Missions minded!

its been a while

2006-03-29T21:11:00.001-04:00

well, It has been a while, and this heading is probably there twice!! I hate the fact that I hit the enter button then I am too lazy to go back and remove the "mistake post". I love that I am writing this when I have an ethics paper to write. I think that I am about ready to write the paper, but I have a rehersal for the spring banquet in about 45 mintues and so I dont want to get a train of thought going and have to stop...which means I will be up late writing this paper...oh joy! it actually should be too bad, so long as I can get in bed by around 1ish, I can wake up around 8 or 9 and work somemore on it, go to chapel, work on it some more...that is the joy of having ethics in the afternoon. So here is something really cool that happened the other day. My mom came up to the school because she was bringing my brother up to town, and she wanted to just have something to do over lunch, so she came and hung out with me. Alma Forbes has been wanting to meet my mom for a while, and so she saw us sitting there, came over and said "who is this" and gave my mom a hug. I dont think my mom has had a hug in a really long time, and I remember when I got a hug when I came home...it meant so much, and so she was teary eyed and I think that it really affected her, in a way that nothing else could have. my mom experienced the Love of Christ and it moved her, and that excites me.

Other than that, nothing has really been going on in my life. I bought an iPod and that makes me mad!! haha, not because it isnt a great product, I love it, but it just would be my luck that I would get a faulty one. the battery doesnt charge on the thing! so now I am waiting for a supposed box that I can send this back to them in, and I am all confused as to what I am doing. it is all covered under that warantee though, so that is good, but I wish in a sense that I could just send it back. maybe there is a reason why I struggled to make the decision to buy it.

well, that is enough for now, I find when blogs are really long, I dont want to read them, so I feel this might be doing the same thing to you.

BTW!! thank you for your comment Missy! it means so much, and I was encouraged by it...I trust that God is working in my moms life, and in the life of the rest of my family, and that He is bringing people into their lives who will lead them to Him! I am excited for that day and expecting that day all at the same time! God Bless!

its been a while

2006-03-29T21:11:00.000-04:00

for anyone who actually reads this

2006-03-20T08:57:00.000-04:00

This week has just been so busy, and it has left me exhausted. between papers that I forgot I needed to do and doing them as last minute as possible and still get away with it, and work...then Chorale was out this weekend. that was really cool. I had invited my mom since it was a local concert and I was really excited, the church that my mom could have come to was the church that I was going to be singing a solo at. I was a little saddened that she didnt show though but it really taught me something. If my mom had come, I would have had a reason to praise God, and that is what I was expecting, but what happens when God doesnt do those things that you are expecting? well praise is definitely not one of the first things on your mind, but I learned that it is in those times that you need to just lay those expectations down and praise God for who He is, not because of what He does. Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? what do you think? Leave one!

Corey

my life lately

2006-03-05T01:41:00.000-04:00

My life hasnt been all that interesting in the past little while. It is spring break, and it is actually kind of weird because this is normally the time of year when Chorale is going some place to do their spring break tour. not this year! Instead I am going to be working for most of it. I have tomorrow off, which is really nice, so I talked my parents into letting me spend the night in Saint John with my mom. My mom is babysitting my Aunts kids and her dogs as well, which might as well be kids. So I got off work and then headed to Saint John. it was really neat because (dont laugh at me) this is the first time that i have drove to saint john by myself. the only other time I have ever driven a car in saint john was when I was taking drivers education, and they brough us. What else...I guess that is it really cool that tonight I was only $0.02 short in my cash. that was pretty sweet! thats about it for now, leave a message for me and if there is any way that i can be praying for you, feel free to put that in a comment or email me, i would love to be praying for you all!!

Corey

Corey

if it werent for heidi!

2006-02-15T11:25:00.001-04:00

seriously, if it werent for Sattler, I would never update this thing haha! thanks for the reminders. I was thinking about what I could write about and I thought that I would write about the weekend. Chorale was out, and I thought that it was a really good weekend...God really used the chorale to minister, and I hope that hearts were changed. God is so good, and he deserves all that praise from a weekend like that so I just want to ascribe to him what he is due!

I also just want to say that I had such a great time at Heidi's house! Her parents are so great and it was probably the most comfortable outting ever. I have had some really great experiences, but this weekend was really great.

Maybe I will have something new to post soon...most of the thoughts that I have right now I would rather not broadcast online...so that makes it hard to post...Blog soon!

Corey

if it werent for heidi!

2006-02-15T11:25:00.000-04:00

Atleast the alarm works...

2006-02-05T00:01:00.000-04:00

Well tonight has been interesting. Have you ever gone to do something and just knew that it wasnt going to turn out the way you wanted to. I definitely had one of those moments tonight. I was at work, and everything was going good, until it was time to close. I closed the store, everything was fine, but when I locked the door I noticed that the fire extinguisher wasnt inside. I was like CRAP, that needs to go inside. at that moment I was like, knowing my luck, my key wont work and I will set the alarm off. so I unlocked the outside door, took a deep breath and opened it...you have like 1 minute to get inside and disable the alarm...well, my key to the gate didnt work, and I couldnt get inside the store. I closed the door, grabbed my coffee and sat on the curb and waited for my manager to come to the store...I felt so stupid because the night before I had made a mistake too. i told him that my key didnt work and he was all like...hmm thats weird...what did you not test it before hand haha...it all turned out ok, and he wasnt upset, and tomorrow, I am going to test my key again...maybe I just dont know how to unlock things...thats my funny story for the night...God Bless everyone..

