As many of you know, I decided to go to public school this year. After 11 years of homeschooling, public school is definitely a very new and interesting experience. There are simple things that don't seem simple to me because I've never experienced them before. Things like opening my locker, getting lunch and getting to my classes on time.
I decided that I wanted to go to public school 3 days before school started. I was planning on going to Lincoln for two or three classes anyway but after thinking about how much time I would be spending at school, I decided going full time wouldn't be much different. So I thought and prayed about it and I felt led to go into school. Over the last couple of months, I've really felt God calling me to get into the community of Wisconsin Rapids. By going to public school, I hope to use the experience to get to know some of the youth in Rapids and reach out to them. Even though I've only been to school two days so far, I've already seen so many kids who look like they need someone.
So far, school is going pretty good! I enjoy all of my classes except for Geometry, and I like all of my teachers. I don't know hardly anyone in the school, but there are a few people who have been really nice and have tried to get to know me. I would say that one of the biggest things I'm worried about in public school is not doing well academically. I'm a perfectionist and I know it will stress me out if my best work is only a B. My goal is to get good grades in everything and if I don't, it's not going to be because I'm lazy it'll be because I don't understand something. I'm nervous about testing too. I've never really had that many tests that I can't take as much time as I want on.
Overall, I'm excited for the year and I know it will be a great year! The biggest thing I'm going to miss about being homeschooled is the YEAH group. I feel like I'm deserting everyone! I definitely don't want to loose those friendships and I don't plan on it. Also, hanging out with my friends during the school day and being able to have sleepovers during the week is going to be a big loss. Also I can no longer sleep in!!!! ahh! Oh well, a regular sleep schedule will be good for me!
Cana
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
First camp is done!
I got back from Riverside Bible Camp today! I was only there for three days for adventure camp, the camp for the 5-7yr olds. There weren't very many campers, but it still went awesome! Since they had a shortage on campers, I served on RSI staff for the camp which was a fairly new experience. Right now I am extremely exhausted! Some of the things I did included a LOT of dish washing, cleaning, playing, supervising and helping with games. The highlights of the camp were chatting with my friends on Saturday afternoon, devotion time (45 scheduled mins with GOD!) A nail party in the bathroom at night, staff meetings, and meeting and getting to know people better! I already miss Becca, Katie, Kristy, Elisia and everyone else! We had a lot of great conversations and got to know each other really well! I'm so excited to go back to camp in a little over a week and see everyone again! Not everyone will be there but almost everyone will!
I also got to meet some cousins I had never met before and they were pretty cool! It's funny how we both have the same family and we've never met! I wish they were my 1st cousins.
When I got home, I turned on my phone and saw a message from my youth pastor Steve about needing help with the Neighborhood table! So I pretty much jumped right back into my car and drove to go help before I had dance. It was so awesome to see everyone again! I didn't know how much I missed everyone until I actually saw them! I love my CGs family!
After the Neighborhood Table, I went to dance and was so excited to take class! I went there thinking that it was going to be the only 1 ballet class that I could take all summer but then I found out I can go the last week! Class was soooo tiring and hard. The class plan was very simple but I was off everywhere especially en pointe....I have never really ever struggled en pointe but today I had a hard time. Especially before I warmed up. I think I'm going to buy a theraband to take to the mission trip and camp with me so that I don't have to worry about my feet completely stiffening up. My arches have gotten way worse since I sprained my ankles last year!
So, now I'm home. I'm exhausted, and I have a bunch of stuff to unpack and carry to my room....I don't feel like it but I told my dad I would clean it up before I went to bed. So I should probably do that. I feel like there is tons of stuff I could have about my last couple days but Its still all sinking in. Oh well I've bored you enough already!
Cana
I also got to meet some cousins I had never met before and they were pretty cool! It's funny how we both have the same family and we've never met! I wish they were my 1st cousins.
When I got home, I turned on my phone and saw a message from my youth pastor Steve about needing help with the Neighborhood table! So I pretty much jumped right back into my car and drove to go help before I had dance. It was so awesome to see everyone again! I didn't know how much I missed everyone until I actually saw them! I love my CGs family!
