tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33644001833546183402024-03-05T01:30:34.993-08:00The Office GirlThe life of an Office Girl is neither good nor bad. She does things that many others would not even dare to do. An Office Girl runs errands for the lazy and completes the jobs people just cannot seem to do. But people love the Office Girl. And so she stays to continue her work. Without her, life could not go on.
Self-centered? She doesn't think so.Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-62957483972919895362011-04-28T13:13:00.000-07:002011-04-28T13:23:31.868-07:00News Article - The Baseball EvangelistA Little Bit of Baseball, Mixed With a Little Bit of Faith<br />By Matt Preprost<br /><br />Actor Marc Moir is hoping his track record will help deliver a home run for a Zambian aid project a group of Winnipeggers will undertake later this summer.<br /><br />The 26 year old West End actor is putting on a one man play that mixes baseball with faith and charts the path of a 1800s baseball player from the diamond and into the pulpit.<br /><br />The Baseball Evangelist, which was written by Moir's father, tells the tale of Billy Sunday, a popular major league baseball player int he late 1800s who went on to become one of North America's most influential evangelist.<br /><br />"During his playing days, he has to make the decision of whether he's going to stick to baseball or go into the ministry," said Moir, whose play Padre X was named one of the top five plays of last summer's Fringe Festival.<br /><br />"And he really became the Billy Graham of his day. He was crazy, an absolute wild man, but boy did he ever have an effect on the people he spoke to. He's a really fun character ."<br /><br />Proceeds from the play will help send 30 members of the Weston-based Cross Church to Zambia in August. The team will build a new plumbing system and security fence, provide medical treatment and hook up a computer lab at the Village of Hope orphanage. The cost of the project is about $225,000. <br /><br />Alan Dunclafe, senior pastor of Cross Church, said the trip will be the first time members of the church visit the village after beginning to send help a number of years ago. The church so far has helped raise money for a school, and two orphanages for children and teens.<br /><br />Moir will perform The Baseball Evangelist Sunday May 1, at Cross Church at 1787 Logan Ave.<br /><br />This evening will begin at 6:30pm with hot dogs, Cracker Jacks, prizes and visits from members of the Winnipeg Goldeyes. The play begins at 7:30pm.<br /><br />Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or by calling the church at 632-7322, or by emailing tickets@crosschurch.ca.Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-80226894504778178732011-04-26T13:18:00.000-07:002011-04-26T13:27:44.309-07:00Soy BeanI can't believe I haven't posted a baby update in a long time!<br /><br />Soy Bean is now approximately 6 pounds and growing a lot each week. This week baby found my ribs and decided to get stuck in them. That was not a pleasant experience. <br /><br />As for everything else, the baby's room is all ready to go. Last week we picked up the last few essentials (like a car seat) and now we are just waiting. The one thing I have procrastinated in doing is packing a bag to take with us to the hospital. I figure I still have time before that is really needed. <br /><br />Marc is busy with writing and a few shows here and there. I am busy with enjoying my maternity leave! Nothing could be greater then waking up whenever I feel like it, and having a nap whenever I feel like it......I am glad I decided to take some time off of work before this baby comes to get a lot of rest and enjoy a few of life's simple pleasures. <br /><br />My next few weeks will be busy with hanging out with my mom. She is off of work now until September, however not for as good of a reason as I have. Today she spent around 3 hours having her knee replaced. Anyway, since I am not working and still able to get around, I have decided to spend as much of her recovery time with her as I can. Tomorrow I will be heading to the hospital to keep her company and next week I will move in to the house to take care of her every need! (you can all now insert your comments on how sweet of a daughter I am.....I can wait for a few minutes!)<br /><br />Other then that Marc and I are trying to make every quiet moment last. This baby is coming soon (hopefully sooner rather then later).Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-50030064275113397192011-03-10T11:23:00.000-08:002011-03-10T11:35:29.655-08:00T-Minus 10 WeeksWell folks, we are coming in to the home stretch. 10 more weeks! (Don't worry, I know that babies hardly come on time, I use my time line very loosely!)<br /><br />Lately I have been feeling very anxious. I was talking with a friend the other day, and I suddenly realized that there is still a whole lot to do before baby is born. So naturally I started to panic. Thankfully I have a husband who constantly reminds me that we have time to get things in order before a delivery.<br /><br />Speaking of delivery, Marc and I have now gone to 2 prenatal classes, and I am SO THANKFUL that we signed up for them. There is so much that parents need to know before it happens, I think mostly to mentally prepare for such a journey. This last week's class made me think about my birth plan. Now, don't hold me to it, but I am starting to heavily weigh the option of going "natural" (aka no drugs). But I still have 10 weeks, so don't quote me just yet. <br /><br />An update on baby:<br />Soy Bean seems to be growing nicely. As the people in my office can attest to, it is growing and moving lots. Today I yelled out "holy crap" as I felt the baby trying to rip through my side. I am sure that's not really what it was doing, but it sure felt like that. <br /><br />Overall I have enjoyed my pregnancy and have very little to complain about. I just love the feeling of baby moving inside (probably one of the coolest feelings ever). Things I am not so fond of: acid reflux (which has only occurred twice as far as I can remember) and water weight gain (which isn't too bad right now, but I am finding that I can't wear my wedding rings anymore due to swollen hands). <br /><br />All I know is I am very excited to meet this little Soy Bean!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-81228205647879468142011-02-09T11:13:00.001-08:002011-02-09T11:19:21.252-08:00Another DayWell, not much is going on here. Marc and I just work all day and relax when we can. We picked up the baby crib this week! The baby bedding is coming, maybe, next week. So things are coming together nicely with baby. We won't be setting the room up for a while, just because there is a whole bunch of other things that need to be moved out of the room first and I would like to paint too.<br /><br />Baby is starting to grow. Sometimes it feels as though it weighs in close to a few pounds (probably not quite yet) but it gets heavy. Soy Bean is also moving a lot. Last night Marc and I went to see THE WIZARD OF OZ here in Winnipeg, and it was so loud, which baby loved. It decided it would like to dance and jump around during the whole show too! I don't mind it, although sometimes it is annoying (like at night when I am trying to sleep). It's a nice reminder of what is to come and how our lives will be changing in 15 weeks. <br /><br />Work for me has been busier but still really slow. I have been averaging 5-10 registrations a day. However, that only keeps me busy until lunch. My afternoons are usually filled with finding things to do, which can be tricky.