Almost there

I am almost done my last year of high school, my first "real" job at Tim Hortons, graduation preparations. I am almost ready for Camp Kadesh this summer, and Bethany College this fall. I couldn't be more excited.

Ashley Marie

Y outh C onference

This last weekend Ryan and Amber gave me a ticket for YC for my grad gift. It was fun! I got to see David Crowder Band* live and that was like awesome, a dream come true. We also went to the West Edmonton Mall, and did the bumper boats. That was so fun. You can scoot around in this round boat and squirt people with water, you get wet but it is a bunch of fun. I got a YC zip up sweater and it is grand. Well that is all I have to say for now. Maybe later I will add some snap shots. Check it out later

Ashley Marie

Hard

It is hard to watch someone you care about fall away. Fall away from you from God, from who they are. It is hard to see someone you care about make messes in their life that they have to clean up, without help. It is hard to see them make mistakes and hurt themselves and know, that if they don't figure it out on their own then they will never truly get it and therefore keep doing it over and over again. It is hard to see the pain in their life, in their actions and in their deeds and know that there is not a thing you can do but stick it out with them. It is hard not to turn and run the other way because you know that they will do everything in their power to hurt you because you have done nothing but loved them. Why do they do that? Because they have turned into someone they aren't and hate what they do what they say and who they are turning into, so to have someone still love them is like burning coals on their head. It is like a conviction. Convictions are hard. Hard to give, hard to receive, hard to watch, hard to pray for. What are we supposed to do with this kind of hard stuff? Love. Love must be unconditional or it is a manipulation. Unconditional love is the only kind of love that affirms a human being enabling that person to grow. 1Corinthians 13:1-8 talks on love. Sometimes even love is hard...


Ashley Marie

Youth Pastor

This is my youth pastor, Lee. He is a great guy, truly God's gift to our church. He has a vision and passion for our youth group that I've never seen before at least not this up close and to see that has been a huge blessing. If you think of it pray for him as people in full time ministry need more prayer than any of us "other people" could fathom.
Why does he have this beard? To raise money for T.F. A youth trip. That is a great youth pastor quaility, to be willing to give up things like apperance to gain something for the group of kids he has been called to minister to. Thank Jesus for your plan for our church and youth.


Ashley Marie

short or long?

(I was really hungry here.... always remember to feed your Ashley)

Long or short hair better? I know, bad pics, but work with it. Really, I wanna know what you folks think. Make a comment. I dare you.

Ashley Marie

I love you both

(Break Forth, on a bus)

(New Years @ home)
(Christmas @ Grandma W.'s)

(Christmas @ Grandma F.'s)

This is my older brother, Ryan, he is simply the best. Along with his great and wonderful girlfriend, Amber. They are both near and dear to me and I love and cherish them deeply. Love you guys!!

Ashley Marie

Hunting

I am trying to shoot this bird. It is a crazy bird. It is a stupid bird. It is an annoying bird. Hence I want to shoot it. I think I've actually hit it, but I also think it has hard feathers like a magpie and so I don't think it will die or anything, just have a bruse. (I'm using an old school pellet gun) So yeah, it makes this stupid crazy noise, so I wanna shoot it, then I want to look at it up close, it looks very interesting. It is like a cross with a turkey and a peacock.

Ashley Marie

Molly

I once, along with my best friend Melissa, saw a dog on the side of the road. She looked lost, and very cute. Naturally, I stopped and no sooner had I opened the door than she hopped up on my lap and off we were. It wasn't long til my brain asked the question "what am I going to do with this dog?". Then we named her, Molly. She was cute and perfect (with some flaws... but she was still cute). She liked me best so I wanted to keep her. But she had a very nasty shedding issue. So, my parents made me give her to the SPCA. Sadly, when I called to see if she had been adopted they told me she was ..... put down, due to temperament issues. I didn't think she had any. Well, she was my very own puppy, even if it was only for three weeks. I won't ever forget my Molly.

Ashley Marie

tongue wound

This my tongue wound. I had some type of zit or something on the underside of my tougue, I cut it off. I put some numbing stuff on it first cuz I was really chicken but it wasn't that bad after that. It was really irritating me. I hope you can see it (it's hard to take a picture of your own tongue.) It is located on the left side of the picture (my right). That is all for now.

Ashley Marie

worship led by -JeDidiAh-

So today we, -JeDidiAh- led worship. I had so much fun. Worship through music is such a wonderful gift from God. We did some really powerfilled songs ( let us adore, sing hallelujah ect.) It was so wonderful. We also did a dramatic verse quoting that I think added a great deal to it. Afer that we ate lunch with some of the family. Then Ryan, Amber and I went to costco and came back to my place. I am now board.

-JeDidiAh-
L~R + F~B: Ashley, Ryan, Amber Kirsten, Steven, Leesa, Jorden(no longer plays with us), John, Kelsey, Eric.


Ashley Marie

Choices

Days are filled with choices, hard ones easy ones, inbetween ones. That is what our world is about. To steal the idea from "You've got mail" (a great movie), even with something as small as a cup of coffee you can make a lot of choices. What size? Cream? Sugar? Black? To go? To have in? There are just so many options. Like when someone says something really mean to you. What to do? There is a verse for that. Read Luke 6:28-29. Jesus says simply, love. That's it, love. So what do we do when we face choices? Do what He did and love. If it isn't loving to do what you are doing than don't do it, one should always choose to love. This is a hard one to do, maybe one that we must all really work at until our last breah on our last day but it is worth it. For what we do today may seem small and maybe a come back to a harsh word seems easy and fitting for today but it is in eternity that the choice of love will pay off. Oh, God let us be a generation that seeks Your face.

Ashley Marie