My Wish

I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow
And each road leads you where you want to go
And if you’re faced with the choice and you have to choose
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you
And if one door opens to another door closed
I hope you keep on walkin’ ‘til you find the window
If it’s cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile
But more than anything, more than anything

Chorus

My wish for you
Is that this life becomes all that you want it to
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small
You never need to carry more than you can hold
And while you’re out there gettin’ where you’re gettin’ to
I hope you know somebody loves you
And wants the same things too
Yeah, this is my wish

I hope you never look back but you never forget
All the ones who love you
And the place you left
I hope you always forgive and you never regret
And you help somebody every chance you get
Oh, you find God’s grace in every mistake
And always give more than you take
But more than anything, yeah more than anything

This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big

Credits:

Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele
sung by Rascal Flatts

I love this song and today after my phone call with Ronel, it really hit home - this is my wish for Ronel, for myself and for all of you!!!

Happy Birthday!!

to my friend Joanna and my nephew Josh

i don't like

being so far away from Ronel!! Okay - so I understand that it is kind of an obvious point but I still had to say it! I received our wedding video in the mail today - Thanks Ed & Sandra for your roles in the journey from Haiti to BC! I put it in the VCR and started to watch it and then decided to call Ronel and let him know it arrived. So, I did that and we then talked for 36 minutes - which was fabulous but.... just made me miss him more! When we hung up I was almost in tears as we read scripture together in both English and Kreyol, talked about day to day life, talked about some family happenings (his cousin just had some extended family members in a accident - three members of one family died - mother, father and one child -and one is in the hospital with at least one broken bone, another child is in Port au Prince in school - I don't believe that they are directly related to Ronel in any way but still very sad news)

Then we talked about stuff I bought this weekend while I was shopping - items for me that are gifts for Ronel! (come on - you all know what i mean without me having to write it out!) which made him smile - I could hear his smile through the phone!, we talked about our upcoming weekend plans, what we did today, etc, etc and I told him, I don't like this - if we were together, I would be lying in your arms and we would be talking face to face... to which he replied, YES, and you would have been here for the couples' Valentine's party!

It is stuff like this which make this whole separation stuff difficult! The "events" - not being there for each monthly "anniversary", my birthday next week, Valentine's Day, etc, etc.

Well, after all that "sad" talk - I will say that I am very happy to have a copy of our wedding video and look forward to watching the whole thing - maybe even a couple times!!!

record setting

Today I called Ronel when I got home from helping decorate at the church for our Valentine's Event tomorrow at church, then went out for lunch with Terri and Shealyn and then we went "dollar store-ing" (went shopping at dollar stores) and then picked up my car from Canadian Tire where I had dropped it off this morning and had Leslie (sister) drive me up to the church. I had gone out to my car and found that my front tire was low and tried to fill it with air but couldn't get it to read higher than 10psi on my tire gauge so called Leslie and asked if Mike was at work and if he could get one of his guys to look at it today. When I picked up my car, Mike said that they had fixed something (he wasn't sure at that moment) and that it would be no charge! Wow- I wasn't expecting that - especially if they had to actually fix something but that is one of the many perks of having a manager as a sister and her boyfriend as the shop manager!

Anyway, back to the original point of this post! So I got home from doing all the above, and decided to call Ronel before it got too late (it was a5pm here so 8pm in Borel.) I called and we talked for 30 minutes! That is the longest we have talked on the phone to date! It was fabulous, plus I also got to talk to JeanJean, a friend who just got married in December - his wife read a scripture during our wedding and he helped coordinate all of us on the way down the aisle as well as keep out all the late-comers until we were all finished walking down the aisle, Rosena (Ronel's cousin), and Eddy - Marc's dad, which was also nice.
It was a great call, it was much more like being there cause we were just talking, there was some silence where I just enjoyed knowing that Ronel was on the other end of the line and also parts where I just listened to him talk, then he asked why I wasn't talking back and I said, cause I am just enjoying listening to my husband's voice. We both laughed when we found out that we had spent the morning doing the same activity - decorating at our churches - tomorrow afternoon/evening is their big Valentine's event for couples at Ronel's church and is also our Valentine's event for our kids tomorrow morning at church.

We also talked about how tomorrow is our 3 month anniversary. That's right, we've been married for 3 whole months!! It seems like it has gone by so fast, which I guess is a good thing cause hopefully that means that our "waiting" period will fly by as we wait for immigration approval.

