BFam

Well Friday was a little busy for me so I didn't write anything..whoops! I ran some errands before class, went to class (art btw - and we made crayon drawings :p) then I had a date with my Sarah L and Steph at the mall (did a little window shopping for some 'teacher clothes') then I went to gym class, which was so much fun by the way!!!) and then began my adventure home for the weekend :p

Thursday evening we (the roomies and I) went to a social for the B.Ed students and faculty.. It was alright. Nothing really too exciting. I came home and watched The Covenant after :p

So my adventure home on Friday was certainly an adventure. I drove to Stratford to meet my BFam there (CBalz had ball). Well I ended up having to take a detour due to construction and it took me an extra half hour or so, so I got there and ball was over and I ended up driving there for nothing :p Anyways, I got to spend the weekend with my BFam :) we had lots of good talks, laughs, hang outs, quality time, etc... :) I stopped by my house house while I was here and no one was home :/ maybe next time! I know I've already said this but I am so thankful for my BFam and having them in my life!! Sometimes I don't know what I would do without them :) In my one class last week, we had to draw a picture of the things that were important to us, I drew them as stick people! I think they looked pretty accurate :p (I'll post a picture later).

Now I think I'm at 25..so I'll start back up there. If I'm wrong I'll fix it later..

26. My church family - I'm thankful for the people in my church family that know what is going on in my life and that have been praying for me. I'll just say this, your prayers are not going unnoticed or unanswered, that's for sure! I can just say that from Wednesday night to Thursday morning God was working on my heart and my mind :)

27. Paul P - this is a man that I look up to, as a father figure and a friend! There's just something about him and his family that I just love! He is genuinely interested in what is going on in my life and actually cares :) he is a great listener and a great encouragement!

28. My Dad - I feel bad that I haven't put that yet!! But I really am thankful for my dad :) he has done a great job as a single parent to a young woman (and three other children and 2 grandchildren) as any dad could do! He's a hard worker and I'm thankful that God gave me him as a dad.

Thats reminds me of something that happened tonight! We were out at Church With A Difference and Patti was packing up the lawn chairs and I went over to help and she says "well that's why God gave me two boys, to help me clean up and carry things." And someone made a comment that she would have loved to have a girl and she said to me "well that's why God gave me you!" :D I just love her to bits! And then she tells me "and it's even better to be chosen!" it made me really happy :)
Also I got some encouraging words from Helen R tonight too :) she told me that she knows I'm going through some tough things right now and how I was carrying myself really well and how awesome it was to see me up praising and worshipping God and smiling despite everything that's going on! It was good to hear that she was proud of me for being strong :)

Which brings me to my next thing!

I have no idea why things are happening the way they are, maybe I'll never know, or maybe this is the reason... I feel like my relationship with God is getting so much better! My faith and my trust in God is getting stronger too :) there have been times this week that I easily could have turned away from God and blamed Him for all the crappy things in my life. But instead I turned TO Him and prayed to Him for strength and encouragement. Even though it was something so little, God answered my prayers! I asked Him to help me through this situation and take away the hurt I was feeling! And the next morning I felt much better than I had when I went to bed the night before :) God is awesome! :) Also, like I said before, the prayers of my little prayer army back at home didn't go unanswered or unnoticed either! Those prayers got answered because I did feel better! Not 100% but still! I was reassured tonight that I have people at home praying for me :) which was really nice to hear! Also that as soon as some people heard the same news that upset me, as well as being happy for this person they immediately thought of me and prayed for me too! How awesome :) thanks times a million to those people!! :)

I could go on writing forever, but I must get to bed. I will definitely continue this tomorrow when I have a 2 hour gap between art and gym!

Thanks for your prayers and keep me in them :) I'm going to need them if I'm going to keep staying strong!!!