I was in the front seat clearly looking straight into the water of a river/stream or something similar. It was a christian boat and there was a teacher who handed out some liquorish and we were asked to think about what each of them tasted like. The first two I was given were a pink and lighter pink . I remember noticing that they were very similar in taste. Then I was given a black part, like from those square Liquorices that had black and other colours. I remember thinking that this one tasted like the 'eyes of God'. (Weird ay!!!) Anyways it was at this point that this teacher guy went to this other girl and asked her what she had tasted. She said 'ring of fire'. Then they had a conversation of which I could not hear while I was thinking ' why isn't mine being interpreted'. That's pritty much it and then I woke up. Some people have already told me what they think the dream means, but I won't talk about that yet until I find out what others think. Don't want to influence your comments.