The pies taste like...

pies!

Not like poo.

Not the best pies in the world, granted. But they taste like pies nevertheless.

God bless yaz awl!!!
-rach

Guess what i just did?!?!?!?

I just baked pies.

Te he he he he!

Meat pies, though, so not tooooo gramma. Actually, a bit English gramma. I don't have a receipe or anything. I just found two pie bases in the freezer, cooked some meat, through some stuff in there... eggs, harsh-brown potatoes, bbq sauce...

Those who think I'm joking, I'm not.

I hope they don't taste like poo.
I made two.

I think I'm going crazy.

Fasting t.v. is hard.
I had a craving for a hallmark movie today. It's kinda sad. I didn't realise I had a problem!

Okay, I'm done now.
Love you all!
God bless and good night!
-rach

I miss everyone

yes, yes i do.
Yes Jaime, I will notice if you steal a twenty from the dresser...

te he he

I even miss pretend people right now - my lovely two-dimentional companions who 'love' me from behind the screen.

Dag, yo. Not watching telly is hard, hard work.

Had good prayer time just now, though.

Am so freaking tired right now.

God bless you all lots and happy-lots!
-rach

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!?!?!?!

...even if i got it tattooed to my forehead you probably still wouldn't believe me.

Because I was chatting to Jesus last night and He said lots of stuff that was really great...
And then we started talking about watching videos...

So now I'm fasting films and T.V for 6 months!!!!!!

OH MY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

It's going to be really hard so please pray for me lots that God will reveal Himself to me in new ways and all that good stuff. And that I will not be tempted beyond what I can bear!!!! YAY for 1 Corinthians 10:13~!!!!

I'm thinking this might be a time for me to focus on the Word and memorise some scripture. I have so many lines from films stuck in my head it is a power that could be used for good instead of evil. Don't wish my luck but pray for me!!!!!
And don't invite me out to the movies when I get back to Vancouver....

BLAH HA HA HA HA... help

love yaz all
God bless ya stacks and heaps and lots and Robin Hood Men in Tights

-rach

WARNING: THIS LIFE IS TEMPORARY!

not that i mean you should turn into crazy-over-protective-safety-first-germaphobic (no offence linsey - kidding!)

but seriously folks, we weren't made for time. we grow old (if we're blessed that way) and our bodies fail and we get wrinkly and we start to repeat ourselves and we get wrinkly...

and we're MEANT to die. sounds pretty gross, huh? We were designed with our death as an inevitable part of the plan.
One of the greatest lies of this world is that this place is all there is.
This life is just a prelude, an opportunity to get aquainted with God 'cause if you take up the invitation to enter into a love relationship with Him that is real and personal... you guys will be hanging out FOREVER! (i figure that eternity is a concept the human brain wasn't designed to really grasp - but try anways)

God bless you all!!!!!!
heaps and heaps to eternity.

-rach

Who left the Australian in charge?

Monday afternoon, spent the morning making emergency relief packs and checking the mail - sounds pretty strenuous, I know.
Had a bit of fun packing the food with one of the ladies here. What a sweet-pea!
I'm gunna write a poem then start prepping my preach for Sun...

It's pretty sunny outside
Dauphin is the place for sunshine
They named this town after
They killed the French dude with the name
I don't get it do you?
Any clue would be much appreciated
I miss all my crew
from the down-town, but i don't miss the smell

Oh I want to see you again!
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII wanna see you again
*have Dido song in my head*
Anthing else would be slightly more painful
I feel like watching Briget Jone's
I feel like vegetartian lasagne
From a little market in London
Those days were good, I spent lots of money

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII need to get back to my work
OH IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII should really stop this poem



*It's post-modernist*!!!!!
God bless yaz awl!
-rach

'Essentials'

Well, the Mitchell's are off to BC tomorrow, leaving me here with a bunch of people who said they'd give me a hand if I ever need anything...
Chocolate, anyone?

So the packing frenzy started today and five year old Brooklyn was determined to pack for herself. After Brooklyn's retiring to the bedroom, Marnz and I thought it best to 'double-check' Brooky-Boos packing. We were delightfully surprised (and in stitches from laughter) at the result. It was plently fun to get a small window into the mind of a 5 yr old through Brooky's view of 'essentials' for the three week trip...

here it is...

5 sets of pyjamas
4 bathing suits
1 tutu
1 pair blue sneakers
1 party dress
1 barbie
1 barbie horse
1 barbie cowboy boot
1 barbie ballet slipper
1 dora the explorer jump rope
1 dore the explorer hand bag
1 easter basket
1 headband with rabbit ears
1 santa gingerbread man doll
3 bracelets
4 dollars (apparently to share with Keggi, Ali and alex)
1 bobble-head dog
1 teddy bear dressed as ladybug
4 easter eggs


i think i've got my priorities all wrong.