After the Neighborhood Table, I went to dance and was so excited to take class! I went there thinking that it was going to be the only 1 ballet class that I could take all summer but then I found out I can go the last week! Class was soooo tiring and hard. The class plan was very simple but I was off everywhere especially en pointe....I have never really ever struggled en pointe but today I had a hard time. Especially before I warmed up. I think I'm going to buy a theraband to take to the mission trip and camp with me so that I don't have to worry about my feet completely stiffening up. My arches have gotten way worse since I sprained my ankles last year!
So, now I'm home. I'm exhausted, and I have a bunch of stuff to unpack and carry to my room....I don't feel like it but I told my dad I would clean it up before I went to bed. So I should probably do that. I feel like there is tons of stuff I could have about my last couple days but Its still all sinking in. Oh well I've bored you enough already!
Cana
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Up North!
Right now I am sitting in our trailer up at the beautiful Stella Lake! This is the first time I have been up here since last year August. Every year, my family and our extended family all come up north for the 4th of July! I have so many great memories from previous years. This year is kind of strange though. The only people that are going to be here for our annual family gathering are me, Haley, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Josh, Matthew, Uncle Tom and Billie! Weird Huh? Anyway, Today is a pretty nice day :) It's warm out but not too hot and me and Haley went swimming. The water was pretty chilly though :/ We really haven't done too much today, but it is nice just to sit and relax! What I really want to do sometime today is go out in either the row boat or the kayaks...preferably the kayaks. I really hope the water in the lake warms up before we come here in August! I can't really think of much to say in this post :( Hopefully I'll have some excitement to write about from this weekend!
Cana
Cana
Friday, June 24, 2011
My life the past week take 2
Okay so blogger is being dumb and won't let me write any more stuff in my other post so here is a continuation:
So yes we had fun with the webcam! There are a bunch of more pictures but I don't feel like uploading them all.
Another thing that has been fun this week is seeing the Kids from Wisconsin rehearse! They are such a talented group of kids! I am definitely going to see the show when they come to Wisconsin Rapids! They play all live music and they sing and dance to it! It's definitely a REAL show! They are doing some really neat things this year so I encourage you to go see one of their shows! They are traveling all over the state!
In my free time, I have been reading "When God writes your love story" By: Eric and Leslie Ludy. It has been such an eye opener and even though I had already decided not to "date", My stances on relationships have changed a little bit even since reading the book! Instead of saying 'I don't date' or saying I'm going to 'court', I'm just going to give God the pen to my life (more like give BACK the pen...it was never mine to begin with) and trust Him to lead me in all aspects of my life! Whether it is with my love life, future plans or anything else, I'm going to seek God and trust that His will is PERFECT! Because it is! I encourage you, if you haven't already, to check out Eric and Leslie Ludy! They have written a lot of good books and are involved in some amazing ministries!
While there is so much more I could write about this book, I'll save that for when I'm at home and have time to write on my other blog!
I am having a great time but I can't wait to get home and see my kitties and my family. I'm also excited to see Becca and Marybeth at the 4th of July! I've missed them so much!
~Cana
So yes we had fun with the webcam! There are a bunch of more pictures but I don't feel like uploading them all.
Another thing that has been fun this week is seeing the Kids from Wisconsin rehearse! They are such a talented group of kids! I am definitely going to see the show when they come to Wisconsin Rapids! They play all live music and they sing and dance to it! It's definitely a REAL show! They are doing some really neat things this year so I encourage you to go see one of their shows! They are traveling all over the state!
In my free time, I have been reading "When God writes your love story" By: Eric and Leslie Ludy. It has been such an eye opener and even though I had already decided not to "date", My stances on relationships have changed a little bit even since reading the book! Instead of saying 'I don't date' or saying I'm going to 'court', I'm just going to give God the pen to my life (more like give BACK the pen...it was never mine to begin with) and trust Him to lead me in all aspects of my life! Whether it is with my love life, future plans or anything else, I'm going to seek God and trust that His will is PERFECT! Because it is! I encourage you, if you haven't already, to check out Eric and Leslie Ludy! They have written a lot of good books and are involved in some amazing ministries!
While there is so much more I could write about this book, I'll save that for when I'm at home and have time to write on my other blog!
I am having a great time but I can't wait to get home and see my kitties and my family. I'm also excited to see Becca and Marybeth at the 4th of July! I've missed them so much!
~Cana
My life the past week
This week has been quite fun! Bits of it were hard and not very fun, but the good times out way the bad :) I am in Milwaukee babysitting for Jessica as she works as main choreographer at Kids from Wisconsin.
