Micah 6:8

or·dain \ȯr-ˈdān\
:to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority

I have to admit that I had just thought this would be another big event and a big stepping stone in the life of our dearest pastor joe. It didn't even occur to me that this was a huge step for our church as whole.

It wasn't until last night, when I was thinking about how far God has brought our church that I realized how amazing and how awesome ordination is. As pastor... Rev. Bae said this morning, "we are now more than dating." A lot of people said tonight's worship was like a wedding and in a way it was; it was committing PJoe to Vaughan and us to supporting him.

To think that in the past what.. six years? Our church has gone through so much and I don't think I'll ever be able to express the heartbreak that our congregation went through. So many tears were spent on everyone's part - tears of anger, frustration, doubt, grief, sadness, you name it. I came into EM when it had no pastor. I knew how hard it was through my parents who were both on LT and search committee - both of whom aged immensely in that time of dryness.

To see people leave was probably the hardest. To see people wanted nourishment and not getting it was heart breaking. To be one of those people and not being able to do anything about it was the worst. Yet God heard our prayers. Today's ordination scripture was from Exodus and talking about how God heard the Israelites' cries and answered with Moses.

God is SO good.

There are a million things to be thankful for but ultimately, I am so thankful for God's faithfulness to Vaughan. He has delivered and grown our church in so many different ways and I don't even know where to start thanking Him.

I'm so excited to see where God is going to take us. As said in Micah 6:8, He's delivered us. All we have to do now, is follow him with humility, love mercy, and act justly.

oh man

my brain is seriously all over the place and it's only the 2nd week of school. I must sadly inform you that I'm going to be taking a 4 month break from blogging.

Seeing as I have probably very little viewers, it won't be a detrimental decision but nevertheless :)

until december,


ciao!

no bull

I've been re-watching grey's lately and bawling my eyes out. I've forgotten how emotional the whole show is and am definitely excited to watch the season premiere in the fall!

End of term drinks

Cute pub that I LOVE in Ottawa. Great food and great beer. They have a beer bible with over a hundred beers to choose from. Pretty sweet.


The alleyway to the kitchen Is really charminggg


1. Learned that a 10 oz is nothing.
2. Really like harp (English beer) but drank almost all before I remembered to take this photo

end.

this made me so excited today..

i can't wait to go back to school

this is what i want to do

Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:

By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:

By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:

With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:

A master's degree deepens that specialty:

Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:

Once you're at the boundary, you focus:

You push at the boundary for a few years:

Until one day, the boundary gives way:

And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:

Of course, the world looks different to you now:

So, don't forget the bigger picture:

Keep pushing.