Hey Everyone,

I appologize for the timely delay in updating yet again. I am starting to see this blogging thing more as a curse then a blessing however I always enjoy the task of posting ads for people especially even more so, my darling wife to be. I am honored to be dating a great gal like Jacquie and blessed to be apart of her family. That being said, Jacquie's uncle was a Olympian Swimmer and thus a movie in his memory documenting his life and victories is being relased. PLEASE watch, "Victor, His Name, His Mission" on CBC March 26 at 8 p.m. (Check local Edmonton Listings)

Thanks all, if you want more info dont hesitate to talk or drop me a line. WATCH THE MOVIE!

P.S. - Life this weak is peachy

Simon Out!

Jaquie has now left the province to sort out some more wedding stuff back home, secure a job, and get some general stuff in order for our prospective aquisition of a house in Guelph Ont.

I am at work now and was thankfully was able to almost nail down and complete an assignment due by the end of the month for the completion of my Church History III class.
PRAY I MAKE THE DEADLINE!!! I have 2 more large essay's to write. My research assistant Jacquie was able to sumerize one book for me and I have started the other book. I will keep you posted as to what happens. Prayers Welcome. Desperation setting in!

Simon Out!

Great Day!
Today Jacquie and I had a great day doing our gift registry at Sears. It was like an imaginary shoping spree with imaginary money and with imaginary gifts to take home. I had the fun, yet challenging task of operating the "gun," the tool used to swipe the product code thingies. Never the less it was fun.
Jacquie is mildly stressed concering finances, yet my re-assuring, I can only hope helps. On the up swing of that note, we did realize that the we qualify for a mortgage beyond what our dream house costs. This brought joy, yet a sense of final number crunching in order. Tomorow we will shop arround for mortgages.
Dancing yesterday was really fun actually. Ha ha! I had a great time fling Jacqcie arround the dance floor errr.... dancing with Jacquie, and adding my typical humourus upbeat tone on the whole situation.

On a side note:
Pray, pray that Jacquie and I will have consistant and supportive jobs. We need and are counting on both of us gaining perminant full time employment to secure a future, a future that would seek our dream, dream of becoming home owners come to life. This comes about while we are looking at mortgages, and on the upside, a mortgage is do-able, if we both are working.
Thanks so much.
Wishing all of my faithful readers and those who comment Gods clarity in vission and receptiveness in hearing his voice.
Simon Out!

Some families enjoy outings, bowling, and even boardgames. My family or a member of my family, my mother (whom I love dearly), has been addicted, and yes it is an addiction, to dancing (ballroom, foxtrot, and other forms). Jacquie and I started this addiction by suggesting we take dancing dancing lessons so we dont look like we are having a seizure together in the dance floor at our wedding. My mother, reluctant to approve and get started, has rocketed into her addiction of dancing and taking lessons at a studio in town. My mother has taken it upon her self as the dictator (much like Stalyn; if he too enjoyed dancing) to arrange a nite of dance lessons as a group for Jacquie, my brother, sister-in-law, father, mother and myself. What fun, what dreadful fun. Will let you all know how that goes. My fear is that the next time I see my mother dance, she will be wearing a number on the back and featured in dancing with the stars or even worse, "so you think you can dance."

Well, thats all the excitment for now.
AM I WRONG TO THINK NEGATIVELY ABOUT THIS??
Simon Out!

ONE MORE THING (for today!)

I felt compelled to share a huge influence in my music taste that may be worth checking out. I am hugely in love with The Fray. I got hooked on one of their songs inparticular, "How to save a life." The lyrics are so interesting and even though its a secular song, it speaks directly into my life, my experiences, and in a way my career path. Its just what I do, what we all should do...

To see the music video: http://video.sympatico.msn.com/v/en-ca/v.htm
Search for "The Fray"

I request to speak about my summer exoeriences has been recieved. Since I am a easy going fun guy I decided to honor this request and talk about Youth Camp 2006, this past summer. (On a side note, I am using this to get into the spirit of blogging for this new year in the hopes my disloyal blog readers will unite again and comment).

This past summer at youth camp was incredable; not only to be involved with this ministry with my true love, Jacquie, but to see her, her passions, and faith, being expressed. It truely was a faith builder for the both of us, engaging in youth ministry together was awsome. Jacquie and I really had a great time interacting and being very imature with the kids. Jacquie's teaching side had to be squashed by my imaturity several times. We got to know the kids and made connections.

A special shout out to Joel in Toronto; who may or may not have told me to write about him, was his usual funny self. He reminds me a lot of me growing up and even now today. I can garentee that he is at the same imaturity level as me (or vise-versa). I am not sure if I should be bragging about that but, nevertheless, it was a great experience as a whole.

I guess I could not leave my post without venting some struggles, struggles that are stealing my joy in a way. How wrong it is, I know, however, I believe this is a part of every believers life. I personally struggling over God's call. I know I am called into full time ministry, yet fail to see where it will lead. I know, so often we want to know details, however, as of now, I am in desperate need of so called details to plan my life with Jacquie, plan where to live, plan how to live. Financial burdens are crushing our hopes, dreams, and goals for the direct future. I know I need to give this all to God.

"Lord, Help me to trust in you, trust in you completely, and blindly. Help me to understand your direction, calling, and discern the quiet whispers of your voice. Lord, in this time of great change, enable me to have great faith, faith to through up my hands and give, my debt, my wife's debt, our future home, my future job, the city we are to live in, the place we are to call home; Lord, take it all and intricately weave it into a tapestry that will enable us to be amzed, utterly amazed at your provision."

Simon Out

Happy New Year!

I can't hardly believe it is 2007 already. Time has flown by and left me in a tail spin. Jacquie and I spent the last reamaining hours of 2006 playing a game of Cranium with my brother and sister-in-law, and a pile of seniour citizens. It was very fun being paired up with my brother and in fearce competition with my lovely wife to be and sister in law. Needless to say, the girls cheated themselves to victory.

Jacquie and I drove back from London (Ontario), from my sister-in-law's mom's house and arrived at a dinner party that Jacquie's grandmother, Gran's, threw at her house. It was a delightful dinner filled with lots of gorging and chit-chatter amongst all. It was great to see Jacquies fam again. I also was able to see Victor Davis Gold and two Silver medals from the 1984 Olympics in L.A. (Victor Davis is a relative of my Jacquie - Olympic Blood, who'd a thought).