This week I have learned what it's like to be a parent. To take care of kids, you have to be able to make decisions and stick with them, be selfless, and you have to be able to say no. The last one is probably the hardest. It is very hard to not give in and give a child what they want when they are throwing a fit because they want something. Another necessary thing that is sometimes hard, is following through with a discipline. If you want a kid to take you seriously when you say your going to take something away, or give them a time out, you have to follow through with it! If you don't, do you think 'counting to 3' or threatening to take something away is going to work? haha nope it's not!
This week has been very fun! I would say these kids are way more behaved than misbehaved! Some of the things we have been doing are playing game, barbies (poor brock is a good sport), making a marble track, watching movies, reading books, coloring and watching tv on the couches. Another thing we did is take webcam pictures! here are a couple:
This week I have learned what it's like to be a parent. To take care of kids, you have to be able to make decisions and stick with them, be selfless, and you have to be able to say no. The last one is probably the hardest. It is very hard to not give in and give a child what they want when they are throwing a fit because they want something. Another necessary thing that is sometimes hard, is following through with a discipline. If you want a kid to take you seriously when you say your going to take something away, or give them a time out, you have to follow through with it! If you don't, do you think 'counting to 3' or threatening to take something away is going to work? haha nope it's not!
This week has been very fun! I would say these kids are way more behaved than misbehaved! Some of the things we have been doing are playing game, barbies (poor brock is a good sport), making a marble track, watching movies, reading books, coloring and watching tv on the couches. Another thing we did is take webcam pictures! here are a couple:
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Rain Go Away
Today is a dull. gloomy. cold. rainy day. Today was supposed to be the day of my youth groups trip to Noahs Ark Waterpark but we had to cancel because it was too cold and rainy. Today hasn't necessarily been a bad day though. Steve and Steph invited us over for pancakes and the movie "Tangled" today and that was fun :) Then Billie and I went to Perkins for pie. I'm gonna miss Billie a lot when I'm in Milwaukee babysitting and when I'm at camp!
This day has also been good because I've had time to read a lot of stuff like Set-Apart girl magazine and Bob Kauflin's blog at Worship Matters. It's also been good because I actually have time to blog, play guitar and think about a lot of stuff! Sometimes I have to try really hard to see the positive in days like this.
In honor of the rainy day, here are a few of the many verses that talk about rain:
Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psalm 147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
Psalm 68:9 You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
Hebrews 6:7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
So, there are some verses that mention rain!
This day has also been good because I've had time to read a lot of stuff like Set-Apart girl magazine and Bob Kauflin's blog at Worship Matters. It's also been good because I actually have time to blog, play guitar and think about a lot of stuff! Sometimes I have to try really hard to see the positive in days like this.
In honor of the rainy day, here are a few of the many verses that talk about rain:
Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psalm 147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
Psalm 68:9 You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
Hebrews 6:7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
So, there are some verses that mention rain!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Haley's 14!
WOW! My little sis turns 14 today. Now THAT is crazy!!! Happy Birthday, Haley!
Right now the thing in my life that is occupying a lot of my thoughts is what I'm going to do next fall after I graduate. In case I'm going to college, my dad wants me to try and decide by the end of the summer. I might take the year off and find a job and work for a year, or I might go straight into something. I'm not sure yet. Right now, I'm mostly considering my options and praying about them.
For a while this decision had me extremely stressed out (still does sometimes) but after talking to my youth pastor about it, I have begun to feel a lot better about things. He told me to think of it as figuring out what I'm going to do next fall and not worrying about the next four years or even the rest of my life. If I am trusting God and in prayer about these things, I'm going to end up where God wants me to be no matter what! This is so comforting!
I know God is calling me to do something with Worship Arts in the future but I don't exactly know what yet. I don't know if I'm being called into full time ministry or being called to just serve on a worship team. I also really want to introduce worship dance in the church and start a dance ministry someday. The cool thing is about this is I don't know if any of this is going to happen but I know I'll be content serving God wherever He leads me. Only HE knows what's best for my life.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11~
That verse is sooo comforting. God has plans to give ME a FUTURE! Exciting! Here are some more verses:
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. ~Proverbs 19:21~
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
~Proverbs 3:5-6~
These next couple of years are going to be exciting! I know it!!
