Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas eve day and I just got home. Dan and I signed a lease to the house we're moving into on Tuesday. We really needed to move next week and were having difficulties making the changes, but everything has worked out. God is good. One thing I've learned through the last five months (and longer) is that God's timing is perfect, although it often doesn't match what I would think would be a good time line for things to happen, when I look back I see that His timing is perfect. I have seen that over and over again these last few months. I'm so thankful that God is in control, since left up to me everything would be a disaster. I know that I need to work on trusting God and not worrying so much about when things will. In the midst of the worrying and planning, the present often gets neglected. Much growth to do in this area.

Now that everything housing related is settled, I can enjoy the next few days of Christmas celebrations with little stress and focus on celebrating the birth of my Saviour and Lord.

My first Blog


Ok, so here's my first attempt at blogging. First a quick update as to what I've been up to since graduating BBC, in case someone is actually curious, otherwise it's the best I could come up with today. I did my student in Belleville, Ontario from where I made connections to a teaching job in Bowmanville, Ontario (a little to the east of toronto) after my year there I ran away (ok so everyone knew I was going) to BC. There I spent six months in Fort St. John, subbing and working at the credit union (curious where that is? find the alaskan highway on a map it's between 45 and 60 km in from mile 0--it's WAY NORTH). Six months of no civilization was pretty much all I could handle and accepted a job at a Christian school in Wasaga Beach, Ontario (I moved there never having been there, rented an appartment I hadn't seen...which other than being an hour and a half away from toronto is pretty rustic, much like Fort St John, except FSJ actually had more civilization--joke was on me!). There I met Dan, who is now my husband. We have one daughter, Emma-Rose. Last year we were in North Bay while Dan was getting his B.Ed. He spent the summer applying, interviewing, and being rejected for teaching jobs. Though often discouraged we knew God would take care of us as he always does. The Friday before school started Dan got a job at a high school in Orangeville. Which is about 40 minutes north of where my parents live. Because of the short notice for a move, we camped out with my parents while waiting for a police check and a pay check and a decent place to live. Next week we are moving into a house...HOORAY! We are renting it for now, and that's ok...it may come on the market eventually and we're getting a pretty good deal. YEAH! I've been pretty bored while at my parents house, with not much to do, so at the urging of a friend of mine, I started up my own business. I bake and cook for people. It's pretty fun, really stressful but pretty rewarding. Speaking of which, I think I've spent enough time today on this blog, I have many orders to fill in the next couple of days as Christmas approaches.