<br /><br />Marc is busy writing and trying to book shows. Sadly this time is really slow for him, and I know that he is bored when he is not acting in something. He is working on the Camp Arnes fundraiser that is happening in September, I have read a bit of it and it seems pretty awesome! After listening to him explain it to me, again it sounds pretty great! <br /><br />Well, that's all for me today :)Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-902914954758048202011-01-21T08:33:00.000-08:002011-01-21T08:47:53.052-08:00Baby Moir UpdateWell, it's official. Marc and I make super cute babies! I am sure that once everyone sees him/her they will agree as well!<br /><br />About 6 weeks ago we had our first ultrasound due to a baby scare. We were worried and only cared that baby was healthy. This time was different. Not that we didn't want to know if our baby was okay, but we could spend our time at the hospital enjoying every moment, instead of fearing the worst.<br /><br />Like I said, I am pretty sure that our baby is the absolute cutest thing ever created! And we only had a flat, black and white version of it.<br /><br />Here are a list of things we got to see/learned about our baby today! (this is mostly for me to remember when I look back on this time in my life, but I am sure you would like to know too)<br /><br />-Our baby has a big head. Now the tech said it measured big, which apparently is normal. But I like to think it's because Marc has a big head (not a literal one, of course). No, actually what I was really thinking/hoping was that it doesn't grow anymore because the last thing I want to is push out a big headed baby!<br /><br />-Baby Moir does not like to be woken up early and poked and prodded. On a normal day baby doesn't move around until lunch time and is not active until the evening. So today, poor baby had to get up early and be woken up at 7am to be looked at. Because of this he/she refused for the longest time to cooperate. He/she had its back to the tech for almost the whole time she was looking. Silly baby!<br /><br />-This baby has the Abrahams' nose. Of course it would. The one thing I didn't like the most about my body and my poor baby gets it! Actually, I have grown in to liking my nose, I am sure baby will too. I talked to my dad this morning and mentioned this very thing, I think he was happy that something of his was passed down! <br /><br />-Our baby is a mover and a shaker. It was so amazing to see it wave it's arms and kick it's legs! Something so small is so complete. All I can say is amazing!<br /><br />-We got to see a lot of other body parts (legs, arms, hands, feet, eyes, ears, mouth, heart, spin, rib cage, etc.) It was so amazing (I really need to think of another word).<br /><br />-Heart beat is 149<br /><br />-Growth is on schedule, they actually gave us a new due date of May 21 (two days off, so I am not really worried about it)<br /><br />-Sadly, we did not find out if we are having a boy or a girl. But I think I am okay with that. Baby was being silly (as mentioned before) and making it hard for the tech to see anything down there. I think we will still do the 3D baby thing in the next month or so just in case we can find out. <br /><br />Anyway, that is the Baby Moir update for today!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-36124338077869308742011-01-19T13:51:00.000-08:002011-01-19T13:53:09.370-08:00Baby TimeWell, this blog won't be a long one. I just thought I would let you all know that Friday (so in two more sleeps) Marc and I will be having our scheduled ultra sound! We are hoping at this appointment to find out what we are having. And of course to check in with baby and make sure he/she is doing well and growing strong!<br /><br />I will post more after Friday morning!<br /><br />ps. I didn't mention this, but it's at 7am. Who in their right mind schedules something that early? And to top it off I am not allowed to empty my bladder for at least an hour before hand. Yuck.Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-140576164820262752011-01-04T08:41:00.000-08:002011-01-04T08:47:06.501-08:00CUBA!!!!Well, it's been a while since we got back from Cuba, however life has just been to busy to write about our time there!<br /><br />First off I must say that Cuba is a great vacation spot. It's warm, beautiful, the people there are amazingly warm, however the food is awful. I would not recommend this trip to a pregnant woman! (Especially if you are like me and like to munch on things all day long and have certain North American cravings)<br /><br />Despite the food, Marc and I had a very relaxing time! We spent a few days on the beach, took a boat tour, got bitten by crabs, walked through Havana, and Marc even got to see a local baseball game! <br /><br />Cuba is truly a beautiful place and rich with history.<br /><br />Sadly, on day one of our adventure our camera broke.....leaving us with very few picture memories and none to share with you. Actually we do have some pictures saved off of the memory card, but I am sure you all don't really want to see what we look like at 4am (while we were waiting for our flight to leave).<br /><br />It was a great time, and I am still feeling relaxed from our trip!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-53960026192679000562010-11-25T10:24:00.000-08:002010-11-25T10:41:46.344-08:00Heart BeatsThis morning was probably one of the most intense mornings of my life (that I can think of). <br /><br />Let me start from the beginning.<br /><br />At 8:30am today I was supposed to have a Dr's appointment. Every 4 weeks I meet with my family Doctor to check on baby's progress. Last night we had a huge snowfall, which made us think we might not make it. Thankfully we did, and the roads were actually not that bad. Anyway, I was very excited for this appointment because last time (so a month ago) my Doctor said we would try and hear the baby's heartbeat. I have been told that hearing your baby's heart beating is one of the most amazing sounds, and I was very ready to hear it. <br /><br />8:30am came. We sat in the room with the Doctor, and she asked us the general questions. Finally she asked me to hop up on to the table and we got ready for the best thing to happen. We waited. And waited. She tried 3 different machines and tried for over 30mins. There was nothing. <br /><br />Now for all of you mom's who might be reading this, I am sure you can sympathize with my next statement. I thought one of two things. Either the baby was dead OR I was have a chemical pregnancy and it was just my body playing a cruel trick on me.<br /><br />After shedding a few tears, my Doctor realized that I needed some sort of conformation as to what was really going on. The whole time being VERY positive, which was helpful but not what I really wanted. Thankfully my Doctor has an absolutely huge heart and she called over to the hospital next door to see if they had time for a quick ultrasound. They had no one waiting so we walked over, hardly waited any time, and then I was called in to the room.<br /><br />I have heard many different stories about people getting ultrasounds, and I pictured the worst. Grumpy tech, not being allowed to ask questions, etc. I lay there silent just waiting and praying. FINALLY, the tech said that they baby had a very strong heartbeat. Again I started to cry. Not out of fear or sadness, but out of pure joy and thanksgiving! My one fear (so far) was proven wrong. There was a little baby inside of me. As she kept going and taking pictures she would make comments like "I can see your baby's bladder, that's a great thing" or "Your baby has 2 arms and 2 legs!" (to which I replied "That's exactly how many it's supposed to have!"). I was so thankful that she was walking me through step by step of the things she was seeing. <br /><br />Once everything looked okay and everything she needed to look at was done, she called Marc in. Together we watched our little baby squirm around and stretch. It truly is a miracle of God that women and men are able to make something so wonderful!