Well the last couple weeks have had their ups and downs. Like I had briefly mentioned, my Mom has been diagnosed with cancer. We still don't have a lot of information, but she now has an appointment with a specialist on the 24 of March (today), and then from there a surgery date will most likely be chosen. She is doing pretty well so far, but the waiting game is never an easy one. Your prayers are definitely appreciated.
Seeing as we only had a 2 programs booked between March 8-20th (which is highly unusual, we normally have about 5 a week!), the girls decided to send me home for a bit. So I got to spend a couple weeks at home in Winnipeg, doing odd things around the house and just relaxing with my family, which was a real blessing.
I arrived back in Calgary Sunday morning, and we got back into the swing of things pretty quickly.
The evening was spent doing our missions program at Bonavista Evangelical Missionary Church, here in Calgary. We really enjoyed having the opportunity to share with the youth again and see some of our VTI alumni friends there.
Monday and Tuesday were spent catching up on things and hanging out together (Cayla, Carmen, and myself!), and exchanging stories from our time apart.
Wednesday...are you ready for this one...we had an early drive out to Olds, AB where we had 3 programs before 3 pm! It was an exciting morning, a bit tiring, but good none the less. The big relief, however, was that we only had a minimal amount of equipment to set up, since one of the schools was very small (only 14 students!) and the other one allowed us to plug into their sound system. It's always nice when we don't have to haul out and set up our entire sound system, though we're definitely getting quite proficient at it! We were also blessed to visit Ron & Taya (VTI Staff) and their three kids and join them for a delicious dinner, before heading back to Calgary.
This morning (Thursday) was spent at Rocky Mountain College doing a program and sitting in on one of their music recitals and later today we'll be heading out to Carstairs for a youth program. And lastly starting tomorrow we have a two day breather, before we hit the road again and start heading south (no need to get jealous though, cause we're only going as far as Montana!).
'til next time,
Cara R
Seeing as we only had a 2 programs booked between March 8-20th (which is highly unusual, we normally have about 5 a week!), the girls decided to send me home for a bit. So I got to spend a couple weeks at home in Winnipeg, doing odd things around the house and just relaxing with my family, which was a real blessing.
I arrived back in Calgary Sunday morning, and we got back into the swing of things pretty quickly.
The evening was spent doing our missions program at Bonavista Evangelical Missionary Church, here in Calgary. We really enjoyed having the opportunity to share with the youth again and see some of our VTI alumni friends there.
Monday and Tuesday were spent catching up on things and hanging out together (Cayla, Carmen, and myself!), and exchanging stories from our time apart.
Wednesday...are you ready for this one...we had an early drive out to Olds, AB where we had 3 programs before 3 pm! It was an exciting morning, a bit tiring, but good none the less. The big relief, however, was that we only had a minimal amount of equipment to set up, since one of the schools was very small (only 14 students!) and the other one allowed us to plug into their sound system. It's always nice when we don't have to haul out and set up our entire sound system, though we're definitely getting quite proficient at it! We were also blessed to visit Ron & Taya (VTI Staff) and their three kids and join them for a delicious dinner, before heading back to Calgary.
This morning (Thursday) was spent at Rocky Mountain College doing a program and sitting in on one of their music recitals and later today we'll be heading out to Carstairs for a youth program. And lastly starting tomorrow we have a two day breather, before we hit the road again and start heading south (no need to get jealous though, cause we're only going as far as Montana!).
'til next time,
Cara R
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