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Things we Choose to be thankful for...

Yesterday at church, for the last part of the sermon, our minister (Paul M) broke us into groups. He gave us ten minutes and asked us to come up with as many things as possible. We were to make note of things that we have to choose to be thankful for. Like things that we take for granted, or things that we really aren't thankful for, but should be. Here is what my group came up with:

1. Having a job.
2. The woman down the hall.
3. Overly cautious drivers.
4. Our spouses/fiancees.
5. Rainy days.
6. Parents.
7. Authorities.
8. Cats.
9. Running water.
10. Canada.
11. Diversity/Personality Traits/Unity in Christ.
12. Snow.
13. Opinions of others.
14. People who ask a lot of questions - - you may learn something new.

I am loving my new church family. This is an example of what four of those people can come up with. They are very loving, and self-sacrificing. Thanks be to God for such a wonderful family to be a part of.

I am also thankful for my earthly family (s). Last Sunday Heather and I went over to London for the evening. We had a great time at Lindsay and Eric's place, eating pizza and hot-tubbing. Then this past Friday, we got together with Dad and Sharon at Montana's for a nice dinner. Lastly, we spent a good portion of yesterday (from 5:30pm - 1am) at the Jolin's for the May family thanksgiving. Heather and I made the turkey...my second time, heather's first time. Mari Alice, Phyllis, and Lacey supplied all the trimmings (buns, butter, Mari's awesome sweet potatoes, corn, salad, and of course jello, and pie, cake, ice cream, and cream puffs for dessert.

I love my family, and thank God for them.

What a week, and weekend.

Crazy!! In the last 5 days, we have only had one which didn't include having people over to our house. It has been both amazing, and very draining. But, nonetheless, enjoyable.
When we got our house we really wanted to be able to host events. We have had many opportunities since we have been a part of the Cambridge Church Plant. The last two Sundays a good number have come over to our house after the service and potluck lunch, for more food, and fun and games.

Today we had 16 people crammed in our living room to watch, "End of the Spear," which was quite good, you should rent it.

We thank God for giving us this ministry, and for providing us with a home that we can use for His service.

Praise Him.

Our new church.

We just finished another service in our new church, and I thought I would blog about it. "It" being the church, not necessarily today's service.
Being involved in this church plant has been wonderful. It has been exciting to see how God has worked in the leader's lives to see the church come to be. We (an average of about 20 right now) are pretty excited about what God is going to do in the city of Cambridge, community of Galt in the future.
Please pray for Paul Moore and Greg Whitfield as they seek to lead us. Also, please pray for the church as a whole as we seek to live for God in our daily lives. Pray that we will see our friends and peers come to Christ and find new life in Him.

Our first Christmas tree in our first house....exciting.

We went out with Mark Jolin and his girls (mariah and ada) to pick out our Christmas trees. We went to a place outside of Cambridge, towards Hamilton, where you are taken back to the trees in a wagon pulled by a tractor. You are free to roam their many fields of different types of trees, and when you find the one you want, you cut it down. Then you go back to the wagon, if it is there you get on, if not, you wait until it brings the next group. Then you are taken back to the main area. At the main area, they shake your tree, wrap it with the tree wrapper and you can get a nice hot cup of cider. It was a neat experience, and if you've never done it, you should!

Our new house is coming along, unpacking is going well....but there are some boxes in the basement that need to be unpacked or stored. We are very happy to be out of our apartment. Thank the Lord for this provision!

Only three more weeks........yippie!

That's right peoples......only 21 days left until we are finally united with our very first home. I am so pumped, I can hardly contain myself sometimes, which heather loves I might add...:) The finances for the down payment are all coming together...it's looking really good.

We take possession on the 24th (as you might have guessed with some pretty heavy calculations) which is a friday, and we plan on doing some painting while the place is empty. Then saturday morning, I'm gonna grab the truck I just rented today and do the move with whoever is going to be helping us. Thanks in advance to all the family and friends who are going to help us that weekend.

Only a matter of time now!

Two years already!!!!!!!

Wow, it's kinda hard to believe...it's already been two years since Heather and I tied the knot.
Two years really isn't all that long, I know, but heather said to me just the other day, "can you believe that were married?" So, she hasn't even gotten used to being married yet. I guess that is good, we still have the flame that we had right from the start, which isn't the case in about 1/3 of marriages today...ending in divorce...it's pretty sad.

I am so glad that I am in a loving relationship with my wife. I love you heather, thank-you for your love and friendship...hears to many more years!

All Clear!

I should have written that the financing was all approved. So, as a result, we get possession Nov. 24th.
We are so excited, we can hardly wait!
If anyone out there knows of any good deals on water softeners or water filtration systems, please let us know........thanks!

House inspection complete!!

Nothing major found wrong. Just a couple little things that we should do to make our time in our new house safer.....like GFI outlets. And then, before we sell the place, do the roof on the garage, carpet in the basement, and the basement bathroom reno.

All we need now is the financing to be finalized by wednesday, and the house will be ours on Nov. 24th.

Please keep praying with us.
We are about to undertake a big venture...our first home!

It's not official yet...........

Well, we have a conditional offer on a property. We signed the deal on sunday, and are just waiting for a home inspection, and financing to be finanlized. If all things work out, we will take possession on Nov. 24th.


We'll let ya know when it's official. Please pray for all the details to work out.

Thanks!

Absent from blogger, present with my wife and my life.

I really have not been a very good blogger over the last two months. Probably because my life isn't really too interesting...but that's ok.

