When I take time out to go pray, I easily fall asleep, yet when I go on the computer right after that, I can stay awake for hours. Frustrating! I suppose I'll go home to crash now. 'Night all. Sleep well. God, please hold us all safely in Your loving arms tonight, protecting us in our dreams, and let us be refreshed when we awaken, knowing what it is to love You and love one another. Amen.

"As soon as a Christian recognizes that he has failed in his service, that his readiness has become feeble, and that he has sinned against another's life and become guilty of another's guilt, that all his joy in God has vanished and that his capacity for prayer has quite gone, it is high time for him to launch an assault upon the flesh, and prepare for better service by fasting and prayer (Luke 2.37; 4.2; Mark 9.29; I Cor. 7.5).... How is it possible to live the life of faith when we grow weary of prayer, when we lose our taste for reading the Bible, and when sleep, food and sensuality deprive us of the joy of communion with God?" -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I love God. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to love Him. I am grateful for the grace He offers. I am in awe of His creation. I am honored to be chosen by Him. I am blessed to be able to live in a community of other believers in a place where I can seek His face and learn what it means to live based on my relationship with Him. I am going to go to chapel now to worship God in and with the community that surrounds me.

Well, hopefully I am included among the few who remained faithful!


Numenorean


To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
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Well, although today did not go as planned, I still had a great weekend watching volleyball and hanging out with friends.
I wonder if I will ever get to the place where I take my friends for granted. I hope not. My friends have always been a huge part of my life. I constantly recognize how blessed I am to have them in my life. While there are some friendships I am saddened by due to lack of connecting in recent times, those I have and those that are developing amaze me every day. Tonight I was talking to a friend about the lack of connection with some previously close friends and she said that part of it could be because in a school our size we can so easily take our friendships for granted because we see each other every day and even when we do talk it can so easily stay at surface-level.
There are few things that I am passionate about, but friendships is definitely one of those things. So many people do not clue into the importance of friends and family until they have lost someone or until they are on their deathbed. Please do not be one of those people! Look at those around you through new eyes and a renewed heart and have courage to be open and honest with each other. Be intentional in developing your friendships.
To each of my friends (I really hope you know who you are): I love you so much! I pray that you know that. God bless you all.

Love Sylvia:)

"It's just a cold."

I hate saying that more and more every time. That little word "just" minimizes the impact a cold has on a person. I've grown up hearing that sentence and saying it, so when I have a cold it does not seem right to miss class or meetings to stay at home and rest. On the other hand, it is so difficult to comprehend what is happening around me. It takes so much energy just to breathe. Yet because it's "just a cold" we are expected to continue on with everything as normal. Unfortunately, when this happens it is so much easier for this cold to spread to others, especially in such a clos-knit community. So now I decide in the next 9 minutes whether or not to go to class...

Friendship Quote For The Day:

The best friendships have weathered misunderstandings and trying times. One of the secrets of a good friendship is the ability to accept the storms.
---Alan Loy McGinnis.

I know I have weathered some misunderstandings with some great friends, sometimes without them even knowing it, which I know has happened to others where I am concerned. But once these storms have passed, the bond of friendship comes out stronger.
For those who are finding it difficult to weather the storms, think of how you can love the other regardless of how they are treating you. Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you. Blessings upon you my friends.

Ok, I'm finally catching up...

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Your Superhero Name is The Ice Savage Your Superpower is X-Ray Vision Your Weakness is Anger Your Weapon is Your Terra Cannon Your Mode of Transportation is Flying Monkeys

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Wow...the FGBC web of blogging continues to multiply! It is hard to keep up at times, but I am truly enjoying reading what everyone has to write. Some things I read are surprising to me, some things are confirmation of my observations, and still other things are just plain crazy! In a good way. When it seems near impossible to connect with friends, blogging is a good way to keep up with what is going on in their lives and to let others know what's happening in your life (without having to find time to tell 10 different people the same thing). And for people like me, blogging is also good because we can take time to organize our thoughts and to present them in a way we think people could better understand...without getting interrupted. Though it is also a bad thing because then we might be drawn into the world of blogging so much so that we rarely, if ever, take time to talk to people about what's going on, which if we did take the time, we would likely find ourselves becoming more comfortable with speaking and more confident in our words and the way we express ourselves.

Hm...not where I thought I'd be going with that, but ok.

Well, I've got some homework to do before class, so I'd best be going. Adiós!

It is a wonderful thing to go to a store for 2 specific items, only to find out those items are on sale!!! I FINALLY got a digital camera (Canon A510)! So I ended up getting the camera and upgraded memory card for about the same price I thought I was going to pay just for the camera.
We left Eston at 3:45pm and were in bed in Winnipeg by 3:30am. We hit the mall on Thursday afternoon where I bought, among other things, my camera, memory card, Courage Under Fire, and Primal Fear. We spent the evening at Sarah's, then watched Shrek 2 (which I went to bed during). Friday I watched tv and movies while the place was being prepared for Sarah's party. Family and friends came to celebrate, then Sarah, Nhi, Hyun Ju, and I went to Silver City to watch Doom. When I saw previews for it, part of me didn't want to see it, but it just seemed like the thing to do last night, so I went. While I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, nor would I call it a "good" movie, I really enjoyed it, as did the others I was with. The coloring, the angles, the suspense/intensity of it all came together to make an impressive movie.
Hyun Ju is currently at the Asian Market with Venetta (who knew Sarah's parents before Sarah was even born). The family is going to a wedding this afternoon and a birthday this evening. If it doesn't rain, or maybe even if it does, I want to go to the Forks and around downtown. I bought a map, so I'm hoping I can find my way, though I might see if Justin and Michelle want to hang out with Hyun Ju and I.
These trips to Winnipeg always go by so quickly! I can't believe we'll be on our way back to Eston at this time tomorrow! I hope we can visit with people in Moose Jaw on our way back.
I hope all you FGBCers are enjoying your Reading Break. See you soon:)

(Go to Google, type in your name and the word “needs”)
According to Google, here are some of the things that I need:

Sylvia needs all the prayers that can be said.
Sylvia needs a public projection of her literary talents.
Falling rapidly into depression's black hole, Sylvia needs something more than platitudes.
Sylvia needs immediate medical attention.
Sylvia needs to get the song up to tempo.
Sylvia needs to treat Art as an unbeliever.
Sylvia needs friends.
There are things that Sylvia needs to talk about occasionally.
Sylvia needs all the strength that she can master.
Sylvia needs all the emotional support she can get.
Sylvia Needs A Father.

Interesting.

It's 10 after 1! I need to go home!!!

What a crappy day...seriously! I did talk to somebody about it, so I won't get into it here, but it's still crappy nonetheless. I really am not up for being around most people today, let alone going to the recruitment supper to hang out with a bunch of people I never hang out with any other time (except for meetings with those I work with). I just want to play basketball and read my Bible. Though what kind of Christian does that make me...not wanting to be around people? And it's retarded because at church we're going through The Purpose Driven Life and this week's focus is on fellowship (chooing to be a member, sharing, something else, and kinship). Normally I am very big on my friendships and building relationships with people, but not today. I think I'm just tired. Not physically, but emotionally, spiritually perhaps. I have 40 minutes until I have to go for supper.

K, one of my friends emailed this to me and it made me laugh so hard, so I thought I'd share it with you. It is entitled HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!