<br /><br />Finally she made the comment that we were a little off on our due date. It turns out that we are only 14.5 weeks (roughly) along, not the 18ish weeks that we thought we were. She said that the new due date is looking like it will be at the end of May (the 23rd is what she said). This was why it was hard to hear the heartbeat with our family Doctor. But by this point we were so thankful that we even still had a due date!<br /><br />As Marc and I were walking back to see my family Doctor I told him that sometimes when things happen to me I try and write them in my head as I would a facebook status. Then I told him that today it would have been something like "When God closes a door, He always opens another one. This time it was a door to the ultrasound room to see our baby!".<br /><br />We couldn't be happier! And I think for the first time this whole baby thing is feeling real for both of us. We are just so thankful that we have a healthy baby who is growing at the right pace and with no complications (that the tech could see).<br /><br />And now we wait.Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-25590423599876875722010-11-03T19:41:00.001-07:002010-11-03T19:45:29.805-07:00Mum's the WordWell, the big news has finally come out on facebook......which means I can blog about the last 15 weeks of my life.<br /><br />I am pregnant! It feels so good to finally say and have people around me know! Now at work when it looks like I am napping (which I probably am) there is a good reason for it! As I waddle to and from places, people will now know that I am not making fun of a handicapped person.<br /><br />But most of all, it feels so good to have other people share in my/our excitment about this new little life we have created!<br /><br />Baby is due April 28, 2011. The first trimester was amazingly smooth. Don't get me wrong, I had my fair share of problems, but I have to say that I didn't mind it at all. Now comes the fun part (aka shifting pelvis.....yuck!). <br /><br />This is all I am going to blog about! As a lady with a bun in the oven I am very tired. And today has been a very long day. <br /><br />So good night! And hopefully it won't take me 15 weeks to update you all on the baby news!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-69920679404372115362010-09-09T09:42:00.000-07:002010-09-09T09:49:57.097-07:00Back to the GrindWell, I am on week 2 of being back home (well, almost 3) and I am finding it a very slow process getting back to the city life.<br /><br />While I was at camp I was isolated from the world and what was going on. I missed out on a whole bunch of celebrity gossip....even things happening at church. I kind of missed it while I was up at camp. Not so much any more. It is kind of nice not being tempted by magazines or movies in the theatres. I get to do what I want to do without distractions of the media. Although I have to say that it is weird not knowing what movies are in the theatres and try and follow people as they are talking about them.<br /><br />I enjoyed my time at camp, but I did miss out on major city things. Like engagement announcements and baby announcements, I did miss seeing friends on a weekly or bi-weekly basis....so much happens in the summer.<br /><br />Now my goal/plan is to try and re-invest in the lives of the people I missed while at camp. I want to get back in to weekly date nights with some friends, have people over for dessert and games, or whatever the occasion may call for.<br /><br />Last night I was hanging out with a friend and just spending time with her (as we walked, signed up for yoga and sipped our Starbucks) reminded me that I had missed so much. <br /><br />Hopefully soon home will feel like home again :)Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-60234169118529120122010-08-30T14:04:00.000-07:002010-08-30T14:10:45.041-07:00Home At Last!Summer is over, and fall is just around the corner.<br /><br />What does that mean for me here at camp???? <br /><br />My daily activities will now include:<br />1) Going through summer files and changing them from 2010 to 2011, updating as needed.<br />2) Harassing people (parents, businesses and agencies) to pay up!<br />3) Planning for the 2011 summer!<br />and 4) Preparing for our year-round activities.<br /><br />This year we are having our usual Fall and Spring Ultimate Days. This is where campers and camper's friends come up to camp for the day and hang out with staff and participate in activities. We like to have them do things that they might not get a chance to do in the summer time. Events like this are a great way for people to reconnect and stay excited for summer camp! We are also hoping to have a winter getaway (fingers crossed) in December sometime. This will be like Ultimate Day but with winter activities over a two day period.....which includes sleeping over.<br /><br />I am excited about the fall and the new things that it will bring!<br /><br />I am also excited for Marc and his flourishing theatre company! We were at a wedding on Saturday and he received 4 job offers, 1 of them being a very serious one....which he is looking in to! It is exciting to see where God leads and how He opens doors! <br /><br />We are blessed! <br /><br />Well, that's all form this office girl for now. <br /><br />Until next time! (Keep fit and have fun)Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-82271627695948675702010-08-19T14:38:00.000-07:002010-08-19T14:43:11.193-07:00Where Has The Summer Gone?Today is August 19, 2010. <br /><br />Have I really been at camp for 2 full months now?<br /><br />Why did the 10 months of prep work for the summer seem to last forever, the summer comes and kids arrive and in a flash it is over.<br /><br />Wow!<br /><br />That's the only word I can really use to describe it.<br /><br />This summer has been an interesting one.....full of many highs and lows, life changes, big decisions, campers, food, people, and hardly any time at home in the city.<br /><br />I am glad to say that Marc was with me for pretty much the whole time! That was a nice treat!<br /><br />I just can't believe that in a week I move back home, back into the real world.<br /><br />Things I will miss about camp:<br />-waking up whenever because breakfast will always be in the kitchen and it only takes me 30 seconds to walk to my desk<br />-jumping in the lake whenever it is too hot<br />-listening to young kids talk.....when they don't know I am listening<br />-talking with camp friends, about life and things<br />-not cooking or cleaning.....it's been so nice not to have to do this! <br />-the sunsets on the lake<br />-trips to Gimli<br />-walking through the field at about 8:25pm and hearing the kids in the Wigwam and at Fireside singing praises to God!<br /><br />I am sure there are more.<br /><br />All I can say is "What a summer".<br /><br />Am I ready to do this all over again??????Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-16071174808212666072010-04-29T10:32:00.000-07:002010-04-29T10:42:56.375-07:00Tired Beyond WordsWell, a lot has happened since I last wrote.<br /><br />Marc and I went on a 10 day holiday to the lovely BC.....we are 110% sure we are moving there once we retire/have kids. Who knows, either way we are headed west at some point in our lives.<br /><br />It was quite an adventurous trip. We got lost in Stanley Park, a bus had a break catch on fire, we got stuck at the US border both ways, missed a bus to take us to the ferry and spent $50 on a 20min cab ride (thank goodness another lady shared it with us), climbed a huge mountain, ate lots of great west coast food, golfed in the rain, went to Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria and Penticton, went all the way up the Space Needle and overall had a great time away! <br /><br />I was very thankful to get a break from work, which only seemed to be piled high when I got home. <br /><br />This week has been a pretty crazy one: from trying to catch up on sleep and work to my dear, sweet Oma passing away. A death in the family (or anyone we know) is a hard thing to grasp. And just knowing how she was living her life I know that it is a good thing she has passed on. She is now in Heaven with Opa and Tante Kaethe. She is living and will eternally live in peace and great health (something that was lacking the last many years of her life). <br /><br />Needless to say it has been a very draining week and I am looking forward to sleeping and resting. But life is busy, so who knows when that will happen?Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-29693614444358661482010-03-11T10:17:00.000-08:002010-03-11T10:29:44.588-08:00Moving.....Again?!?!?Well, work is work. Registrations are coming in, I think a bit slowly compared to other years, but there is still enough work for me to do.<br /><br />The moving part is actually a great story. Since one of my co-workers have left, my supervisor has moved in to the empty office. Her cubical was much bigger, however the greatest thing of all is that it has way more counter space. This is all mine now! I put in a request and, since I need a lot of space to spread out, my request was approved!<br /><br />I am moving up in the world! Next step is to move into an office....however I don't think that will happen any time soon.<br /><br />Anyway, this has been a great move! And it is so much quieter out in the office since we are all spread out. It's nice!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-30706111005263355812010-03-02T07:06:00.000-08:002010-03-02T08:37:06.122-08:00God Can Use Us, Even Though Our Hands Are SmallYesterday started out like any other Monday. I got up, got ready and headed out the door to go to work. Little did I know what God had in store for the rest of my day. <br /><br />Before I get into the story of how my day unfolded, I would like to take a mini rabbit trail and tell another story. In February we were challenged at work with reading passages of scripture everyday. By the time Easter is here we will have all read through the Gospels. It is only 2 chapters every day, however I have the worst discipline when it comes to scripture reading, so it has been a bit more challenging for me to get into the habit. Yesterday I was reading from Matthew 25-26, later in chapter 25 Jesus talks about how we will be blessed when we help those in need (feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, etc.). I have read this passage many times but I have never been quite as touched by it as I was yesterday.<br /><br />Every Monday for the last couple of months Marc has been in Morden working on a play, so for the past month I have been using this time to get to know a previous Camp Arnes employee. Our Monday evenings are filled with laughter, TV and way too much food. However, this Monday was different. I got a text saying that we were going to have to attend a meeting instead of just hanging out at her place. I wasn't too thrilled about the idea of having a meeting and she gave me no indication of what the meeting was going to be about, but I felt it in my heart that I just had to be at this meeting. <br /><br />The friend that I visit with every Monday used to work in immigration, she had her own business and brought people from all over the world to come and work in our city. She had also done a few refugee cases during this time, even though this was not the main focus of the business.<br /><br />Last night's meeting was with the parents of a family that she had helped bring to Canada back in 2004. They are wanting, with the support of a local church, to bring over more of their family.<br /><br />The sad thing is what my friend had to say to me as we were driving over to this meeting. She explained that her and her husband, with the first family, put in a lot of their own money, however this time they were not in a place to financially support the new family. And I don't mean like a few hundred dollars here and there. For this family of 6 to come over they need about $40,000 to pay for their flights and for their first year in Canada. Not pocket change. She kept telling me how she was going to have to deliver this bad news and how she was 100% sure that this family was not coming to Canada any time soon.<br /><br />I sat and listened as she explained how this all is looking and how the government of Canada has changed some of their policies, I could tell by looking at every face that the hope of having this family come to Canada was a lost battle. The only major question that was asked (mostly by the people of the supporting church) was just how much money was needed in order to have them come. My friend broke it down into what they would need for the basics and other costs involved, I noticed that the couple from the church kept on whispering over the answers my friend was giving. I was told, before the meeting, that it was finances what was going to steer the church away from helping this family because it is such a big undertaking.<br /><br />As they continued on the topic of money, my friend felt it very important to tell everyone at the table that although she would love to help this new family once they are in the country, she wasn't able to financially give like the first time she had dealt with this situation. She went on to say that without money this couldn't happen and that she didn't sleep at all the previous night because she was so stressed over this one issue.<br /><br />The couple from the church had been very quiet for the past hour and I was getting the feeling that they didn't have much to say. But boy was I wrong. The husband quietly apologized to my friend for her stress and lack of sleep. He went on to say that three years ago his company was bought out and he had kept the money he made because he knew that God was going to challenge him with it. He said that him and his wife were 100% committed to paying the full cost, whatever the total amount, for this new family. <br /><br />Well, everyone was in complete shock. Even I was. I had no idea really what was going on, but I sure could feel the Holy Spirit in that house just moving. As I looked around the table, tears filled everyone's eyes. This was the answer they were all looking for. My friend just couldn't believe her ears because the only problem she could see was the lack of money. But God knew differently.<br /><br />It was amazing to just sit back and listen to the conversation after the woman from the church said "If you need it today, we could write you a cheque for the full amount because we are that sure God wants us to use this money to help bring this family over to Canada". After that moment the conversation went from "how are we going to do this" to "what do we need to do in order to get these people here" and "how can we make their transition easier?".<br /><br />It was such a blessing to be just in the room.<br /><br />It was then that the strings of my heart were tugged upon. Ever since Marc and I have been married there has been a place for Africa on my heart. Which has been confirmed many times in the last 2 and a half years. Recently our church held a fund-raising banquet for the Villages of Hope in Africa. After the evening was over I looked at Marc and said, "Well, I hope you like Africa because in the next 5 years we will be heading over there". I had no idea what I had even said until Marc looked at me and simply said "Ok". <br /><br />Anyway, as I was sitting there I was so moved that I started thinking of simple ways that I could help out. Teaching was the first thing that popped into my head. A few summers ago I actually got the chance to tutor some kids at my old church who had just recently come from Africa, it was such a great time and doing it again is something that I could bring to the table. Sports is something else that I can help with, not that I play soccer (which is the favourite sport among this family) but I know where gyms are, I know how to get equipment and I have been trained with the knowledge of how to teach sports and games. The third thing that I can provide is an experience away from home with other Christians in a safe environment.........Camp. <br /><br />I don't even know this family or their situation or what they have been through as they live in Africa, but the verses from Matthew 25 just kept popping in my head. Marc and I might not have a lot of things or money, but we have able bodies, hands that works, and hearts that love. This young couple from the church has taken on the role of what many of us can't, the financial aspect. However, the rest of us can help out in so many other ways. Which is what I learned last night. And it doesn't have to be about this family, there are so many people in Winnipeg near where I live that could use a helping hand or someone just to talk to.