~Cana
Right now the thing in my life that is occupying a lot of my thoughts is what I'm going to do next fall after I graduate. In case I'm going to college, my dad wants me to try and decide by the end of the summer. I might take the year off and find a job and work for a year, or I might go straight into something. I'm not sure yet. Right now, I'm mostly considering my options and praying about them.
For a while this decision had me extremely stressed out (still does sometimes) but after talking to my youth pastor about it, I have begun to feel a lot better about things. He told me to think of it as figuring out what I'm going to do next fall and not worrying about the next four years or even the rest of my life. If I am trusting God and in prayer about these things, I'm going to end up where God wants me to be no matter what! This is so comforting!
I know God is calling me to do something with Worship Arts in the future but I don't exactly know what yet. I don't know if I'm being called into full time ministry or being called to just serve on a worship team. I also really want to introduce worship dance in the church and start a dance ministry someday. The cool thing is about this is I don't know if any of this is going to happen but I know I'll be content serving God wherever He leads me. Only HE knows what's best for my life.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11~
That verse is sooo comforting. God has plans to give ME a FUTURE! Exciting! Here are some more verses:
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. ~Proverbs 19:21~
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
~Proverbs 3:5-6~
These next couple of years are going to be exciting! I know it!!
~Cana
Friday, June 3, 2011
It's been a while....
I haven't posted in almost a month! Instead of going back and listing everything that has happened since I last posted, I am just going to post about what's happening this summer. I have a very tight schedule this summer!
The busyness starts June 15th. That is when I am going to Noah's Ark with CGs. The next day I dance at Lunch by the River and then I get a day off before I go to Milwaukee for 9days. I am going to Milwaukee to babysit for someone while they are working. I get back June 26th, and hopefully I get a few ballet classes in that week before I leave to go up north for the 4th of July!
July 5th, I leave for camp! I will be working as a cabin leader at Riverside Bible Camp for Adventure camp. I am so excited! I have never been able to go to Riverside in the summer before so I am really excited!
I get home from camp July 9th and leave for a mission trip on July 10th. I am going to the Quad Cities with my youth group. We don't know for sure what we will be doing yet but we are getting pumped! This will be the first mission trip I have ever gone on and I am really excited. We are going to be serving there until the 15th and then on the way home we will be stopping at 6 flags! I have never been there and I'm not sure if I am going to like it. I'm not a big fan of theme parks because I get sick on most of the rides!
After I get home, I leave the next day to go back to camp for Junior High camp. I am pretty sure I will be a cabin leader for this camp too. I am really excited! It will be a great opportunity for me to invest in some girls lives and encourage them in their relationships with God!
I have a day off in between Junior High and Senior High camp which I will be attending as a camper. I have never been to summer camp before at Riverside and I'm really excited!
I get back from camp on July 30th and then I think I will take the month of august off to relax! Hopefully mom will still let us invite some friends up north to Stella! Oh and hopefully we can go to Trout Lake!
As you can see I have an extremely busy summer ahead of me so I can't guarantee that I will be consistent with blog posts. I will try to fit them in whenever I can though! I am going to try and keep a journal of things I can write about when I come back!
~Cana
The busyness starts June 15th. That is when I am going to Noah's Ark with CGs. The next day I dance at Lunch by the River and then I get a day off before I go to Milwaukee for 9days. I am going to Milwaukee to babysit for someone while they are working. I get back June 26th, and hopefully I get a few ballet classes in that week before I leave to go up north for the 4th of July!
July 5th, I leave for camp! I will be working as a cabin leader at Riverside Bible Camp for Adventure camp. I am so excited! I have never been able to go to Riverside in the summer before so I am really excited!
I get home from camp July 9th and leave for a mission trip on July 10th. I am going to the Quad Cities with my youth group. We don't know for sure what we will be doing yet but we are getting pumped! This will be the first mission trip I have ever gone on and I am really excited. We are going to be serving there until the 15th and then on the way home we will be stopping at 6 flags! I have never been there and I'm not sure if I am going to like it. I'm not a big fan of theme parks because I get sick on most of the rides!
After I get home, I leave the next day to go back to camp for Junior High camp. I am pretty sure I will be a cabin leader for this camp too. I am really excited! It will be a great opportunity for me to invest in some girls lives and encourage them in their relationships with God!
I have a day off in between Junior High and Senior High camp which I will be attending as a camper. I have never been to summer camp before at Riverside and I'm really excited!
