Happy Turkey

So…it’s been 2 months since Pais 08/09 started and this weekend is Thanksgiving weekend a.k.a Happy Turkey.  I get to spend Sunday with some of my favourite people and then get Monday off work too…which is great!

Ok, update on life thus far….

I got back from England and had a beautiful few weeks in the sunshine of Vancouver, I went to Vancouver Island and visited some family friends, I went down to Portland, OR to visit a long-time friend and got to see Seattle, WA too – the weather was amazing and it was wonderful seeing my friend Jennica again too (it’s been 4 yrs).  From there I flew to Fort Worth, TX for 2 weeks of Pais Foundational Training.

 

Pais Training:TEXAS

My role as Team Leader kicked in as I met the first member of my new Pais team – Sophie is 23 and from Germany.  My other team member is Sarah, she’s 20 and from Germany as well – she wasn’t able to get to the training in Texas until the last day because she had problems with her visa.  The training was an intense 2 weeks of seminars and teaching – it was good but crazy busy.  I was staying with the most AMAZING host family though – they had a swimming pool, hot tub, boat, jetski….it was amazing and the couple were the kindest, most loveliest people EVER!! I felt so blessed to have met them and live with them for two weeks.

Pais Canada::VANCOUVER!!! 

Back in Vancouver and It’s never felt more like home – I’m so glad to be back after being in Texas!! Vancouver is a sweet place to live. Seriously.

So, being back in Vancouver now, I have moved churches. I know work at a church called Cariboo Christian Fellowship Church, which is in the city east of Vancouver called Burnaby.  Because of this, I have had to move house too – so I spent my first week living with a Filipino family in Surrey.  The family were so lovely but Surrey is so far away! I was driving for nearly 2hrs each morning to get to devotions in Vancouver, as I had to pick up the girls in my team from Port Moody (which is also far far away!).  I moved after a week to near where the girls were living to another city called Coquitlam – where I live at the moment with a lovely couple called Bob and Sara.

My team life has been challenging – trying to hold onto the vision of creating a media team, but not having anything turn out how I expected it (not just things I wanted to happen not happening, but things I didn’t want to happen happening!)  So, I’m learning to be faithful with what I have and to hold on to my dream.  I have the most amazing people around me and I love my new church – my new youth pastor is called Ben and he’s awesome.  I just don’t like being so far out in the suburbs. I miss my old host family and being in the Westside…but I keep visiting.

And now it’s been 2 months and things are plodding along….it’s not bad but it’s not great.  But I do have tons to be thankful for….and now it’s Thanksgiving and I’m so thankful, I’m happy and feel so loved.  I feel at home in this temporary home for the year…..that sounds weird, but it’s all ok!!

 

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