<br /><br />I know this post is long and it totally does not do justice to what really went on last night. No words can even come close in explaining the feelings and emotions I experienced last night. <br /><br />What I did learn is that even though we might not have much or our hands might be too small, God can use us. We just need to let Him. And there are so many opportunities where He can use us. <br /><br />I got to meet the African family who came over to Canada 4 (almost 5) years ago and here their stories of their journey to our country. I got to listen as they told us about what a blessing it has been living in Canada. But most of all they continued to praise God for the many blessings in their lives.<br /><br /><br /><br />Can I get a HALLELUJAH or an AMEN!?!?!?!?!?Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-78918648468486144622010-02-24T08:04:00.000-08:002010-02-24T08:12:24.240-08:00An Update on LifeWell, it has been such a long time since I have posted anything. However, I shouldn't be complaining because I have been super busy at work, which is a good thing!<br /><br />We have almost 200 campers coming so far. Every single camp has at least 1 camper every week! (even drama camp!) I am constantly mailing out brochures to parents/grandparents who want to send there kid(s) to camp. Yup, life is busy here at the office.<br /><br />As of tomorrow we are losing an employee here in the office. Which is sad. And, from what I was told yesterday, part of this employee's responsibilities when it comes to event planning now falls in my lap. Something I neither have time for nor think I would be particularly good at. But that's the way life goes.<br /><br />In good (actually great news) on of our board members struck a deal with the River East Transcona School Division allowing us access into the schools, and giving every elementary student a brochure. And although this is great news! this means that my job becomes much more difficult. Let's just say that right now I am waiting on 5000 more brochures to be printed to make this dream a reality! But all in all it's really exciting! And it's really great to see how God works, even in little ways like this one. Now all I have to do is pray for volunteers to help with this massive project!<br /><br />In holiday news, Marc and I will be spending a week in BC near the end of April. Something that is LONG overdue. It will be so nice to see old friends (no Dave and Jo I don't mean to say that you are old, just that I have known you for a long time), relax, and enjoy the sun for once! Once this vacation is done we are home for exactly 4 days and then we head down with a caravan of people from our church to Atlanta for the DRIVE conference, which I am so excited that I can go on!<br /><br />Anyway, there is a little update on life, both at work and with things that I am very much looking forward to!<br /><br />Enjoy your day, I know I will......because here in Winnipeg it's like -50 with the wind chill!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-20012761838982554692010-01-29T10:27:00.000-08:002010-01-29T10:33:55.313-08:00Weddings!It has been a week, but I thought I would share this anyway.<br /><br />Last Saturday one of my longest friends, Jennifer James, got married. There are so many things I love about weddings, but this one was particularly special to me because Jen and I have known each other since birth. We grew up together at church, had numerous sleepovers and did so many things together when we were young.<br /><br />I couldn't believe how little Jenny James just all of a sudden grew up into this absolutely stunning bride! It's so nice to see her happy and with the man who makes her happy!<br /><br />In other wedding news, Marc got way too many compliments from strangers. After the ceremony, an older lady who was sitting in front of us turned around and told Marc he had an absolutely beautiful singing voice. Also, during the reception, Marc and I took turns holding and playing with a friend's baby. According to Marc multiple people came up to him and told him he was a very good dad! I thought that these remarks were very cute :)<br /><br /><br />Overall it was a great night! The food was amazing, the live band was amazing, even the sloppy wet weather was amazing!<br /><br /><br />So congrats Jen and Jer! May you have many happy years ahead of you! <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVv_gPCyj6ARNItwXFEiDHRw9IysNTuOYHebK6rA9venZ4HHdLUV0YpZ2x7rHsPJmLId-bIJ2BXQfK9jfCsi5_DBR7Gpq84fKcKN_IH80J1CWZ45YeT7DilMdsYvo5ByZ6u0ZvlP61onc/s1600-h/jenjer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVv_gPCyj6ARNItwXFEiDHRw9IysNTuOYHebK6rA9venZ4HHdLUV0YpZ2x7rHsPJmLId-bIJ2BXQfK9jfCsi5_DBR7Gpq84fKcKN_IH80J1CWZ45YeT7DilMdsYvo5ByZ6u0ZvlP61onc/s400/jenjer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432231742738327698" /></a>Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-67799575654413476742010-01-07T09:23:00.000-08:002010-01-07T09:41:56.060-08:00A Week Of FirstsThis first week of the new year has been quite a week. I actually can't believe that it's almost over!<br /><br />Although I have been very stressed out about work, there have been a few moments that have made my job feel real for the first time.<br /><br />Yesterday I received my very FIRST camper application! It was so exciting to see it. And although I am waiting for a few more in order to process a bunch together, it's still nice to know that kids (and parents) are already excited about the summer!<br /><br />Tomorrow our brochures go out. This was the FIRST time I have ever done a large mail out. This was a stressful experience, but also a very rewarding one. It's done, it only took us one day longer then we had planned for!<br /><br />I also attended my very FIRST yoga class last night. Before going I was sure it would be my first and last, but it was so great! The best part of all though was that after all of the hard work I did (the class is over an hour long) I somehow felt so relaxed! I had the best sleep ever last night.....the FIRST in a long time! And today I feel great! I don't believe in all of the teachings of yoga, but there are definitely bodily benefits from doing it!<br /><br /><br />Anyway, back to work I go!!!!!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-45011496323660214692009-12-30T12:45:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:49:45.551-08:00The Second Last Day Of 2009!Well, it's been a while since I have posted on here. Hopefully you all didn't miss me too much. Christmas is over, the year 2009 is almost over and I know that 2010 will be a year full of new and wild adventures. I am really looking forward to a new year and a new beginning. I have even decided to make a new year's resolution....however, it will not be shared in this blog. I don't want to jinx it. <br /><br />Christmas was AMAZING! We had 3 great days filled with both of our families! There was lots of laughter, games, food and love.<br /><br />Work has been fine, the office hasn't even been that empty, a good and bad thing. Sometimes I just love being by myself!