Celsius to Fahrenheit

I don't plan on memorizing this chart, but I plan on keeping it handy when I am in the states because a 23 degrees day is not so nice (negative 28 degrees Celsius). Haha.

WOW

So I look back and my last post was at the beginning of the summer. HOW WIERD IS THAT?! The summer has just flown by. Schools have started. University students are moving and starting orientation. Summer is ending. Welcome Fall.

I am at home prepping for YWAM. Packing. Appointments. Visiting People.
WOW. I can hardly believe the summer is over. I didn't think that YWAM would come this fast. Just a couple short weeks away.

WOW!

Camp Email

Encouragement and Prayers have been such a blessing to me, but also to other staff and as well just camp in general. Please pray for us as we begin our first of eight weeks here, that we could be instruments for God's use. Pray that guests, campers, volunteers BASICALLY: everyone who sets foot on camp property would feel the LOVE and SHALOM of Christ.

I'd love to hear what you are up to this summer, whats going on in your life. I REALLY like getting mail at camp and hearing what crazy stories you might have to share. Even if there are any prayer requests, joys, hopes, struggles that I can pray with you for. You can email me (or other staff and campers you may know) at camp's website:

http://countrysidecamp.com/country/email

Love and Blessings.

prom pictures.

I felt like I should post some Prom Pictures. We took these pictures before prom at my friend Tessa's house. She had so many great places to take pictures that it actually looks like we went to a bunch of different places.

Most of the pictures I have are with my friends. My mom accidentally forgot to put the camera card back in the camera so I didn't actually take any pictures on the camera. Here's one we got:

What is Love?

These weeks have flown by! Last time I posted I was just getting over the grossness of exams, and since then have had prom, graduated, AND finished two weeks of staff training!! This is SO CRAZY! haha :)

Life is good though. I love Jesus. I feel blessed.

Staff training was a week of renewal, bonding, and learning. Its funny because last year in kitchen I missed out on alot of the counsellor training stuff because I was in kitchen training. It is cool to see the other side of things now though.

I am so stoked for Special needs week this coming week. I am going to be an actual counsellor! I'm nervous. I'm excited. Special needs weeks are always the most trying weeks, but also the most rewarding.

Jesus taught me this week to be open to Him. He is continually teaching me about his love. Its cool because the theme for this summer at camp is "This is Love" but even before I knew that I was learning about God's love for his children. I see this summer as a grand opportunity God is using me to grow in Him before YWAM and also stretching me and molding me. I know that love is something that all Christians should be challenged with. What is Love? Why do we love? Why does God love us?

This is are theme passage for the summer from 1 John 4:9-11, but I challenge you to read the whole passage (or even Book..don't worry 1 John is not that long :) hehe). What is Love?

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Nightmares.

I woke up three times last night. All three times freaking out that I had to go study for an exam. Then I remembered I didn't have any more exams and was done. This is good.

..And Done

Finally!

:) So Happy :)

Bye-bye Biology

Two down. One to go.

Goodbye Chemistry!

One down two to go.

What would you ask Him?

If you could interview God, what would you ask Him? I saw this inspiring poem in a video a couple days ago and I thought I would share it on my blog.

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time” I said.

God smiled. “My time is eternity.”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”

"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”

“To learn they cannot make anyone
love them. All they can do
is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness.”

“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.”

“To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”

“To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings.”

“To learn that two people can
look at the same thing
and see it differently.”

“To learn that it is not enough that they
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.

"Is there anything else
you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said,
“Just know that I am here... always.”

-author unknown

If you want to see it in its video form, heres a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBvLFbFdJ4

Dear Backpack

Dear Backpack

I know we are not best of friends.

But could you please hold out for a couple days?

Like I said: I need you to stay strong just a couple more days.

I don't like Chem and bio texts any more than you do.

But we can make it through this.

Sincerely,

Brittany

love never fails.

love never fails.

true love never fails that is.

BASICALLY:

God's love never fails.

there ya go.

Hope not

Hope this doesn't happen for my exams. They don't take it as a valid excuse to why you failed:

Stressed?

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

3 more days of classes.
Then 3 days of exams.

One day at a time

9 more sleeps until my first exam

11 more sleeps until my last exam

14 more sleeps until staff training

18 more sleeps until prom

21 more sleeps until graduation

1 more sleep until tommorow.

Taking it one day at a time.

Roots. Candles. Graduating Class of 2011.

