Gone Fishing...

...well not me personally. Monday night Whitney, Piper and I walked up the Monument Reservoir to meet up with Gregor and Chase who had gone fishing. It is such a pretty part of the area and in such a dry climate it is so nice to see water! There really isn't much else to say apart from that is was really pretty and the walk was beautiful too despite the fact I couldn't breathe for part of the way.

The recent going's on...

Dear friends,
Sorry I haven't posted anything of great significance on here in a wee while but now I actually have some pictures to share with you.
Yesterday we all took a trip up to Estes Park (about 2 and half hours away) to pick up Piper from Ravencrest Bible School (Torchbearers Centre) where she had been a student for the past 9 months. It was really great to be back in the Torchbearers setting and see familiar faces as I have been missing it a lot recently and just to get that tiny taste of Bible School once again. While there I got the chance to spend an hour with Mrs Thomas- one of my favourite Northern Irish ladies. We talked about Capernwray and how we both missed Sue Gilmore! :)
The most shocking/incredible answer to prayer happen when I was there. Back in Spring 2008 when I was still at Capernwray there was a wonderful girl in my family group. Her name is Dianne Fulford and recently I had been thinking of her a lot and wondering how she was doing but I had no contact information for her. Well, as we sat through the Director of Ravencrest give a sermon Whitney leaned over and told me to look in the front row because none other than Dianne Fulford was sitting there! Dianne is Canadian and I could not figure out why on earth she was in Colorado--turns out her brother was student and she had come with her mum to pick him up! What an answer to prayer- the Lord didn't provide me with the contact information but with Dianne herself--how incredible is that!!
The Lord goes way beyond what we expect...
Much Love,
andrew

The Adventures of Tiny Louise

Today I had some fun since I found the battery for my camera. Whitney and I bought her mum this tiny little pig, who I decided needed to go on some adventures through the atlas...the following pictures are the results of Tiny Louise's travels.

The Blackout and The Rainstick

Dear friends,
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to church in the dark? Probably not something that's crossed your mind recently or ever. Well this week I got to experience it! We turned up for Wednesday night Bible Study only to be met at the door by a little 5 year old girl telling us that the church was having a blackout in other words no electricity at all. Nonetheless church wasn't cancelled, we went to the sanctuary and were we had worship and a time of prayer. It was really strange sitting in almost complete darkness and to be honest it felt kinda strange but hey, there is first time for everything and that was first church-in-the-dark experience.

Last night (Friday) Whitney and I went over to a friends house for dinner. Her name is Arlene and she was Whitney's roommate during Spring School at Capernwray but unfortunately she left today (Saturday) to move to Georgia to be with her husband (he's in the military). So we went over to say goodbye and hang out with her and Cam and Laura, while we were there Arlene introduced us to the wonderful world of the Rainstick. Now I don't know how many of you know what a rainstick is but the name pretty much sums it up. It's a big stick that has thorns and stones on the inside which when turned sounds like the rain only it kinda messes with your ears- almost like your senses can't quite figure out what's going on...it's kinda trippy! But anyway I was impressed at Arlene's gifting of using this rainstick that I decided it was worth blogging about.

Much Love,
Andrew