<br /><br />Right now I am working on getting things ready for our 2010 brochure mailout....which is happening on January 6.........it will be officially over!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and I wish nothing but God's richest blessings on you for 2010!<br /><br />Oh I just thought of a new New Year's resolution, one that I can share with you all: to post more blogs! I know you will all want to hear more about me and my life and what goes on at camp!<br /><br /><br />See you in 2010!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-7104638799830172009-12-02T10:28:00.000-08:002009-12-02T10:37:05.809-08:00Day 55: Christms Is Just Around The Corner!Happy Wednesday to my readers!<br /><br />It has been a while since my last blog....sadly I have been way to busy to sit down and just type randomly over the last few weeks.<br /><br />Today the office is quiet, it's just me and good old Cliff here. Everyone else is either up at camp or not working today. But it's nice, I am sitting and doing work while listening to Christmas carols! The songs that come out around this time of year are some of my favourites! There is something so great about Christmas carols, it's exciting for me to worship the birth of our Lord! I am also enjoying this Christmas season a bit more because there is hardly any snow....sadly I have a feeling that it's coming soon :(<br /><br />The office is also nicely decorated, it will be finished by tomorrow. But the tree is up and it looks so beautiful, I just wish that my house looked as nice. Sigh. One of these days Marc and I will decorate.<br /><br />This coming weekend is the big Christmas production at Church, which I am really excited about! The cast has done a great job of making Marc's play come to life! And it's also really funny :) Plus once this weekend is over, my life will finally have resting periods! My weekends will actually be weekends! I calculated a few weeks ago that I will basically be working about 30 days without having a real break from "work", so I am very excited for next week to begin!<br /><br />As for me and work, not too much to record. Right now we are hoping that the brochure can be sent off to the printers by Friday, so I have been busy this week making sure all the registration stuff is ready to go and anything else that needs to be printed for summer time. I am getting really excited for summer! I am excited to start registering kids and seeing them at camp!<br /><br />Well, that's all for now. Back to work! And I guess it's lunch time so I will be enjoying my chicken pot pie very soon!<br /><br />I hope you all are well! And that you are just as excited about Christmas as I am!!!!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-9857081987201296482009-11-17T13:51:00.000-08:002009-11-17T14:02:03.504-08:00Day 44: Depends....like the Diapers.So today at lunch Steve, Will, Pat, Shannon and myself were all sitting in our "lunch room" having some food when all of a sudden the conversation got interesting. The next thing we knew one person was sharing stories of their college/dorm years and all of the crazy things they did. One story involved a competition with fellow dorm-folk and the classic adult diaper Depends. <br /><br />Here's how it goes:<br /><br />These dorm people had to put on a diaper and wear it during the day. The first person to go in their diaper would win.....brownie points to the one who could poop first (pun so intended). This is a totally disgusting story, however now the camp "fun police" have it in their heads to have this type of competition one day. EW! I don't think it would really happen, but just the thought of not going to the bathroom at all during an 8 hour day makes me feel sick. And by "to the bathroom" I mean the room....not the doing.<br /><br />Also today I learned that Will (the big boss) is actually very funny! Especially when he has food in his tummy! He also treats me like one of his own kids....today I got a slap on the head with a letter. Not in a bad/mean way, just in a father-like way. Sorry dad, you've been replaced with my new-improved office dad :( <br /><br /><br />In other news this week is moving week! We are thrilled to be leaving our apartment, just not so thrilled about the actual moving part. But so far we have many people who have offered to help us out! Although something tells me they are really just in it for the pizza......hmmmmmmmmmmmm.<br /><br />Work is work right now. It's quiet right now in the office, something that I hate. I am trying to update the database without messing it up. So far I have success, but we will see when registration time comes. <br /><br />That's all for now.<br /><br />Just promise me that when you use Depends, don't share this information with your friends. It's kind of gross.Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-4842513533568527062009-11-13T13:54:00.000-08:002009-11-13T13:59:26.698-08:00Day 42: God Bless Fridays!Today is Friday. I love it!<br /><br />I don't really have much to tell you. Today was a quiet day in the office because Steve and Shannon were both out all morning and Pat and Melissa don't work on Fridays. It was just me and good old Clifford! <br /><br />I did a lot of work on our Bible Ex stuff today, Shannon even liked my ideas! I am so thankful that it's coming along nicely! Hopefully in the next few weeks we can finalize it all. I am really hoping that the whole video thing will work out! We have a few ideas (either something like GLEE or having people go on a canoe trip). Both ideas are fun!<br /><br />Right now I am just trying to pass time by keeping myself busy. Tomorrow is a crazy day. Marc and I are doing a show.....we need to practice lots tonight. Not to mention my big boss is coming to see it, so we have to impress him with it.<br /><br />Stress Stress Stress<br /><br />We move in 1 week. We are so not ready for it. Something else to add to our stress level.<br /><br />But one thing I know is that GOD IS GOOD! Which is why we have Fridays!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />See you on Monday!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-23466594918338595502009-11-12T09:41:00.000-08:002009-11-12T10:12:38.945-08:00Day 41: ThoughtsSo far this blog has been about fun around the office, nothing too deep to make the head hurt. But today I feel as though I should write about something important.<br /><br />Camp Arnes has been around for many years (60 to be exact) and there have been many lives changed because of camp (like ours and others). I feel so blessed to be a part of something like this and the fact that I do play a role in bringing kids to camp to hear the Good News! I am also excited because I am also helping to create the Bible Ex material for our campers to have and to experience while they are at camp. It has been really challenging because my brain is working on overtime and I just can't seem to get it right. Knowing this also makes me so happy. I know that God has great things planned for the 2010 summer up at camp! And the fact that He wants me to search and put effort in to what the campers will be taught is a rewarding feeling. It is hard, but in the end I know that it will be worth it!<br /><br />Today I am working on this very thing because Shannon (my boss) and I have been having a rough go of it. I won't give anything away but I am working on the topic idea "how the world sees us as people verses how God sees us as people". When I have a real brain fart I run my ideas through google. This always leads me to the yahoo answers. Sometimes I read them, sometimes I don't, today I decided to because I was so stuck. <br /><br />The Question: How does God see us as His children?<br /><br />There were many answers, but take a look at what one person wrote. (sorry it's so long, but it is very interesting)<br /><br />"You'd be surprised!