I get back from camp on July 30th and then I think I will take the month of august off to relax! Hopefully mom will still let us invite some friends up north to Stella! Oh and hopefully we can go to Trout Lake!
As you can see I have an extremely busy summer ahead of me so I can't guarantee that I will be consistent with blog posts. I will try to fit them in whenever I can though! I am going to try and keep a journal of things I can write about when I come back!
~Cana
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Recital
Wow! I haven't posted in a while! Life's been so crazy lately. I also haven't felt like doing much because I had a messy room. Having a messy room makes everything stressful! It makes me just want to sit there and do nothing. I have a clean room now so my stress level just went way down. Every time I clean my room I say that I'm not going to let it get bad again but it always ends up bad again. This time I'm going to try really really hard to keep it clean though! I've noticed that I loose my motivation to spend time with God when my room is a mess.
So, my post isn't titled "recital" for nothing! I wanted to post about my dance recital that is coming up this weekend. This year's theme is "Seascapes and Fishes" ( i don't like the title either...i wanted it to be 'under the sea') and I have three dances. My first dance is called 'Sealion Woman'. This is my contemporary ballet piece to the song Sealion Woman by: Feist. It's a very strangely awesome song and the dance is really fun! We also have epic costumes! My second piece is called 'Wife of a Fisherman'. This is my modern piece and the music is made up from three songs. In the dance we are all wives of sailors who went out to sea and we get mad that they left us. Then we find out that they died at sea...Its a really neat piece! My third and last piece is my classical ballet piece! We are dancing to Handel's Water Music and it's very classical! We get to wear platter tutus and our costumes are really pretty! We also get a tiara and a rhinestone choker! I'm pretty excited for that piece...although it is very tiring. Probably the most tiring dance I have ever done! By the end of it, going up on pointe is really painful! I'm excited though! I can't wait until this weekend! :)
~Cana
So, my post isn't titled "recital" for nothing! I wanted to post about my dance recital that is coming up this weekend. This year's theme is "Seascapes and Fishes" ( i don't like the title either...i wanted it to be 'under the sea') and I have three dances. My first dance is called 'Sealion Woman'. This is my contemporary ballet piece to the song Sealion Woman by: Feist. It's a very strangely awesome song and the dance is really fun! We also have epic costumes! My second piece is called 'Wife of a Fisherman'. This is my modern piece and the music is made up from three songs. In the dance we are all wives of sailors who went out to sea and we get mad that they left us. Then we find out that they died at sea...Its a really neat piece! My third and last piece is my classical ballet piece! We are dancing to Handel's Water Music and it's very classical! We get to wear platter tutus and our costumes are really pretty! We also get a tiara and a rhinestone choker! I'm pretty excited for that piece...although it is very tiring. Probably the most tiring dance I have ever done! By the end of it, going up on pointe is really painful! I'm excited though! I can't wait until this weekend! :)
~Cana
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Catching up
Hey everyone! Life's been crazy since my birthday! I've been so busy and then on Sunday, Grandma Ginger passed away. She was such a wonderful great grandma! I will miss having cookies at her house and having girl talks about the 'young men' in my life :) I know she is now in heaven with the Lord!
Right now, cloud is making a nest in one of my drawers and i guess she is going to sleep there....weird cat.
ANYWAY! Before I get distracted, I just wanted to let you all know that I have stuck to my no computer until I read the Bible thing, and I have already learned so much! Reading the Bible everyday makes me feel refreshed, happy, and ready to cheerfully start the day! Spending time in prayer is also great! I've been seeing God work in my life and in other peoples lives because of prayer!
Wow! It's now midnight! I'm going to camp today! I am going to a training camp for this summer called RSI (Riverside Servanthood Institute) I went last year, and basically what we did is run all of the camp events with the least amount of help from the adults as possible! It was quite fun! I can't wait to go! :) Last year I went to RSI but wasn't able to do summer camp...but this year, I'm going to summer camp for 3 weeks! I am so excited! I want to be a cabin leader so that I can help mentor girls and help them fall in love with our Prince, the Lord Jesus Christ!
Sorry I haven't been posting much! I'm hoping to be more active in my posts once I get back into the swing of things! (I'm still recovering from spring break...hehe)
~Cana
Right now, cloud is making a nest in one of my drawers and i guess she is going to sleep there....weird cat.