Over the past few weeks I have been thinking alot about graduating. Some of the people that I will stand up and graduate with I have been with for just four years or less of highschool. Some of the people I will stand up with are people I have known since our days in Kindergarten.

I do not know every single person’s plans for after graduation or in the fall. I know of people headed to the states, I know of people staying here in Ontario, maybe some people will choose to stay for an extra year of high-school. Some people have chosen a secular university or college while others are going to be at a Christian one.

I’m not going to say that we are all on the same page in our faith life, but I do know that each one of us knows of Jesus. Each one of us has been nurtured and taught in a faith-based school for some part of our life (whether since Kindergarten or maybe just for grade 12). Christian education has done its best at planting seeds, establishing roots, and growing our faith.

And in a few weeks HDCH will graduate yet another class (this time its ours), and we will stand up and graduate. I know that some of the people at graduation I will never see again. I know that next year we will be separated and we will lose things we have in common. We will have new friends and different study paths. WHO KNOWS? maybe some of my fellow classmates (or me? haha just kidding Mom) will go off and get married in some far off country.

But there’s something that we still will always have in common. We have our roots. We have the knowledge of a Risen Lord and Redeeming Savior. I pray for each one of my fellow classmates in whatever their future holds for them. I pray that we could hold on to and grow in our faith in the years to come. I have confidence that God follows us and pursues us wherever we go, but I pray that we would also follow his will for our lives and pursue a relationship with Him. I pray that people that we meet would notice something different in us. I pray that we could all be shining lights of our Savior.

Carry Your Candle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtIIFJIxdUw

There is a candle in every soul

Some brightly burning, some dark and cold

There is a Spirit who brings a fire

Ignites a candle and makes His home

Carry your candle, run to the darkness

Seek out the helpless, confused and torn

Hold out your candle for all to see it

Take your candle, go light your world

Take your candle, go light your world

Frustrated brother, see how he's tried to

Light his own candle some other way

See now your sister, she's been robbed and lied to

Still holds a candle without a flame

So Carry your candle, run to the darkness

Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn

Hold out your candle for all to see it

Take your candle, go light your world

Take your candle, go light your world

We are a family whose hearts are blazing

So let's raise our candles and light up the sky

Praying to our Father, in the name of Jesus

Make us a beacon in darkest times

Carry your candle, run to the darkness

Seek out the hopeless, deceived and torn

Hold out your candle for all to see it

Take your candle, go light your world

Take your candle, go light your world

Run to the darkness

Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn

Hold out your candle for all to see it

Take your candle, go light your world

Take your candle, go light your world

Take your candle, go light your world

We are a family whose hearts are blazing

So let's raise our candles and light up the sky

Praying to our Father, in the name of Jesus

Make us a beacon in darkest times

Playdough vs. Chemistry

The Playdough creatures came out to play in chemistry the other day as we learned quantum mechanics of the atom. Fun fun fun for everyone.

IKEA.

Went to IKEA tonight with Em and her two friends. We walked through the entire store I think. I discovered that IKEA has everything! I was tempted at one point to jump of the stairs into a bin of pillows below, but I resisted. Then I saw an ice cube tray in the shape of fish, so I bought it (cause Fish are my favourite animals). Em, Amanda, and Ange bought some stuff for their house...one of which was a large framed black and white picture with a red bike. We did self checkout and then Ange went to go get her car so we could load everything.Everything fit into the trunk except for the picture. Ange and I were going to hold that on our laps in the back. We faced just one problem:

The Picture wouldn't fit into the car. We tried every which way. Through the trunk. Through the Front seat. Ange even thought about breaking her car a bit so that it would fit (They REALLY wanted this picture). As we tried to get it into the car, Em went and bought us all ice cream (very cheap IKEA ice cream).

So we contemplated as we ate ice cream. My idea was to drive with it on the roof and hold it with our hands then just drive back roads. They all thought that was a bad idea (I liked it and still do like the idea..haha)

Finally we called up Pacha and he came with the pickup truck. Problem solved. haha

It was a fun time.

And another random fact: the girl Ange went home and when she got there, her boyfriend proposed! CONGRATS ANGE! (and boy)

and I am excited for my Ice Cube Tray.

Lacrosse

This Picture was supposed to go along with the Lacrosse post. This is me and my friend Grace after our very short season of Lacrosse.

COW

We dissected a cows eye today in biology.

Counting down the days left of this course.