<br /><br />The Bible writers created the story of the Jewish God that is worshipped by gullible Christians today mainly in America. This God forced the Jews to eat their own children for dinner NOT AS A PUNISHMENT, but as an option in times of famine. Not even as an option, but as the “WILL OF GOD!” God NEVER objected about slaughtering and cooking children for dinner. God won’t let the Jews eat pigs, but children YES! The Preachers are very dishonest people always covering up anything negative in the Bible! They do it to protect their source of income! I dropped out of Christianity and religion after many years serving in the Christian ministry! The Bible was written to control low IQ religious people who need to pay a 10% (TITHE) crutch to function in this world. Any religion back then was as barbaric as you can’t possibly imagine. The Bible is a hangover from those days... <br /><br />God is totally powerless to teach any lesson without FORCING the Jews to eat their own children for dinner. The Bible writers say that Palestine was a “Land Flowing with Milk and Honey” ONLY before the Israelite invasion. The former dwellers used to live in plenty! After the invasion SURPRISE!!! suddenly the “milk and honey” stopped flowing! So now the Bible writers are promising to Israel that “God will make the desert to blossom like a rose!” The perennial carrot hanging at the end of the stick is working!<br /><br />God’s sadistic pleasures are the kinkiest ones ever to be imagined! None of the “Godless” dictators in the world EVER thought of forcing his people to eat their own children for dinner...! That is so repulsive that no smut publication is publishing anything like that either, but any pervert preacher can discreetly enjoy reading all about it in the Holy Bible! The rest of Christians are totally brainwashed with the GOD IS LOVE bit! No wonder the Clergy hid the Bible from public view for so many centuries! To their great relief hardly any Christian today pays attention to what they read in the Bible! <br /><br />Leviticus 26:29 - (God is impatiently saying) YOU WILL eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters* (*without warning of any evil! Christians are trained to believe that no matter how pervert it may sound “if God says it I believe it… and that settles it!”)<br /><br />Deuteronomy 28:53-57 - Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege* (*God is conditioning the mind of the Israelites 700 Bible years into the future! In our society today anybody promoting the idea of any crime like that is put in jail!), YOU WILL EAT THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB, THE FLESH OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS the LORD your God has given you* (*God WILL NOT do anything to protect the innocent children, but his chosen people will enjoy eating them…! Praise the LORD! Sweet Jesus… Amen?) Even the most gentle and sensitive man* (*not a sinful homosexual or a Godless atheist, but a CHOSEN CHILD OF GOD!) among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his SURVIVING children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating…* (*Not sharing is “THE SIN”! Only repugnant wanking perverts would write anything like this in a religious book like the Bible!)<br /><br />Jeremiah 19:9 I* (*God, NOT SATAN, but GOD!) WILL MAKE THEM EAT THE FLESH OF THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS* (This sick God has to FORCE the Jews to eat their own children! During the real historic Roman siege of “Masada” [do Google] all the Jewish families killed themselves before even dreaming about eating their own children!)<br /><br />God won’t force the Jews to eat PIGS, but their own children YES! The Bible writers say that when the 666 mark will be instituted Christians won’t be able to buy or sell food without it. Based on Bible precedents, will the heart bleeding Christians of the Westboro orientation eat their own children for dinner? Christians would deny it or say that if God forced the Jews to do it, it was because the Jews were very “sinful”!<br /><br />Ezekiel 5:10 - Therefore in your midst fathers WILL EAT THEIR CHILDREN...<br /><br />Any kind of secular government would offer its citizens better protection than the Bible God. They would certainly allow them to eat pork instead of children! It took Moses 2 men to carry a single cluster of gigantic size grapes to show Israel how plentiful was the Land of Palestine that they were going to invade (Num 13:23)! It was a trick in the Bible script to motivate well fed Jews into COVETING* (*the heck with the 10 Commands!) to leave Egypt and to invade the Holy Land of plenty! (BTW, there is not a shred of historical evidence that millions of slave Jews ever lived in Egypt, but what the heck!) Now the Jews can eat their own children in the Holy Land for God’s kinky pleasure! Actually, for the pleasure of the wanking Bible writers and some discreet Bible readers today!<br /><br />Lamentations 4:10 - With their own hands COMPASSIONATE WOMEN* (*GODLY WOMEN…! Not lesbians or atheistic ladies, but “MANY” God loving heterosexual ladies) HAVE COOKED THEIR OWN CHILDREN...!<br /><br />Here is a case in FULL EXPLICIT CONTEXT in the Bible that is IMPOSSIBLE for any Preacher to “spiritualize” and make it go away!<br /><br />2 Kings 6:26-29 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king* (*a God related King)!” The king replied, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? Then he asked her, “What's the matter?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we'll eat my son.’ So we cooked my son and ate him* (*BTW… it came out delicious!). The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him, but she had hidden him!* (*God cursed woman! She cheated!) <br /><br />They were all COMPASSIONATE Godly, non-Atheistic, heterosexual women that HAVE SLAUGHTERED AND COOKED THEIR OWN CHILDREN FOR DINNER at the tune of “The LORD is my Shepherd I shall not want” (Psa 23)!<br /><br />Isaiah 49:15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I* (*God) WILL NOT FORGET YOU!* (*I’ll make her eat the child! Hey, not even Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is that scary! God must have a serious psychopathic disorder and ought to see a shrink or rather put the Bible writers in jail!)<br /><br />The last bunch of Bible writers claim that God the Son Jesus Christ was beaten to a pulp thoroughly tenderized and heavily marinated in Roman soldiers’ spit to become the dignified “Lamb of God” grotesquely nailed totally naked to the Holy Cross to cleanse the World from “sin.” BTW, the Roman soldiers never dressed the genital area of their victims with a white diaper! The Christians snack Jesus ROMAN SPIT FLAVORED MEAT AND DRINK HIS HOLY BLOOD to go to Heaven when they die! (John 6:53) The eating of children is part of the BIBLE tale so the forever snacking on the Jesus Christ in the Holy Communion is not half that bad!<br /><br />The Bible writers say that God’s enemies ought to be killed in their infancy when it is easier to get rid of them (Amen?) <br />Psalm 137:8-9 - O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, HAPPY is he who repays you for what you have done to us* (*Holy Vendetta! The heck with “giving the other cheek!”) --he who seizes your infants and DASHES them against the rocks.<br /><br />Needed abortions today are for HUMANE reasons! Only the fetus is destroyed not a born child! God requires that the children be dashed to pieces or slaughters and cooked for dinner after they are born! God’s Chosen People are promised to ravish some horny ladies while slaughtering their children! <br /><br />Isaiah 13:16 (KJV) Their little ones also WILL BE DASHED TO PIECES before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished…. (the wanking Bible writers claim that some ladies of God’s enemies will be ravished to their delight while their children are being DASHED TO PIECES – God is conditioning the mind of his chosen people for this sort of depravity!)