ANYWAY! Before I get distracted, I just wanted to let you all know that I have stuck to my no computer until I read the Bible thing, and I have already learned so much! Reading the Bible everyday makes me feel refreshed, happy, and ready to cheerfully start the day! Spending time in prayer is also great! I've been seeing God work in my life and in other peoples lives because of prayer!
Wow! It's now midnight! I'm going to camp today! I am going to a training camp for this summer called RSI (Riverside Servanthood Institute) I went last year, and basically what we did is run all of the camp events with the least amount of help from the adults as possible! It was quite fun! I can't wait to go! :) Last year I went to RSI but wasn't able to do summer camp...but this year, I'm going to summer camp for 3 weeks! I am so excited! I want to be a cabin leader so that I can help mentor girls and help them fall in love with our Prince, the Lord Jesus Christ!
Sorry I haven't been posting much! I'm hoping to be more active in my posts once I get back into the swing of things! (I'm still recovering from spring break...hehe)
~Cana
Monday, April 4, 2011
Looking back....
Looking back to a year ago, my sixteenth birthday, my life has changed so much! God has shown me so much this past year! I thank God that He didn't desert me when I was choosing not to follow His will. Even though I was deliberately living in sin and I knew it, God never gave up on me and chose to work in my life! He was and is so faithful! I knew God didn't want me to date, but I went down that path anyway, thinking it was okay because this situation was 'different'. So for a couple of months, I was living a lie. It felt good in the moment but deep down, I knew this wasn't what God wanted. He never gave up on me though! My wonderful parents eventually found out about my double life and grounded me. For a while, I was mad at them, God and everyone, and I just sat and felt sorry for myself. After a couple weeks, my punishment laxed up and I took advantage of that and started up with my double life again. This time was different though. I started to feel a tug at my heart that was trying to pull me out of my double life and back to God. But I resisted, and resisted and still stayed in my sin for a couple of months. Then, I went to Ballet Magnificat and came back challenged and changed! I still hadn't given everything back to God, but I believed that's what God used to finally break me. A couple of weeks after I got back, I was having a particularily rough day and I decided to relax and play my guitar. I chose to play the song "Whatever your Doing" by: Sanctus Real, and as I was singing, I broke down because of what the song was saying. It was saying: " It's time for healing, time to move on. It's time to fix what's been broken too long. Time to make right, what has been wrong. It's time to find my way, to where I belong. There's a wave that's crashing over me, and all I can do, is surrender..." And it goes on. As I was singing I started to realize that I needed to surrender my life to God! By the time I was done singing the song, I was practically sobbing but I had to pull myself together because my sister was saying that we had to leave for a boating event with youth group. So we went and on the way home from the event, I felt God was telling me that there is so much more to life than what I had been living, and He will provide for me if I give Him my all! So, as soon as I got home, I did it. I gave Christ control of my life once again! It was extremely hard, but oh so worth it! The biggest thing I learned that year was that anything worth doing in life is going to be hard. So, that was probably the most significant change in me throughout the year, but that was only the beginning! Since giving up my whole life to Jesus Christ, He has been so faithful and I have seen his work in my life. I was continually searching for more and more and couldn't get enough of God and His Word! My cgs family kept me encouraged and I have grown so much from Cgs! About 5 months ago, I started doing dicipleship with the lovely Erin Neises and I have grown so much with her too! I love you Erin! haha...so yeah basically I grew a ton in my faith over the last year! Just really recently, I have been being challenged to go even deeper. I'm aiming to live a set-apart life and I want to keep giving everything to Christ! My favorite scripture is Phillipians 3:8: "Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord. For His sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in Him." I'm praying that as I go throughout the next year and the rest of my life, I will keep my eyes fixed on what is important and count all things as rubbish so I may be found in Christ! I want to thank my parents, Steve+Steph, Erin, all of my other youth leaders, and my friends for encouraging me in my walk with God. I love you all!
Friday, April 1, 2011
WOW Today has been quite a day...
SO! Today was day #1 of no computer until I have had my quiet time with my Prince and the Lover of my soul, the Lord Jesus Christ :) It worked out good! I was cheerful, kind to Haley, motivated, and just plain out happy! I think I like this plan! After my quiet time, I didn't even feel like I had to check my websites first thing. I put away my laundry, did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. The only think that I have found that I don't like about being motivated is that I run out of things to do in the day! But there is a good side to that. I don't have to feel guilty when I want to go do something like write or read or go on the Susie forum. I really hope I will be able to keep this up! I'm hoping you readers of my blog will help keep me accountable when it comes to this!