God bless you all
-rach

God is eloquent

Wrote a little prelude to some lyrics and had to link a 'I love Jesus and He loves me!' type song to the theme of revolution.

This poured out of my head, and I reckon it's pretty good, so I'm giving the props to God.
If you think it sucks, I wrote it

This song is about the war of inner revolution, when a complete transformation of foundational ideolgy is prompted by Love. Grace unleashes a political upheaval where the totalitarian dictatorship of the 'self' is overthrown. Hence, the beginning of pure revolution, and the power to govern one's life and determine one's future is given over to the Prince of Peace and Humble King, Jesus Christ.


I likey!
Hope ya'll don't think I'm being a num-num for thinking what I/Jesus writes is cool.

Jaime probably does, but that's okay 'cause she loves me anways and I lub her too!!!

-rach
God bless you all big-time!

Encouraged / Scared Stupid

Okay, so I was talking about how I needed to be encouraged to be more fervent about reaching out with the gospel... and Jesus heard me!
Was doing pray the Bible this morning and Jesus is like 'ummm... Ezekiel!'
I said 'uh... okay'. Biblical knowledge is... growing... (I won't tell you that the main thing I know about Ezekiel is that Samuel. L. Jackson quotes it in 'Pulp Fiction' and it's on the sound track).
Hia et iss! (Jithrow frum Noo Zehlend!)
Ezekiel 3:16 - 21 (NIV)
At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself.
"Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself."
WHOAH!!!
I sometimes think that this kinda stuff is all good for the Old Testament, but 'cause Jesus came, He does all the work and it's no worries for us!
CARP!
C-diddy Booth was on the money when she said all that scary stuff! This quote is stolen from Duggie Burr's Blog - in turn stolen from 'Agressive Christianity (Credo Press)
"It's almost scary how much God will hold you responsible for the salvation of those around you." - Catherine Booth

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!

Now I'm starting to get why God's SO on my case about relationships over projects.
(duh)
Cool thing though - we're not in charge of the heart - prep. THAT'S the hard stuff, and that's the stuff that Jesus does.
Ezekiel 2:6-7
"And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house. You must speak My words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious."
We just have to lead them to water. God's in charge or whether or not they drink.
Someone was telling me the other day about doing door-to-door evangelism with a crazy-on-fire evangelism group and there were two little old ladies with them. As they were continuously door-slammed and mocked, the group became disheartened whilst the two older women showed no discouragement whatsoever. Someone asked the women why they remained so up-beat when people refused to hear the Gospel. They simply replied, "they aren't the ones we came for".
This whole epiphany doesn't mean I'm not completely shicken ('My Girl') and that I'm bounding up and down the streets declaring that the LORD COMETH!!!! - it also doesn't mean that I bring this stuff up with confidence when conversing with my older sister - and it doesn't mean that when I meet people, I feel the urgency of their salvation... I think it DOES mean that God is working on me and i think he's got the blue-prints of primitive salvationism up His sleeve - YEAH!

So God bless yaz all heaps and stacks and loads!!!!!!
-rach

Jesus is a champion

Just thought everyone should know that. Hoping that a fair chunk of you already do. Hey, did you know that 'bags not it' is an Australianism and non-Australians don't actually understand it??? Considering my audience... probably yes.
Anways, (told you it's the new word)have cool shiny stuff in my pockets to show you.
I used to say "this too shall pass" when things sucked.
Then, during my yr 11 and 12 exams, it morphed into "this too shall pass, whether or not I will - is the question!"
I thought it was pretty funny... and I'd say it like John Cleese so that made it sophisticated and funny at the same time... and I'm kidding myself... Monty? Sophisticated????
hmmm....
Anways, after growing up a little bit, I realised that my Daria-esque cinicism wasn't quite as cool as I thought it was - as the 'comment' was always made not with cheer, but with a dark-undertone of hopelessness... that I thought was amusing at the time - not so!!!
So I stopped saying it - was coming out of identity crisis and 'trying' to embrace my natural disposition toward chirpiness and energy and silliness (that I had loathed all these years).
Had a thought just now though - was reading Dougie Burr's blob (what a champ) and he was quoting some stuff and this little saying jumped into my head again in a very different light.
Instead of bleh, my life sucks - when am I gunna die already? it was more like - whoah, eternal perspective!!! This world will pass away! I'm gonna be with Jesus in Heaven at some point!!! Marnz said the other day that the most perfect things here on earth are only carppy copies of stuff in Heaven! WHOAH!!!!!
And not only is heaven cool, you can almost take the concept of our acknowledging our temporal lives to gaining a new urgency to reach out with the Gospel and share the love of Jesus more fervently!!!
okay, maybe it's a bit much, but I like it and I'm sticking to it. I need all the encouragement I can get when it comes to the 'neccessity' of saving the world - and doing it quickly. I'm VERY prone to ignoring the inevitable righteous judgement of God and thinking that my friends and family are okay 'cause they're 'nice people'. Ew, is such a wrong thing to think.
God, give me revelation and urgency!!!!!!
Jesus, you're an absolute champion! Let me watch you work and be open to Your invitation to join You and become more like You in the process!
AMEN

