Archive for December, 2007

100 Mile House, BC

Hi there. Yes, I am safe and sound. Apart from losing my jacket in Calgary airport I had a pretty good day on the 24th as I flew to Abbotsford, BC. It was the first time so many people were waiting for me at the airport. Well, I guess, four people is a lot to [...]

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British Columbia

I am leaving for BC tomorrow morning (24th) and should be in Abbotsford around supper time (Québec time). I am not looking forward to traveling by myself again … hmmm I never actually flew or bused with anybody! But I guess that’s okay. I’m looking forward to do something different, be in the West again, [...]

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Vive l’enseignement II

On Friday I had a meeting at university an my fellow students had warned me about a snowstorm threatening the schools on Monday. Then at home, my roommates told me the same, so I checked the weather forecast only to find out that there was indeed a lot of snow coming our way. We had [...]

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Encouragement

If you want to know how busy Gabrielle is, just check the dates of her posts in this blog.
It’s been a week now that I had a little bit of time to write here. I do not have more time than usual, but my day is not the usual internship Friday I’m used to have. [...]

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Academic Stretching

It’s now been four weeks that I’ve been in my internship and there is still two weeks to go (hey and I’m going to BC in a little more than two weeks too!) and the best word to describe my time is “stretching”.
In the 211 (bus) this morning I was listening to Timothy Keller on [...]

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Psalm 127:1-2

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat
for He grants sleep to those He loves.”
 
So it is right to labor and stand guard, to rise early and [...]

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Vive l’enseignement!

It is currently 6:25am and ten minutes ago I got a phone call. As every day of the week since I’m doing my internship I got up at 5:02 and started my morning routine. I was drinking some orange juice when the phone rang. I figured it was my cooperating teacher with whom I am [...]

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