Overwhelmed.

Yesterday, I came into my room, and felt completely overwhelmed as one of my dorm friends had left me a beautiful flower and a lovely note.

I'm sick right now, so it was just a sweet thing to get, and it was just so nice.

Stepping in new directions...

Life has a was of surprising me more often than I expect it to.

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I will not be at CBC past December. After my last exam I will walk away fully content to be walking away. There are a lot of things that have pulled me away from the school, but the most exciting one is my desire to live more outside of a circle. I live with Christians, go to school with them, church with them, and spend time-off with them.

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Starting in January, I will work full-time and spend more of my time loving everyone who I meet. Depending on how life pans out in the next little while, I'll either be starting school in April or in August. I'll be going to MTI and becoming an MLA (medical lab assistant). I am super excited to start off this new era, and I'm sure that I'll learn lots.

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There's not too much other than that to share. I haven't taken pictures since Lynette and the kids left, so there's nothing new. I didn't post a lot of those, but they're all on facebook anyways.

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I've been working at Old Spaghetti Factory for two months now. I love it a lot. It's so fun to go to work and have a role, and then to come home with money in my pocket. I've never had that before since I never worked in high school and every job has been volunteering (other than babysitting, but that just seems different).

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Tomorrow (well, technically today since it's after midnight) marks 35 years of marriage for my parents. I am thrilled beyond words for them. I love them so much and am so proud of them for their commitment to love one another through each and every day.

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138 days till Kirsten gets married! (yeah)

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47 days until I go to Florida! (tan...please!)

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59 day until Christmas! (eek)

You are here (3 steps forward)

3 Steps forward

2 steps back

You grab my hand

I don't ask

For it back

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You smile

I -- make that face

You love

You watch

Never letting me go

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And I -- I -- I -- oh -- I stand amazed

I stand loved and cherished

I never wonder

Cause I know

Cause I know

Cause I know

I know that

You are here

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7 days and

24 hours

If I spent them

All with you

I'd never tire

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You are walking

Deep into my heart

I love you

I watch

Never letting you go

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And I -- I --  I -- oh -- I stand amazed

I stand loved and cherished

I never wonder

Cause I know

Cause I know

Cause I know

I know that

You are here

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Let's go back to the day before

It started

You were there

Even before

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I'd never opened

My heart to love

But you took me in

You hold me in

You keep me close

You are here

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1 step

2 step

3 step

4

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With you

I'll never want

Anything more

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Nadine Schroeder

26 September 2008

love love love

Can I just say that I absolutely love love love having them around!

Followers

Hey so I added the Followers gadget and so far I have zero followers, so yeah - not cool! If you read my blog I'd love to know. Since my blog isn't private I have no idea who reads it beyond my normal commenters. So add the gadget and then add you name to the list!! Let me know when you get it, and if your blog is one that I read then I'll add myself to your list!

Have a great end of your week, and weekend. I'm going to Playland and I am VERY excited!!!

Oooooh ... and then on Monday, Lynette and the kids are coming, and I am beyond thrilled!!!   Hopefully I'll be able to find time for school! Nah ...

So this is my bathroom buddy Sabrina! We've had lots of fun getting to know each other over the past week.

Here's my bedding and stuff around it.

My closet

Our beautiful bathroom. We decided that we would not live in a boring bathroom since bathrooms should always be fun and exciting - if you've been to my bathroom at my house, you'll understand!!

This is the sign outside my room. I'm sorry it's backwards. I took the pictures with my mac so they go backwards for whatever reason!

Our RA made us all record cover door tags, and it's so fun to see it!

This week has been rather stressful and with a few tears, but it's starting to get better. Being back in school is rather overwhelming and I have a whole lot of homework, but yeah. I switched one of my courses to a different one, and I already feel a lot better after that decision.

I also am done all of my training at OSF which is great. I just have to find time to study for my server test, and then I will be a server! And you should come visit me and I'll serve you and you can give me a lovely tip since I'm a poor student!!

This week I decided that my room wasn't me enough, so I brought more pictures plus some of my African stuff, which has already made it more homey!

Some lovely pictures of friends. The only issue is that I haven't printed pictures since I got home, so I'll have to get some recent pictures, since all of mine are 1-3 years old!

I also had an opportunity in church this weekend to share about my trip to Liberia and some of the stuff that went on, so that was a cool experience. I was surprisingly not nervous, and rather enjoyed it! It made me miss Africa though!

Have a great day!

Come visit me sometime!

Moving On With Life

Camp is over.
I have had an amazing last few weeks.
I have a job.
I'm moving out on Sunday.
School starts soon after.

Camp. This summer was a great experience and I'm glad I went. There were a lot of issues that I had to deal with, and I probably worked harder this summer than any before, but I had a good time, and stretched myself to do new things. I had to rely on God in new ways as I dealt with new struggles, and a few of my campers became Christians -- which is awesome!

The past two-ish weeks since camp have been great. I have spent time almost every single day with friends, and it's been a great way to finally see people and catch up after being gone. It's amazing to me how some friendships just pick up exactly the same, which is just lovely!

My friend Kat and I hung out a few weeks back and went to see Mama Mia which is a great movie. I feel like it's HSM for adults, so just perfect for me! The theater had life-size posters of the HSM cast, so we had some fun taking pictures with them and laughing a lot!

I have a job! On a whim last week I sent in my resume to Old Spaghetti Factory and ended up getting hired. I had my first bussing shift last night and it was good. I was pretty tired afterwards but I'm glad I'll be getting income. I have to take a servers test next week to be a server, so that is a litle daunting, since it's rather long. I don't have an extensive knowledge of alcohol, so I have a lot of learning to do! My Mom and I are going down to the States tonight though until tomorrow, so the border crossing will be study time. My Mom will be as ready as I will be for this test! So if you're ever in Abby and hungry, you should come to OSF. Just email me and I'll let you know when my shifts are as soon as I know them! I do know forsure that if you come for lunch on Monday - I'll be bussing!

Sunday comes moving day! I'm excited to be out on my own again, but it's different than the ship because it's school! I'm glad that we live so close to CBC so that I can come home whenever I want to and pick up things I've forgotten!

School starts soon after. Registration and meet-people things are Sunday to Tuesday, and then classes start on Wednesday, so that will be a whole new adventure.

One other thing that is super exciting is YC Abbotsford! Youth Church is a group of people who are around the ages 14-25 who have started a church movement in BC. South Abbotsford is joining in and we'll be having a youth-young adult service every Sunday in our sanctuary starting September 21st, so if you're in those ages, or interested in seeing what will be going on, stop in some Sunday at 7 pm!