Today, as I was reading some magazine articles in Set-apart girl, I stumbled across this place called Ellerslie. I started reading the brochures about their leadership training and my heart started beating really fast, and i was shaking! I was so excited about it! haha I think I may have found what I want to do after I graduate! They have two options. 1 semester training or advanced training which goes for a whole year. I will definitely be praying about this option. I think it would be a very healthy thing to do to shape my future! Maybe I can do the dance YWAM montana thing and then go to Ellerslie! Or something else like that. Anyway I was super excited to find this!
This afternoon, me and Haley went to the Christian book store and spent some time looking around in there. I had two gift certificates I got for my bday, and Haley just wanted something to do lol! I found the book "The Lost Art of True Beauty" by: Leslie Ludy and I bought it! :D I'm so excited to read that after I finish re-reading "Set-Apart Femininity". I also found a really cool journal that I want called the "Amazing Grace Journal". Haley got a Journal that was made for girls and it has some really good uplifting stuff in it! Also, we found some stuff that we think we should get mom for mothers day!
Tonight was the first meeting of a Bible study that we will be doing with a couple from my old church. They are an awesome couple! We will be meeting Monday afternoons at 1pm. I'm really excited! Also, I asked Haley if she would like to have a devotional time with me before she goes to bed at night and she things that would be a good idea too! It's not going to work tonight though because she is watching a movie with Dad and is about to fall asleep.
I have a really early morning tomorrow (7:30...not early but early for me ;) so I better go to bed!
~Cana~
Today, as I was reading some magazine articles in Set-apart girl, I stumbled across this place called Ellerslie. I started reading the brochures about their leadership training and my heart started beating really fast, and i was shaking! I was so excited about it! haha I think I may have found what I want to do after I graduate! They have two options. 1 semester training or advanced training which goes for a whole year. I will definitely be praying about this option. I think it would be a very healthy thing to do to shape my future! Maybe I can do the dance YWAM montana thing and then go to Ellerslie! Or something else like that. Anyway I was super excited to find this!
This afternoon, me and Haley went to the Christian book store and spent some time looking around in there. I had two gift certificates I got for my bday, and Haley just wanted something to do lol! I found the book "The Lost Art of True Beauty" by: Leslie Ludy and I bought it! :D I'm so excited to read that after I finish re-reading "Set-Apart Femininity". I also found a really cool journal that I want called the "Amazing Grace Journal". Haley got a Journal that was made for girls and it has some really good uplifting stuff in it! Also, we found some stuff that we think we should get mom for mothers day!
Tonight was the first meeting of a Bible study that we will be doing with a couple from my old church. They are an awesome couple! We will be meeting Monday afternoons at 1pm. I'm really excited! Also, I asked Haley if she would like to have a devotional time with me before she goes to bed at night and she things that would be a good idea too! It's not going to work tonight though because she is watching a movie with Dad and is about to fall asleep.
I have a really early morning tomorrow (7:30...not early but early for me ;) so I better go to bed!
~Cana~
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Keeping House
Today I am playing "Stay at home mom". My mom, older sister and cousin just left for Lake Ellen and my dad is flying home from Houston today. So, it's just me and a sick Haley today. I made myself a list of things to get done and this time I know I'm going to get them done. First of all I am very proud of myself for keeping up with my laundry. I had three loads worth this morning and I've already done it all! It usually takes me at LEAST a full day to do laundry. I also did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. I still have a couple things left to do on my list but not much. One thing I like about playing "Stay at home mom", is I get to tell Haley to clean up her stuff and take care of things! And she's actually listening to me! Haley wants me to make banana bread for her. Is that something that a stay at home mom does? Hmmm maybe I will help HER make banana bread...or maybe not because she is kind of germy right now.
