This past month has been busy with classes and the assignments that accompany them. We took a Christian Theology class. This class took core Christian beliefs and helped us understand why we believe what we believe. This class gave me a greater understanding of my faith and how to defend what is biblically accurate. Our professor also showed us the many views that people have surrounding various topics.
Last week we took a class on Interdisciplinary studies: Modernity and Postmodernity. This class looked at history and the writings of philosophers and theologians. This was a hard class but I believe that it is important in understanding the world we live in.
March 15-18 we camped at French Beach. This is a beautiful beach on the south-west side of the island. It was a very relaxed time. Our time was mostly spent on the beach, participating in leadership games, sitting around the campfire (which was almost always going - it was wonderful), or reading.
One day our leadership task was to go to the beach and build a structure out of logs, or whatever else we could find. My group created this fort. We started off with the idea of a tipi but expanded it to a awesome fort! We called it 'sunset central' because on the side facing the ocean we made a bench where you could sit and have a perfect view of the sunset. Inside the tall part of the fort we placed a stool to sit on and tell stories or whatever you feel like doing. Then to top it all off we made a welcome sign decorated with this starfish to complete the oceany feel.
On afternoon we ventured to mystic beach. It was a beautiful 45 minute hike. The beach had many places to explore and climb. As an added bonus, it had a gorgeous waterfall!!!
The theme is this trip was finishing strong: what that means and tips on how to achieve the goal. One point that stuck out to me was that, yes it is important to start well but that means nothing unless you finish well also. What is your condition at the end? How will people remember you and this time in your life? Andrew gave the illustration of a marriage. In our culture we put so much emphasis on the wedding day: day 1. However, what is going to speak the loudest is the day that one of you dies in the other persons arms.
I'm not quite sure what this looks like practically, for me. I am trying to work hard in academics, make the most of the time I have left with the people God has placed in my life this year and listen for what God is trying to teach me at this point in my life.
For Easter, the town of Crofton partners with Warmland Church and they run a Crofton Egg Hunt. This whole event is free. We serve food, Tim Horton's donated coffee, timbits and mini hockey sticks, we had face painting, crafts, a blow up slide and bouncy castle, and prizes to give away.
After that we do 'chase the bunny' which is when the Easter bunny comes out with ... prizes. Stuffed animals are tied to the bunny and the children will chase him to pull the prizes off his suit. This event was a lot of fun and there was a huge turnout. It is so neat to see the community join together with the Church. I pray that people will become connected with the church and camp Qwanoes (they had a booth to advertise) through events such as this.
Thank you for your prayers
Sabrina Thiessen
