Fire

We had opened the windows and noticed a nice big wind picking up to help cool us down, I went outside and was enjoying the breeze (strong wind) it had been smoggy/smokey all day today so I noticed some blue sky from the wind...then I noticed some really black clouds moving fast.  I went upstairs and looked out and saw a glow, sure enough a large fire!
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TobyMac

Originally posted December 18, 2009

Awe Ya!
Photos
TobyMac came to Abbotsford December 11, 2009.
It was such a great show!
Here is the intro - watch what the lights say.


Gabriel doing some beatbox.


Some of TobyMac's moves.


Made to love - Cell Phone Edition


We gonna party, have a party right here!


Funky Jesus Music!


City on our knees! Absolutely incredible song!


Burn for You - in the crowd.
This is one of many things I enjoy about TobyMac, his crowd interaction!

Sam's Christmas Performance

Originally posted December 18, 2009

You might be able to see Sam in the middle. He looked a little like when the priests where their black shirt with the white stripe in the middle, as he had a dark blue sweater on with a white turtle neck overtop. They were doing as a school, the Christmas Olympics (the theme). Sam’s class represented Australia. Check out the Media link for the video of him and his class singing :)

Remember that our camera screen is broken :)

Starfield

Originally posted November 28, 2009

Starfield came to Kelowna November 27, 2009.
Great time!
Photos

Autumn in our Backyard

Originally posted November 28, 2009

Some photos from our backyard while the leaves were changing.
More Photos

Staff Retreat

Originally posted November 28, 2009

Our first ever Gospel Mission Staff Retreat!
At Headwaters camp.
Photos

Walk with....

Originally posted November 28, 2009

Here we are walking with Penninga's (the hidden family).
Walk with Penninga's.

Posts

Here are the posts that have been on our website at . I will upload all the video's and have links to the photos, etc.

Newsboys

newsboys "Born Again" *Official Music Video* from newsboys on Vimeo.

Reflections on the Lake

Posted Saturday December 26, 2009

Thats cool...I didn’t write “reflections on the lake” it was automatically there from iWeb :) I will leave it as it is perfect. A few days I ago I went up to Wilden to see if the ponds were frozen so that we could play hockey. They were all ready for us, so yesterday Sam & I went up and played hockey for about 3 hours. Lots of fun! We got to play with some very talented guys. The father of two of them said he played in the NHL in the 1970’s and with NY for 11 games (that came out because I was asking where he was from because it sounded like he was from NY).
It was a great time! Sam played goalie! Against all the guys :)

tobymac

Posted Friday December 18, 2009

We were able to make it to the TobyMac concert Friday December 11, 2009 :)
We were going to take the Greyhound bus, but missed the low price by one day, so my parents were going to let us use their winterized car to go to the Coast, but the night before we were to leave the suspension went on it. So, my mom took the car in first thing in the morning and we waited patiently...we were finally on the road by 3:00pm with the concert starting at 7:30pm. We made it to the stadium at 5:34pm. I’m not sure how we made such good time? I wonder if God was pushing our vehicle for us?
The roads were clear for us to make the concert, on the way back, it was a different story.
Check out the Media page for all the photos and video.
I wanted to enjoy the concert, but at the same time record some of the new stuff that we don’t have recorded, or if it was remixed, etc. So the video’s are more for sound than viewing enjoyment :)

Sam's Christmas Performance

Posted Friday December 18, 2009

You might be able to see Sam in the middle. He looked a little like when the priests where their black shirt with the white stripe in the middle, as he had a dark blue sweater on with a white turtle neck overtop. They were doing as a school, the Christmas Olympics (the theme). Sam’s class represented Australia. Check out the Media link for the video of him and his class singing :)

Starfield

Posted Saturday November 28, 2009
Starfield in Kelowna with Article One.
Article One was quite good! The whole band was good, great vocals, drums, guitars and also a violin! That guy was incredible. Lots of energy and talent!
Starfield was great! They not only put on a good show, but good sharing and praying and challenging!
In the above picture you will notice that you can see the crowd, they had cameras on stage facing the musicians, and at the end the lead singer Tim moved the camera so it was facing the crowd, it was quite neat!

H20 baby!

We checked out the H20 center for the first time. It was fun. 2 of the 3 slides are really good!

 

Bikeathon

Well, today was the 30K Club Bikeathon which took place at Mission Creek Park in Kelowna. Me & two fellow teammates from "The Silver Bullet" rode approximately 36km's today. It was all apart of raising money for the 30K Club, which is to help end homelessness in Kelowna.
I will write more on this, as well as posting some pictures of the event.

Homelessness

If you are unaware I (Justin) am working at the Kelowna's Gospel Mission. Currently we are working on a 30K Club which will help Kelowna get some transitional housing! The current fundraiser that is taking place is the 30K Club Bikeathon. Please check out the links and see what you can do to help end homelessness in Kelowna and whatever community you are in, by bringing people the Love of Jesus!

Thank You Lord

With computer problems & a few other reasons we haven't posted anything. But we are thankful to God that Mattias is out of the hospital. We had to make one more trip in with a bad ear infection and heart rate of 196 per minute, but he is over that now. I wanted to post a song on here written by Vijay Manuel but with typing this on my iPod I am unable to so I will post the lyrics.
Thank You Lord
Thank You Lord
Thank You Lord for all that you have done
And all that You see
Find something good in me
I offer to You my Lord
Copyright Shikina Publishing
written by Vijay Manuel

Still "bugged" but home from our three day return to the hospital.

I (Justin) have never been sick like this before! The cramping in my stomach and the way that it turns! At work the last two days I was so nauseous! Finally yesterday at the hospital I was trying to go to the bathroom and realized that it was not going to happen! So I quickly turned around off the toilet and threw up like I have never thrown up before! Jen was outside the room with the nurse, and because it was a crazy time for me, I quickly pulled the help cord, Jen and the nurse were both caught off guard. It was the first time in the 10 years that Jen and I have known each other that she has seen me thrown up!

So we all are still sick. Some sort of flu virus that sure has gotten us down. Sam is on the mend and Saffron's diahrea seems to have settled. I (Jen) have been seriously sick on both ends. I haven't thrown up today which was nice. Sam and I actually were able to head out to the grocery store for some much needed sick food goodies. You know, ice cream, yogurt, popsicles, fruit...that sort of thing. Mattias threw up some powerade this morning but other then that has done quite well today. He's been eating small quantities here and there and had a couple of good naps today. You almost wouldn't recognize the poor guy, he's gotten so skinny. But boy oh boy he's still cuter then ever. And amongst all of this sickness and yuckiness we are still trying to get unpacked and settled into our new townhouse and next week Justin starts a new job at the Kelowna Gospel Mission. "When it rains, it pours" is how I feel these days. But I know it could be worse and prayerfully I am seeing light at the end of this very drawn out and dark tunnel. So as you read the end of our entry, could you please pray that we would immediately return to good health and that our season for sickness is done for a LONG time and that Mattias would recover 100% from his operation and this nasty bug. Blessings and good health to YOU!

Good News, Bad News

Well we were going to post that things are good, that Mattias is at home and that we are settling in, but last night Sam and Mattias were throwing up all night. Sam has since stopped, but Mattias has not, so he is on the way to the hospital right now!