"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." 1 Peter 3:15

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Bird crap, Jr. high girls, and future wives

I returned to school this week. I came back a few days early to hang out with Matt and to move my stuff in. When I arrived at school, I walked up to my dorm and noticed a sheet with a name on it sticky tacked to one of the doors. I got excited and read it thinking that it would be one of the guys in my dorm this year. "Gena Giesbrecht." I was a bit confused. I really didn't expect to have a guy named Gena in my dorm. Thats when I realized that Soccer camp was still going on and that I was in a dorm for jr. high girls, so I quickly removed myself, found Matt Shantz, and threw my crap in a room downstairs. My stuff sat in a total of three different rooms before Shantzy and I could actually move in last night. But it was a good time catching up with Matt, and bumping into a few other good people from school.

On Friday evening, we went out to Nuefelds place in the city and sat on his porch waiting for him to get done with work. we watched from the porch little boys and girls at a birthday party the house over. They had ponies! crazy. as we laughed at a little guy throwing grass at a little girl, a squwaking, morbid, bird flew into my face and pooped on my shoulder. This was my first encounter being hit in the face with a bird. its exploding feces landed on Matt too, but Nuefeld washed our shirts and fed us. what a guy.

Uncle Buck is a very funny John Candy movie. Eating candy while watching John Candy just seems to make sense.

I came back home today once again so that I can speak in church on Sunday, my last day there. what a nice happily ever after to the once upon a time I started over a year ago now with this church. my, how I am going to miss those people. what a blessing it has been. perhaps I'll blog on what I'll be speaking on sometime (Matthew 25: 31-45), but not right now. All I'll say is that I truly believe that this will be a passage close to my heart this year, one that I hope I can learn to live out, so that I truly can practice what I preach.

Probably the best part of going to school early is seeing the wish book before anyone else. the highlights so far,...The Thunder Brothers (could you have a cooler last name?) and picking out future wives for Matt and Mike. Shallow, perhaps, but still a good time.

So, school is here again. I am very excited. It is so cool to see growth in others and self. I can't wait to see what God has in store for Providence College this year.

6 comments:

steph said...

can't wait to hang out with you guys again so soon! :)
also, i hope you brought that dingy to Prov...i am definitely planning on utilising that thing during first week...hopefully the water in the Rat is a bit warmer by now, hehehe...

ty said...

yeah, that would be fun. I don't know if there is enough water in the river though...Shantz and I went stick racing at the bridge, and the stick just kinda stayed in one spot....

steph said...

aiiii!! you go stick racing with other people?!
well if the dingy can't be used in the Rat, there is always the Red River and Assinaboine River that would be halarious to paddle down in a rubber dingy...hehe i am laughing just thinking about that...especially if the dingy was overcrowded...hehe...
Come to Winnipeg tonight!

Anonymous said...

Um...Hi, This is Gena, Gena Giesbrecht, the one that was in your dorm. I'm sorry to have dissapointed you but i was there only for soccer camp. But i'm really glad you wrote about me in your blog, it made me feel really special. Have a great school year, and i would say that Allison O'Connel and Joey Passi are really cool people. Say hi to them for me. God Bless.
Gena

ty said...

wow, Gena that is halarious! I have no idea how you found my blog, but thats pretty cool that you did. I would agree, Allison and Joey are cool people, and I will say hi for you :)

Anonymous said...

Hey i found your blog, because i was searching my name on google. Hope you enjoy your time at Prov and maybe i'll see you if you come to my church. But i don't know who you are, so thats a problem.