Well Mid-terms are all done and over with so now it seems I am on the last stretch of my first year of university.

It's pretty crazy how the time flew and it seems as if I should have a long time to go yet

I am really excited for summer! I made some friends from Morden/Winkler and it will be great to be able to all hang out and do summery stuffs together...

I am really liking this "warm" weather these past few days and if the sun would start shining it would make it even better

I am feeling pretty optimistic the past few days and kind of feel refreshed in some way...it feels good

I have a couple of classes this afternoon and then I think that Leah and I are gonna watch some Mary Poppins...not 100% sure but maybe...I am pretty good at playing things by ear

This is entirely random because I am wasting time before class just listening to some music...

I can stop wasting your precious time...but chances are if you are on xanga in the first place you don't have much to do anyways...haha

Anyways...have a gooder. I know i will :)

Hey there :)

It has been what seems like ages....alot has happened over this month of Febraury.  Alot of good and also alot of the seemingly not so good.  This is the first month since I have graduated that time is not seeming to just fly by.  It is rather slow and I am not sure what to think of it. Here are some tid-bits (nice word) from my month thus far:

-Well I met the youth pastor at the church that my family has become involved in at Morden Alliance Church at a youth event I decided to go to one weekend that I was there. In talking with him, to make a long story short, I am going to be leading a youth church service every other Sunday evening.  It will consist of about an hour of worship music that is good and loud to appeal to the children and give them something other than the usual that they get at church.  Not that the usual church is bad, but youth need something specifically for themselves once in awhile.  After that hour of worship either me or the youth pastor there will give a 15-20 minute talk and lead back into another 45 minutes or so of worship music.  I had the chance to talk to a few of the kids there that night and I managed to really connect with a few.  This is really encouraging to me and it seems that things are falling into place for me for the idea that I want to be a youth pastor. This will be a great experience and I look forward to it very much.  Prayer would be appreciated for sure as I try to minister to the youth of Morden and I will definitely be learning lots too.

-I had "reading week" last week...minus the reading. I hung out with friends, went home for a few days, and had an incredible last weekend. It was tons of fun cuz I got together with some friends from university down in Morden. We had a blast!  Until about 1:00 on Sunday morning when Tyler was driving Destiny back to her house with my car and had...well we can say a bit of an accident. He hit a parked truck really hard and completely smashed the front of my car.  It is a complete miracle that those two are alive nevermind injury-free. Both of them are alright. Sadly I can't say the same for my poor car. It is definitely totalled so I will be without wheels for an indefinite amount of time.  Definitely until the end of the semester so that kind of messes up going to Church at Pine Ridge and I guess I will be bussing it to work.

-All in all it has been an eventful month full of joy, harships, sadness, and most of all, lessons learned.  I am glad to say it is almost over and life looks like it is slowly getting back to somewhat of a norm. But then again, what is normal anyway..haha. Anyways I should get going cuz I have class earlier than usual tomorrow. Good ol' History :)

God Bless

(p.s. there are a few new pics from the coffee house that FHElectric played at)

I FIXED MY XANGA!!

BLOGS ARE BACK ON HERE NOW :)

Well it's been awhile since I have been on this thing hasn't it?... Hmmm, what's been going on in the life of Josh?... Let's see if I can do this in a somewhat list form (yes I have been writing alot of papers and the more short-cuts the better):

-I think I got a job today!  It's at the Red Lobster across from Polo Park.  I have had two interviews and they seem really enthusiastic about having me work there.  So I will be praying that if that is where I am supposed to be then it will work out.  I sure hope I can get it soon...Valentine's day is just around the corner after all  ;)

-This second semester has been a good one! I have some good classes some not-so-good classes and then those classes where somedays I feel like it is the best thing for me and who knows, the next class it my be my least favorite one... I can get like that..haha

-So as scary as it is I have really realized that I am grown up and nothing has really had that effect on me so much as when I got the letter that said for me to decide what I wanted to do with my schooling.  With much prayer and deliberation I have decided to be a youth pastor.  I am really excited for this and it kind of feels like a new chapter in my life is opening.  Pretty exciting.  Scary but exciting.

-I have been playing for worship a ton over the past couple weeks and it is a lot of fun to have that opportunity to serve while doing music.  Over a two week span I had led about six worship services so I am definitely getting some good experience for when, Lord willing, I work in a church someday.

-At this point I am really wanting it to be summer.  I have so many great ideas for things to do, but they definitely can't be done when it's as cold as it is right now... -40 with the windchill!  All of the kite flying, picnics, sitting under big trees and having sing-alongs, rodeos, and just generally outdoorsy type things to do.  I think that I may get cabin fever if I don't have a chance to get out soon..haha.  I am sure I will be fine, but it would be nice to get out and enjoy myself.  Skating has been pretty good this year though so I can't complain.  I am glad Leah likes to go skating cuz I hadn't in years and since we went one time I have always been wanting to go.  My skating skills that I had as a young lad have returned.  I don't think I will be trying out for the Edmonton Oilers any time soon though...lol

Overall it has been a good few weeks.  I look forward to some warm weather and good times with friends and family.  Take care of yourself wherever you may be at today.  God Bless.

joshua.william.john