I took this from Bethany...I like it...
“Don’t be fooled by me. Don’t be fooled by the face I wear. I wear a mask.
I wear a thousand masks-masks that I am afraid to take off; and none of them are me. Pretending is an art that is second nature to me. But don’t be fooled for my sake, please don’t be fooled.
I give the impression that I am secure, that all is sunny and unruffled within me as well as without; that confidence is my name and coolness is my game. That the water is calm and I am in command; that I need no one. But please don’t believe me, please. My surface may seem smooth, but my surface is a mask, my ever changing and ever concealing mask.
WHO AM I, you may wonder? I am someone you know very well. I am every man you meet. I am every woman you meet. I am right in front of you. In truth, I probably am you”
Charles C. Finn
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
update
hi random humans!
sorry i have been so slacking on updates sine i have been back in vancouver, life has been crazy as always and i never seem to have too much time!
the schools work is amazing, we have the friday games mini, Robin is really connecting with the guys and Jess and I have plenty of opportunities to really connect with new shy girls, who are really starting to com out of their shell. We have also just started working in Bayview Elementary, working with gifted students to make films and do other projects on tuesdays lunch times. we get to work with the principal which is fab. Robin and Jess are great :) like any Pais team, we struggle with resources, so if you feel that you would like to contribute to the work we are doing in schools please e-mail me.
Pais has just helped run a conference called Campus Fire, the westside team where in volunteers and it was fun but hard work! we met some amazing young people and christian leaders and artists.
life is good even though the weather has turned more to rain, and we finally have our pais tee-shirts and hoodies! :)
ok my brain is stopping.. if you have any questions just ask..
prayer requests:
1. for the students in the schools
2. leadership guidance
3. strength
4. money for the team and myself
sorry i have been so slacking on updates sine i have been back in vancouver, life has been crazy as always and i never seem to have too much time!
the schools work is amazing, we have the friday games mini, Robin is really connecting with the guys and Jess and I have plenty of opportunities to really connect with new shy girls, who are really starting to com out of their shell. We have also just started working in Bayview Elementary, working with gifted students to make films and do other projects on tuesdays lunch times. we get to work with the principal which is fab. Robin and Jess are great :) like any Pais team, we struggle with resources, so if you feel that you would like to contribute to the work we are doing in schools please e-mail me.
Pais has just helped run a conference called Campus Fire, the westside team where in volunteers and it was fun but hard work! we met some amazing young people and christian leaders and artists.
life is good even though the weather has turned more to rain, and we finally have our pais tee-shirts and hoodies! :)
ok my brain is stopping.. if you have any questions just ask..
prayer requests:
1. for the students in the schools
2. leadership guidance
3. strength
4. money for the team and myself
Monday, October 01, 2007
love.. what is it?
rainbow bridges... funny... one evening at C4 over the summer, during worship I really felt a lyric we had sung at resonate (Pais Leadership Training) stick in my mind:
I CHOSE TO STAND FOR MY GENERATION
We can sing these words but do we really mean it? What does it mean to stand on behalf of your generation? How much am I willing to sacrifice to see my friends and family come into the Kingdom of God? How much of my heart am I am willing to give to the cause?
Anyway from that I started drawing - which is crazy cos Im rubbish - I drew a bridge, a rainbow bridge, with water running to the cross. I didn't think that much of it, other than a cool picture, yet when we had a 'Ben Woodman' day - pastoral care, and it transpired that Tabea - a first year intern from Germany and an awesome gal, had a picture of a rainbow bridge also. I wonder what this means?
what is love? how can we show it? what does it truly mean...
'you care so much about someone that you do something for then regardless of how you feel, you care about someone regardless of what they do' jen lockwood :)
jesus love he accepts us for who we are - unconditionally its not about what i do but who i am
love is... crazy. vulnerable, scary and some times unseen
....caring for who another person is regardless of what they do
so how do you stop yourself from loving someone? do we do it without knowing so or are even aware? how long does it take for the barriers to go up.. theres so many people in my life who i know i should love but yet i have no or little feeling for, and whose fault is this.. mine or there's.. lets say its mine, because any guesses it would a heart issue, but then how did that issue occur, when did the cycle start and how to break it, with out bringing up all the dirt and filth and watching my heart splatter everywhere
but then heart splattering every where could be cool.. like a little piece of who i am infiltrating and mucking up the surrounding area - hopefully for good.
I CHOSE TO STAND FOR MY GENERATION
We can sing these words but do we really mean it? What does it mean to stand on behalf of your generation? How much am I willing to sacrifice to see my friends and family come into the Kingdom of God? How much of my heart am I am willing to give to the cause?
Anyway from that I started drawing - which is crazy cos Im rubbish - I drew a bridge, a rainbow bridge, with water running to the cross. I didn't think that much of it, other than a cool picture, yet when we had a 'Ben Woodman' day - pastoral care, and it transpired that Tabea - a first year intern from Germany and an awesome gal, had a picture of a rainbow bridge also. I wonder what this means?
what is love? how can we show it? what does it truly mean...
'you care so much about someone that you do something for then regardless of how you feel, you care about someone regardless of what they do' jen lockwood :)
jesus love he accepts us for who we are - unconditionally its not about what i do but who i am
love is... crazy. vulnerable, scary and some times unseen
....caring for who another person is regardless of what they do
so how do you stop yourself from loving someone? do we do it without knowing so or are even aware? how long does it take for the barriers to go up.. theres so many people in my life who i know i should love but yet i have no or little feeling for, and whose fault is this.. mine or there's.. lets say its mine, because any guesses it would a heart issue, but then how did that issue occur, when did the cycle start and how to break it, with out bringing up all the dirt and filth and watching my heart splatter everywhere
but then heart splattering every where could be cool.. like a little piece of who i am infiltrating and mucking up the surrounding area - hopefully for good.
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