Something that I have been thinking about lately is what kind of role I want to have in my household someday. I know I want to be a stay at home mom and potentially homeschool my kids. I also want to be a hard worker. Since I want to be a hard worker, I know I can't just become a hard worker when I have my own family someday, I need to practice working hard now. I need to start practicing good time management now so that someday when I'm out of this house, I can handle my own schedule and not have to rely on my mom. I want to be a set-apart woman that practices what she preaches. Someday I want to have and orderly household. I just read an article by Leslie Ludy about how she runs her household and raises her children in a way that brings glory to the Lord! It appealed to me so much! No matter how hard it is I want to work hard to achieve that sort of lifestyle. I know I won't be able to do it without complete surrender and focus on the Lord! I want my someday home (and home now) to reflect Jesus Christ in every possible angle! The way I raise my kids, the way I run my house and the way i treat my future husband.
Proverbs 31:26-31
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
Something that I have been thinking about lately is what kind of role I want to have in my household someday. I know I want to be a stay at home mom and potentially homeschool my kids. I also want to be a hard worker. Since I want to be a hard worker, I know I can't just become a hard worker when I have my own family someday, I need to practice working hard now. I need to start practicing good time management now so that someday when I'm out of this house, I can handle my own schedule and not have to rely on my mom. I want to be a set-apart woman that practices what she preaches. Someday I want to have and orderly household. I just read an article by Leslie Ludy about how she runs her household and raises her children in a way that brings glory to the Lord! It appealed to me so much! No matter how hard it is I want to work hard to achieve that sort of lifestyle. I know I won't be able to do it without complete surrender and focus on the Lord! I want my someday home (and home now) to reflect Jesus Christ in every possible angle! The way I raise my kids, the way I run my house and the way i treat my future husband.
Proverbs 31:26-31
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Interesting set of days
The good thing about having a blog no one reads is that I don't have to post daily in order to please people :) Yesterday I had a birthday party. It was pretty epic! Much more fun than last year's! We started out playing Twister. I, as usual, was the first one down. I don't remember who won but that was one of the longest twister games ever! After twister, I think we ate supper. Yeah we did. We had tacos! yummy! Then, we went and played the wii pictionary game that hannah brought and the yellow team (my team) WON! After pictionary, we played Just Dance 2. That seems to be a hit whenever people come over. We played that for quite a while until everyone got hungry for cake. I was a little nervous about blowing out 17 candles but I blew them all out in one short breath. My cake was marble with chocolate and white whipped frosting! It was so yummy that I had some for breakfast this morning hehehehe! After we ate cake, I opened presents and I got a lot of chocolate! Haha! I also got some really cute scarves, lighthouse and itunes gift certificates, and KOOLAID!!! YES! :D After I was done with presents, we played will you buy my donkey, the kumba game and signs! Then it was 10 oclock and people had to go home :( except for bethy, tami and billie. They stayed over night and we watched a horror movie! I got a nightmare (only one)
Today, I bought some songs from itunes with my gift cards. I've been listening to some of them and I am getting some inspiration for some choreography!!! :D :D :D
~Cana
Today, I bought some songs from itunes with my gift cards. I've been listening to some of them and I am getting some inspiration for some choreography!!! :D :D :D
~Cana
Saturday, March 26, 2011
My Take on LIFE!
Hey! This is Cana from Cana's Chaos! I'm starting a new blog. I decided that I need a place to talk about what's going on in my life and a place to unleash all of my random thoughts. It's kind of like an online journal! Speaking of a journal, I need to start writing in mine again. I have never finished a whole journal back to back. I have my current one filled out half way which would definitely be called progress if I hadn't started it three years ago.
Today I woke up at my cousins house. After we were all up, we made waffles and then I got a text saying that we had to rush home to clean. Bethy came home with me and is now going to be living at our house until she goes to camp on Thursday with my mom and sister. After we cleaned, I thought bethy was going to have a spaz attack because she was so excited to play Sonic R. I think she was a little bit disappointed that the steering is different but she adjusted and is back to playing with her old Sonic R skills. After we played that, we ate and then we sat around and then we went in the hot tub. It's been a good day :)
~Cana~
Today I woke up at my cousins house. After we were all up, we made waffles and then I got a text saying that we had to rush home to clean. Bethy came home with me and is now going to be living at our house until she goes to camp on Thursday with my mom and sister. After we cleaned, I thought bethy was going to have a spaz attack because she was so excited to play Sonic R. I think she was a little bit disappointed that the steering is different but she adjusted and is back to playing with her old Sonic R skills. After we played that, we ate and then we sat around and then we went in the hot tub. It's been a good day :)
~Cana~
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