Corey

Dont worry eh?

2006-02-02T19:05:00.000-04:00

Today in chapel, Pastor John talked about not worrying right? well as soon as I got out of chapel I had to go talk to Janet Starks because I didnt get to hand in a student ministry contract, and was going to have to drop is so as to not cost me money. anyway, there is a slight problem with that. I am currently taking 12 hours, if I were to take 1 hour of, that would make me a part time student, screwing up my loan, technically I would have to move off campus, I wouldnt be able to be in chorale...you can see my problem. well because of that problem Rev. Starks (the man one) is allowing me to hand in a contract..so I HAVE to do that tomorrow. So because of that I felt super blessed! I tried so hard not to worry about it..maybe that is why everything turned out ok...I dont have a personality that naturally worries too much, but I was worried today, even if for just a split second.

well I am sleepy so I might just nap, blog soon!
Corey

Another day, another Blog...weird!

2006-02-01T11:38:00.000-04:00

So it is another day, and this is another Blog. I kept saying that Blogging just wasnt my thing, but you know it could grow on me. Tonight I am going to audition for one of the Solo's in Chorale. I am kinda nervous, just because I find it weird that Mrs. Weatherby is doing re-auditions for the solo's and because the one that I am going to try out for already belongs to someone. it would be a little weird if I got it and they got the shaft ya know? but someone told me that the decisions are up to Mrs. Weatherby and that I shouldnt feel bad, and I guess that it true, but how can you help it ya know? so I am a little nervous. I will let you know how it went...

Kom

I think it is time

2006-02-01T02:02:00.000-04:00

Well, I am back and ready to give this thing another shot. I was awake and thinking about blogging, and so I thought why not I have nothing to lose really, and what is the worst that can happen, people dont read it right. I have been thinking a lot lately, just about being back from thailand, and how all of that affected my life, and it really makes me sad that I am back in North America. Dont get me wrong for all of you who are reading this, it is so great to be back in NA with you all, but wow I really miss Thailand! I was talking with some of my friends today on the phone (from Thailand) I think that I surprised them because they didnt know that I was calling. it was so refreshing to hear Thai people talking to me. I was so encouraged by them too. Heid's I dont know if you are going to read my blog until I tell you that I am posting again, but I just wanted to say thanks for being such a great friend to me...you have helped me in so many ways, and Aza, you are my best friend...I just wanted to make those shout outs just incase I never post again! I really want to get back into the posting just to let everyone know what is going on in my life...

Hey if you could all remember to pray for a friend of mine in Thailand, she is going to be having a baby in like a week or so, and the doctors say that she isnt normal, and that she may die within weeks of being born. Please pray that God would do some cool things and change some lives because of it. He is so good and he is faithful, so we can expect that he will do what we ask of him!

I feel a little better having just typed some things, even though there is much more on my mind....Hope you all have a blessed day, and hopefully, you will hear from me again soon :)

Kom

2005-08-28T13:58:00.000-03:00

This is Steph and Bird, they were sitting behind me in the van...

2005-08-28T13:56:00.000-03:00

and these are the people who sat infront of me. there are a few missing, but these are most of my van mates!

2005-08-28T13:53:00.000-03:00

this was a cool start to the trip! I stepped out of the van and a butterfly landed on my hand! I was like, I had better get a picture of this!! so there you have it!

2005-08-28T13:52:00.000-03:00

Ok, This picture has a funny story! you might think that I know these people..well I dont. I honestly thought that they were from our group, so I was like, hey this is a sweet photo opportunity. turns out, I took their picture with my camera when all they wanted was for me to take a picture of them with their camera! I was so embarrassed, (Carrie, if you check my blog ever, this was definitely a sped moment!!)

2005-08-28T13:48:00.000-03:00

this is a vine, or branch that is extremely spike-like. they were all throughout the forest, but it was simply another first for me

2005-08-28T13:47:00.000-03:00

millipeed anyone?? this was a pretty big millipeed!

2005-08-28T13:46:00.000-03:00

Ok, So this is definitely the largest spider I have EVER seen. It was so gross. It was kind of funny though, because we were taking so many pictures that I think we either scared him, or made him nervous (actually since it is so big, chances are it is a female) anyway, it took its abdomen and shot it like a cannon at us. we think that it was silk, although we cant be entirely sure. either way, this thing gave me the willies!

2005-08-28T13:42:00.000-03:00

waterfalls

2005-08-28T13:41:00.000-03:00

waterfalls

2005-08-28T13:39:00.000-03:00

waterfalls

2005-08-28T13:38:00.000-03:00

Welcome to the jungle! that is all there is to say about these next pics

2005-08-28T13:37:00.000-03:00