Well, it is now 8pm and I have to get ready for my big "shopping/travel" day tomorrow as I take my mom and granny to the airport. I talked to my granny today about shopping tomorrow and she said that she isn't a big shopper but maybe we can teach her a thing or two tomorrow so it looks like it should be fun! I have to finalize our itinerary and make sure I know how to get everywhere I want to go as well as still get to the airport!

The Red Thread

My small group/minichurch has started studying/reading/discussing a book together that was written by a local Foursquare Pastor who is also our new President of Foursquare Canada. His name is Barry Buzza and the book is The Red Thread. We are currently on book one in this trilogy that follows the lifeline that stretches from God to Us and back again.

I am looking forward to going through all three of the books.

The original Valentine's gift

"For God so loved the word that
he gave His one and only son,
that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life."

John 3:16

I found this and LOVED it so I decided to post it on my blog....

if you click on the photo, you will be taken to the blog where I found it.

Photo credit: Artistically Amy

Happy Valentine's to you and your loved ones

weight loss.....

well, weight loss has always been a source of frustration for me! I lost 65 lbs the first year I lived in Haiti but unfortunately most of that snuck back on once I had more variety in my diet!

Well, after starting eating healthier - I am currently down 6lbs in 4 weeks! I have started doing a points system with some gals from work (Weight Watchers but without going to Weight Watchers.)
I have consistently lost weight each week when we weigh in and many people are commenting that they can tell I have lost weight (which is always a great feeling!)

I find it kind of funny only because the specialist I saw for my biopsy consult had asked if I was losing a lot of weight as it is one of the side effects of celiac disease and I had told him - Nope, only the couple of pounds I had lost at that point by watching what I ate and how much I ate. If I am going to lose weight, I would rather lose it the healthy way and not because my body can't absorb nutrients that I need!

anyway, that is it for tonight! Tomorrow I am going to help decorate the church for our Children's Ministry Valentine's Event and then go to pick up my grandmother from the ferry in Horseshoe Bay and then Sunday I drive my mom and granny to the airport in Seattle for their flight to Puerto Rico where they will be visiting my aunt and uncle for 3 weeks. Sunday we will be leaving early (right after church) so that we can stop and get some shopping in on the way to Seattle! (okay - so I will probably be doing most all of the shopping but they get to come along for the fun!) Their flight doesn't leave till midnight so they don't have to be at the airport till about 10 pm so that gives us lots of shopping time!!

new do

I thought I would also post a larger photo of my new profile pic. I got a haircut and so was taking photos to send to Ronel so he could see my new look and liked this one so much that I decided to make it my profile photo (atleast for a while!) and let you all see the new me as well!!
My hair is a little shorter than I was thinking when I went into the salon but I really am quite happy with the end result - I got a lot of compliments at work today and someone even told me that I look like a teenager with this new do!

books

well, I love to read and found out that a friend of mine - Josee - also likes to read and she told me about lists of bests where you can find various lists of "bests" books, albums, films, food, etc. So I went on and found some lists that I want to read through. And then "created" one of my own with Christian fiction novels that I want to read (and some of them that I have already read) Most of these books were on someone else's list with other books I wasn't interested in.

Check it out (my username is treely)

****update 2/6/07 10:47pm****
I have added my list of "what I'm currently reading" on my sidebar

spa day

Wow - today was a great day!

Today was SPA DAY - 5 of my girlfriends and I had booked hour long massages with a masseuse who was coming to the home of one of us and we were spending the afternoon/evening together. Relaxing, eating, hanging out and getting a massage. Nadine, the masseuse, set up the massage table upstairs and we were all downstairs. She did a great job at setting the mood - it smelt great and was very relaxing. I was the last of us to go so I got to enjoy the day and then head up for my very first professional massage - well it wont' be the last! I truly enjoyed it and am still feeling very relaxed!

Plus, I got to have a great conversation with her - she is going to be marrying a "non-Canadian" this summer and then going through the immigration process so she was interested to hear how everything had worked for us so far. Documenting our relationship, phone call, multicultural ceremony, not having family from BC attend and the whole bit. Her fiance lives in London, England but is from Ghana and she will be flying to London first in July(haivng a "reception" for those that can't make it to Ghana) and then they will be continuing onto Ghana to have the wedding there (apparently it is easier for immigration purposes to have the wedding in Ghana). Because of the flexibility of her job, she will be gone for approx. 3 months and this will be her first trip to Ghana and they plan on spending 2 months there after the wedding and really seeing the country. I think it is fabulous and really hope for the best for them.

The funniest part was when she told me that her mother is Haitian - wow what a small world!!

Plus before the spa day, I went out and did some shopping and got some great deals today so it was an all around successful day (and I spoke to Ronel today!! always a good start to any day!)