A.New.Post.

. . . time is flying by . . . 

And I know a post is due, or wait, should I say OVER-DO? I realize it has been a long time since I've sat down to create a post on this blog. But, let me say, I've had excuses :-) In September, the one and only brother, and myself, took the twenty-hour trip to PA. I did not return home until nearly two months later. And well he . . . is still down there!

I had a wonderful, yes, WONDERFUL time at SMBI -- a Bible school nestled in the beautiful mountains of PA. Okay, yes, it truly is beautiful in those parts of the country! But nothing is quite like my beautiful northern home :-) So, a few pictures of Bible school coming up. NOTE: I said a few, I could post oodles and oodles, but well, there are too many oodles that it would bore you quickly, so, I'll stick with a small number of pictures to describe my awesome time at SMBI:

Sharilee -- my wonderful friend!

Becca! I miss her.

 Favourite.coffee.shop.

 Love these girls!

 Banquet ;-)

This lady was such a dear!

So fun to hang out with Cynthia one day!

And then my brother came to see me one weekend!

And these awesome people!

And these lovelies ;-)

It was the weekend for visitors!

And I got to hang out with AMY!

And from SMBI it was on to my post-term ministry placement in Shendandoah. I loved this place and I loved the people! We did children's ministry, widow visitation, door-to-door evangelism, a tea party for the community girls, and work projects. I loved it! Just a few pictures from my time there:

 Children's club!

 He came to see me here too!

 Out for supper!

Love this girl.

 Watching my brother play hockey.

 Tea Party!

 

And THEN! I got to see my sweetheart after too many weeks without each other! Ooh, it was a very, very happy day ;-) And we had a wonderful time being a part of Doyle and Teresa's wedding!

(Krisjoylove Photography)

(Krisjoylove Photography)

A fun 20-hour drive home!

Which consisted of . . .

A stop at Niagara Falls at 2 a.m.

Breakfast in Mackinaw City

A lighthouse in St. Ignace

And running on the beaches of the Great Lakes 

Keys locked in the car (I'll take the blame for that ;-))

 And then the weekend I got home these lovely friends made the 20-hour drive to come see me and my sisters! What a fun time . . .

A spur-of-the-moment shopping trip to Winnipeg.

 Photo-shoots

 Supper at the Greek Restaurant

(Thanks to my wonderful boyfriend buying for us ALL!)

 Enjoying Kenora's Harbour Front in the FREEZING cold!

 And then a visit from my boyfriend!

Well friends, this brings me to the end of this blog post. I realize it got longer than I was expecting. But well, when there's months upon months of blogging to catch up with, I guess I shouldn't expect it to be short :-) Anyways, I hope you're enjoying the start of winter! We have a snow-covered yard, negative temperatures, and a cold, windy, cloudy day . . . but a warm house so I shan't complain :-)

Happy winter!

~Clarissa