sorry - this was a lot longer than i thought it would be

...
and I'm done!
God bless yaz and I love yaz and all that good stuff
-rach

SUE ANN

I LOVE YOU

Travvy and Brakes!

Trav - you crack me up! The fact that you signed as Keith Green - almost dropped a lung. *am juggling six right now - is tricky but my heart will forever yearn until I finally reach my nirvana - the circus*

Brakes - Man, I miss you sooooo soooo much! sorry I have been a carppy e-mailer. Am trying to work on that. What you said - highly relevant! Has been a big time of laying down my plans and striving to let God do His stuff through me (which is, like, so way so muchly more coolerer than me)


Man, I miss ALL you guys soooo much - yes, you too mister-random-was-looking-for-askely-simpson-site-and-got-here-by-accident! You're my new best friend!!! I even like Ashley Simpson too! We can hang out and bake cookies and play netball. *random's from a non-canadian commonwealth country!*

Jaime!!!! he he he he he he he he he he eh he he...eh?
oo, have turned into canadan!
miss you soo much.

everyone else - leave a comment and I'll let you know how much i miss you and care and all that!

anways - carp! anways is the new cool word. that's all.... or is it?

"God Bless You All!"

yep

question

is it just me, or when hotmail makes you type out the messed up letters in that box thingo - is that like the most difficult thing ever?

ok, just me.
seriously, my eyesight's fine, but I get totally stressed when that thingo pops up like i think i'm going to break the computer, and some orphan's legs if i don't get it right.
and then everything is really, really hard to read and suddenly a 4 looks like a 6 and a 'P' looks like a 'G' and the screen of the computer looks like pie and your mum looks like...

dag, yo! it's so bad how i think i'm sooo funny at 2 in the morning.
it's so past my bed time
God designed me to be asleep at this hour. I'm sure of it!

that's all

God bless!
-rach

oh happy day!

Love the lovely Jesus.
He really met me today and we just chilled out together.
Was awesome.
He is the awesomest.
of the awesome.
Am totally getting excited about... uh... everything.

Brooklyn just sang to me. Was sooo cute and hilarious at the same time.
She was randomly tracing words on the page as she made stuff up - she is such a funny girl!
The last one was Brahms' Lullaby so here it is... as sung by Brooklyn Mitchell
"Lullaby, lullaby
sweet goodnight, sweet goodnight.
It's okay, don't be scared
There's someone there...
And i don't know who he is..."

I'm still laughing.
Maybe it's just me

okay, I'm going now.
Luv yaz!
And God bless ya stacks.
-rach

please, please. please tell me who you are!!!!

who wrote the zamboni thing? I totally cracked me up soooo bad! I NEED TO KNOW WHO IT WAS!!!!!
Okay, okay... I'm okay.
...
but seriously...
WHO WAS IT?????????

so, I'm gonna talk about me now.
I'm good.
Still striving for holiness and still enjoying pickles in burgers.
wait...wha? 'still' striving for holiness? It's actually a pretty new thing.
so that's my news.
I want to be holy... 'cause God wants me to be holy... and I love God, He's the best!
(seriously, He is!)
oh, and I'm very, very bad at baseball, but I'm playing it anyway. I was catcher on Tues and I couldn't throw to the pitcher! (what I did learn, is what that actually means... and how bad that means I am)
Played golf on Wednesday so this is officially the summer of new sports!!!
yay!
I can say new sport's' 'cause there's two... and that makes it plural! yay!

okay, I'm going now.
We are on tornado watch! yay! my friend marnz just rang and said she got wet standing outside. she explained that she heard we were on tornado watch so she thought she'd go outside and watch for tornadoes!
she's funny!
everyone is funny!
I can't think of one person right now who isn't funny!

yay! joy!
-rach