I've been working lots, and playing lots of baseball.
One note about my baseball. My church league team hasn't won a game yet, we are 0-12. And my city league team has won only one game since I joined them about 1 and a half months ago (2 total wins) It is really discouraging. I really want to win, and I know that for sure a couple other guys are serious about it, and it shows in their performance each night. But as for the rest of the guys, I don't know if they're really serious about it. We don't have to be too crazy competitive about it, but I would like to see consistent effort from everyone.

Oh, it's only a game, right?

60th and 40th all in one weekend!

This weekend we celebrated a life and a marriage. My father-in-law, Steve May turned 60 back on May 18th. We celebrated his b-day as well as His marriage to Phyllis this weekend.

We threw a surprise party for Steve on Saturday at Grove Park Home in Barrie that his friend, Terry Codling directs.

We had a great time, filled with lots of happy tears. We kids got together and gave them a trip to Newfoundland and Labrador where they lived for a while earlier in their marriage.

We love them, and are happy that they have had such a successful marriage.

Thanks mom and dad for your guidance, wisdom and love.......even for what I have received in the two short years that I have known you.

Thanks Dad

This is a public note to let people know of the nice thing my dad has done for us. We are heading down to Michigan for a friend's wedding...we will be staying at a B&B for three nights making it a bit of a getaway for us too. My dad has paid for the first two nights for us.

Thanks again dad, it will make our time away together even better.

Headin' to Centreville, MI

This weekend my lovely wife and I are heading to her friend's (I guess she would be my friend too) wedding. It is kind of out of town.......so I'm expecting it to be really nice, and in a quiet area.

Heather and I are taking advantage of this time away. We are booked into the Mendon Country Inn where Stephanie and Craig are having their rehearsal dinner. It looks like a really nice place. We are pretty excited about the time away, and the times that we will have, just the 2 of us.

By the way, if anyone reading this has a recommendation on what is the best way to cross over to Michigan...please let me know. I got directions online, and because of the area in MI where we are heading, the Sarnia and Windsor crossing are almost the same distance to drive. So, which one is better for scenery, or road conditions, etc. I know the roads are bad in Detroit, so maybe we won't go that way.

ALGONQUIN...you've gotta try it!

So, here are of the few shots we took on our trip. We had a really great time...and we even kinda got spoiled with some nice weather. I think the May's would even admit it. Heather always tells me that there is a May curse or something...when they go camping it's not usually very good weather. Last year we had a couple of really bad days, and maybe only one good day, and then a couple of not bad days. This year we had three days of great weather.

The weather, I must admit made this trip easier on me than last year...and I guess that we didn't do as much moving as last year.


Although this year we did a
3200m portage...last year our largest was 2345m. The biggest one this year was listed on the Park map as 2800m, but we thought it seemed longer than that...sure enough in a book about a lady who had been traveling the Park for 70 some years said that it was actually 3200m...so we felt better after having read that.






Anyway, it was such a great time...but at the end it was good to get home and start recovering. I am already looking forward to next year. I don't think I'm ready for more than one of those trips per year yet.

Thanks to the rest of the people who were along with us. It was a really great week. Thanks to our Lord for his beautiful creation that we enjoyed first hand for 6 days.......we really do take it for granted I think.

Nice House!!!!!

Well, we just got back, and we didn't take any pictures......but you've got to believe me....we saw a great house tonight. It has been completely re-done inside and out. New siding and roof on the outside, and new everything on the inside, even an addition on the back.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pray with us and for us. We really liked it, but if it is not for us it won't be there when we are ready. The guy wants to sell it by the end of the month, and will pay the mortgage for June and July if it sells by the end of may, so then we would start paying in Aug, which would work because we have already paid our last month at our current location, so we would have money to start paying. We are also looking into a no down payment mortgage, which would help us even more to get started. Please just pray with us and for us.

Thanks a lot everyone!

Yippie.........I can go to church Sunday Mornings again.........it's been so long.

Yes, the title is true. I got a posting I applied for at work. I will be going from the perishable department ( 32F - 0C) into the freezer (0F - -18C) and I will have sun-mon off. I am so excited because for the first time in 5 years (except when I was recovering from my arm surgery) I will be able to attend morning church, and Sunday school class.

This will give heather and I a real opportunity to find a good church and get involved in it.

Thank you Lord!

Annie is home

So, the little one has returned home. She is moving around the apartment a little slower than usual.......understandably.

She has been eating a little bit which is good to see, she always had a good appetite. She will be ok, we hope. She has to go back next tuesday to get the 7 stiches removed...poor girl.

Poor Annie

First of all, I just read my friend Andy's blog...you should too. He just wrote a good one on Creation

Secondly, I want to tell you about our little kitty Annie. I just dropped her off at the vet this morning. She is getting spayed. She was so scared...the poor little girl......well, I guess she won't be a "girl" much longer.
Mason seemed to be pretty happy when I got home, could have been for one of two reasons. Annie is gone, because he really doesn't like her. Or, he was alone, and was just happy that he wasn't deserted all together!

Anyway.......I hope annie is ok, and will recover fine after.

Final Four

Who in their right mind would have picked George Mason to make it to the final four......no one right? You would be wrong. This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I had sportsnet on the tube. Jack Armstrong, who used to be a college coach, told the viewers that ESPN had 3 million people join their online NCAA bracket challenge, and only 4 of those 3 million picked the four teams that are now in the final four.........that is amazing. If even one person picked the four remaining teams I would think that was amazing, but 4!!! That is incredible.

Here's to some great ball this weekend! Go George Mason!!