<br /><br />God the Son Jesus Christ is hardly any better than his Daddy God!<br /><br />Revelation 2:23 (In his apocalyptic “revelation” Jesus Christ says) I WILL STRIKE HER CHILDREN DEAD* (*No abortionist can beat Jesus at killing babies --not destroying fetuses, but killing children! God the Father forced Israel to eat their children for dinner now God the Son Jesus Christ promised to kill the children in the wrong Churches so they can learn a lesson on WHO IS THE BOSS. To add insult to injury, preachers are getting rich selling books on Jesus’ love for the little children of the world! Today, Jesus Christ would be in jail for bullying about killing any child to favor a particular brand of faith!) Then ALL THE CHURCHES WILL KNOW that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.* (*Not even the Mafia talks like that in public!)<br /><br />The bottom line is that the Bible was written by a bunch of wanking perverts. Christians are brainwashed to disregard all the crap in the Bible that they hardly read!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I read this and was so surprised. I just couldn't get over the fact that this young person felt this way about God and the Bible. And that fact that they were previously involved in Christianity (not sure to what degree or what denomination). All I wanted to do was to write to them and let them know that they had totally taken these passages out of context. I am no Bible scholar and I really have a hard time understanding it sometimes, but God would never force a person to eat their own child. I looked up some of the passages this person quoted and read them in context, they had a totally different meaning.<br /><br />My heart broke for this person and others out in the world like them. They are missing out on the best possible thing that we could ever have while living on earth. And because they misread something.<br /><br />This got me thinking about the question everyone has "why do bad things happen to good people? and why does God let it happen?"<br /><br />I hate this question, but I understand why people ask it. I am a Christian and bad things happen to me. But the things that have happened to me happened either because of my bad decisions and for the fact that I have sinned OR because of the natural ways of the world. Loved ones in my own life have died and for "unfair" reasons, but I know with my whole heart that God did not punish my aunt because of her sin and He did not give her cancer. <br /><br />Bad things happen to us because our world is so full of sin and because people are full of sin. If God had it His way nothing bad would ever happen to us, no matter what our faith is. But it's because He gave us free choice so we wouldn't have to be like robots (thank goodness for that!!!). <br /><br />It's a simple answer, but it's the one that I believe.<br /><br />Getting back to what this writer wrote as their answer (in response to other people answering this same question). If you read these verses in context there is one underlying issue. (Again I will say that I am not a Bible scholar and these are my own views and opinions.) The same theme that flows through all of these passages is SIN. A simple, three letter word that people seem to forget about.<br /><br />Bad things happen to "good" people because of sin, not because of God. <br /><br /><br /><br />These are my thoughts. I would love to hear yours.Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-4254132405893476502009-11-04T14:24:00.000-08:002009-11-04T14:34:16.263-08:00Day 36: What is Up With This Office?So on Monday I quoted good old Office Space the movie, and the office has been crazy quiet for the last THREE days. I have no idea what is wrong with everyone, but it sounds like work is actually getting done here. <br /><br />Today I got to experience Microsoft Office Publisher 2003. It is crazy hard to figure out how to do things the best and most efficient way. That said, it only took me half of the day (give or take) to create from scratch a family camp registration form. I am pretty darn impressed with myself. And I gave my boss the great idea that we should keep it as a folded type brochure looking thing, only because that's how I created it in the first place (after a million tries).<br /><br />Also today I got to make up camper quotes. Easy, you might think. But how many different ways can you come up with "Camp was amazing I loved it!"??? It was hard, but in the end I managed to squeeze out 30 different fake quotes campers might have said to us during the 2009 summer. <br /><br />On a personal note, I am still sick, which forced me to head to bed at 7pm last night and then sleep for pretty much the next 12 hours. Who does that? Especially what 23 year old goes to bed that early? My mom, who is in her 50's goes to bed around that time every night, but she also gets up earlier. Am I really that lame that I must (and I mean must) go to bed at an early hour. I miss my days of college dorm life when there was no bed time, you just slept all day long!<br /><br />Marc and I are meeting with a lawyer on Sunday (we are missing church because of it) and paying the huge fee of closing costs to them. Who knew it would be so much?!?!? When we met with a guy at the bank regarding our mortgage back in early September, he said it shouldn't be more then $3,000. WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP! It is not anywhere close to that. Stupid bank. The good news is that we still have the house! And that's what counts, right Joanne????? <br /><br />Well, the office is almost closed for the day and my brain is fried. I wonder what I will do once I am home????? (.................sleep...............)<br /><br />Until next time!<br /><br />Office Girl Out!Jenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364400183354618340.post-16751803999970264262009-11-02T15:19:00.000-08:002009-11-02T15:27:38.165-08:00Day 34: The Case of the MondaysWell it is officially 5:15pm and I am still at the office! This makes me sound so good, but I really got here at 2pm today. I had an eye appointment, which took forever and so I have decided to stay until 6pm to make up for lost time....and to get paid for at least half a day!<br /><br />An update:<br />I was sick all weekend, and slept most of it. I did miss Friday at work because I needed to sleep, but it was SO worth it! Saturday I was still tired and sick but I managed to pull myself together to pack up some of our belongings. Now our apartment looks horrible because it's full of cardboard boxes. Sunday was a long day....we were at church from 9-4 basically. But the Christmas production is coming along nicely! <br /><br />Work today was fine. It was quiet in the office, I am not feeling well and Melissa is only working Tuesdays and Thursdays from now on, and I think Cliff was out running errands for part of the afternoon. I just think we all had a case of the Mondays (thank you Office Space!).<br /><br />I actually got a lot done today! Right now Marc is in talks with doing a drama program at camp this summer, for a few weeks in August, and I have been working on the Bible Ex material. So far it's kind of lame and cheesey because I have to relate it to the Bible and drama, but the connections are there.<br /><br />I also read part of a book, for research to help me understand teenagers for Bible Ex. It's called DO HARD THINGS by Alex and Brett Harris. So far it's great! Although I still don't really understand teens. Wait! Wasn't I one just a few years ago?!?!?!?!<br /><br />I even answered the phone today! Two people called while I was at work, well actually it was the same guy calling twice. So technically I guess it was only one. <br /><br />Right now I am just passing the time and taking a thinking break. I think I have earned one!<br /><br />The Office GirlJenna Moirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537351284701861988noreply@blogger.com2