My First Taste Of Europe

Bonjour! i'm finally in Europe! today Heather and I travelled to Brugges and wandered around for the whole day, did typical touristy things, took a billion pictures, i'm going to have some really interesting stories to tell! Heather and I wandered into a store entirely devoted to Tintin comics, and if you haven't heard of Tintin then you REALLY need to get a life!! but then we were kicked out because we were eating ice-cream cones.....but it was totally ok cuz the store was freakin overpriced, like MAJOR €€€€€€€€€€€!!! this one teeeeeeany-weeeeeeany tintin figurine was like 50€. anyhow it was nice to look.
And we wandered through this massive cathedral which i can't remember the name of (which is why i took a picture of the sign), and took way too many pictures.
and then we had to sit with this creapy old belgian guy on the train back to Brussels who was CONVINCED that we had "spanish blood in [our] veins"...........riiiiiiiight.
ok folks thats all for now!!
Ciao!

No Compromise

So sorry for neglecting my blog for so long! i've really been busy these past 2 weeks (almost) with work and life and the men's retreat and it all just started piling up and up and up!!! but now i'm back to normal and even my room is getting tidied today! and speaking of today, happy birthday Geraldine and happy birthday Colleen! (see girls i didn't forget...)
i have a book to recommend: its the life story of Keith Green written by his wife Melody, and its called No Compromise. and let me just say this one thing about it: it will really challenge you! it sure challenged me....
which is why i'm cleaning my room today.
why?
well one of the things Melody Green talked about in the book was how Keith was really lacking in self-discipline. one of his friends spoke to him about it and explained how its really a sin. because whatever hinders us from holiness (ie being lazy, watching too much tv, uncleanliness (which is really just laziness), and a whole bunch of other things associated with a lack of self-discipline) is not from God, and whatever is not from God in our life is sin!
And then it hit me. that was what i was like!
I've asked God to help me in this area of my life, and i know He will because He is faithful in everything!
So if any of my readers would like to pray for me that would be GREATLY appreciated.
Love,
Aunty Fifi
P.S. please read the book, it's really worth it!!

decided!!

So i think i've decided. i'm going to buy the Michael Buble album. unless one of the other ones is cheaper of course....

New Deck, New Hot Tub, and Potential New Music

yes its true, we've actually splurged and had our deck built by a professional instead of doing it ourselves! ahhhhh and what a beautiful deck it is! complete with a nice large hot tub (regrettably not full of water yet) and a nice glossy finish. so any time any of my friends feels the urge they can come over and hop in the hot tub and drink virgin margaritas and listen to cool music and just generally hang with the cool people.....cuz everyone knows that we're cool people. right?
well really its just the hot tub thats cool.....but thats entirely beside the point.
so now that you've heard about our great new deck and great new hot tub and received the open invitation to chill on/in it.....you may be wondering just what this "potential new music" is?
it just means that i'm planning on buying a new album but i'm not sure which one yet....
here are my options:
1. This Time Around ~Paul Brandt
2. Amore ~Andrea Bocelli
3. Call Me Irresponsible ~Michael Buble

Great albums all of them. but the problem is that i don't know which one it's going to be!!!!
i'd appreciate comments.....

New Pets

so we've done it again.
or rather, mom and heather have done it again.
chickens. two of them. and they're smelly, stinky, ugly, and extremelly useless until they get older and can finally lay some breakfast for us. but i'm having nothing to do with them, and as you may have guessed i feel quite bitter about it because pets in our family just don't like me. like seriously they hate me. our last chicken attacked my foot and drew blood for NO APPARENT REASON! and the same with the crow before it, junior.
well i'm not bitter, that was an overstatement, but you get the point. i don't like pets.
end of post.

the aftermath

so the conference was really good! i learned a lot about hamburgers and Agape, which are both very good things.....and allowing God to take control of my life. BOY IS IT HARD or WHAT!!!! i was really blessed by Bob Mumford's openess and vulnerability to the delegates, i find it so hard to really be open with people and seeing it in him in such a public setting was very encouraging for me.
oh and then there's the news about Von and Sam.....XOXOXOXOXO
AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! *screams with delight*
so exciting.
anyways, have a good week and remember.....NCB!
Aunty Fifi

NALC!!

i'm stoked! do you want to know why?
because this weekend is the North American Leader's Conference out in Langley and GUESS WHO'S COMING!???????
YVONNE!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*ahem*
well maybe i'll see some of my readers at NALC so bye for now!
love,
Aunty Ralph