Dang I Wish I had a Picture

I was wondering what to read from the bible two days ago so I asked God, What do you want me to read. I hear Job 37 in my head and think uh oh was that just me saying that, I dont know if there is even 37 chapters in Job. So I turn there and read this: ( actually starting in chapter 36)

26 “Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted. 27 He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain. 28 The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits. 29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven? 30 See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea. 31 By these mighty acts he nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance. 32 He fills his hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at its target. 33 The thunder announces his presence; the storm announces his indignant anger.
It continues on in chapter 37 and says, 13 He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love.

I thought man that is awesome I sure would love to see a good lightning storm up here in the Prairies. Last year we saw the very end of one at the beggining of the year and then nothing. So then last night rolls around and this is were I wish I had a picture but hopefully I can paint it for you. The volleyball game stops suddenly when we hear thunder and a blur of lightning. We stop not swo we wont get struck but so we can go watch the action. So its down to the train tracks we go to watch and hope and on the way there we can see the most beautiful sunset. On top of the layer of colors sat a layer of dark. The thunder continued to rumble in the distance as our eyes stay peeled looking for bolts of lightning. YEAHH I yelled out when I saw the first one split the sky, and then another and another. Pretty soon we had a good seat on top of a pile of railroad ties with an incredible panoramic view of a lightning-set, sunsetting over the prairies with lightning bolting in almost 360 degrees. Man, God is huge, and what an awesome gift He gave us that night. Id say definately one of the top 10 sights ive ever seen

Float Plane Landing

I'm back now in Three Hills, Alberta at Prairie Bible College. I had a very unexpected, yet very awesome summer this year. I cannot thank Vanessa's family enough for everything they have done and did while I got to visit. I had such an awesome time there and will miss the place and the people there alot. Ive tried to post some pics of the beautiful country surrounding Vanessa's house so have a look.

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Ontario

I left Georgia a little early for school so i could visit the great state of Ontario and see where Vanessa lives ( I mean province). My time here has been amazing so far. To my excitement she lives away from everything where i can hear cows while i sleep and look out the window laying in my bed to see a ton of bright stars. And by my bed i mean her room because i took it over when i came her and now she shares a room with her sister just like when they were growing up ( thanks Alex).

Sense Vanessa has to work everyday during the week I had a list of things to do around their house to keep me busy and earn my keep. I dont want to make it sound too bad though because sometimes that included going into town to catch fish untill Vanessa got off work and then bring her home. So far weve got alot of smaller bluegill, bass, and perch off of docks, shores and in rivers. There is water everywhere here it awesome. This seems like the kinda place that would be so easy to take for granted living here but coming from the outside I cant get enough of it. I wish I had much more time and much less to day besides exploring corn fields, old barns, rivers that lead to lakes, and beaches that no one knows about.

Sense Vanessa has to work everyday during the week I had a list of things to do around their house to keep me busy and earn my keep. I dont want to make it sound too bad though because sometimes that included going into town to catch fish untill Vanessa got off work and then bring her home. So far weve got alot of smaller bluegill, bass, and perch off of docks, shores and in rivers. There is water everywhere here it awesome. This seems like the kinda place that would be so easy to take for granted living here but coming from the outside I cant get enough of it. I wish I had much more time and much less to day besides exploring corn fields, old barns, rivers that lead to lakes, and beaches that no one knows about.

One day her mom surprised us by taking us to the local float plant airport. Ideally i would really really like ending up flying at float plane on the mission filed someday. Up untill that day I had never even seen one. Im not sure how it all happened but somehow, thanks to her mom, me and Vanessa got to go up in the plane and I got to fly it. I was so cool watching the water splash up beside the plane on the take off. We went to two remote fishing lakes that could only be reached by air. My eyes stayed huge with excitement the whole time. We touched down in the first lake and after a while we took back off again and sharply turned around and flew about 20 feet off the ground through a narrow marsh land surrounded by tall trees untill it opened up to a another big lake. After practically skimming the water for a while we headed back.

The landing back at the airport was awesome. We came down over some trees and then into another narrow passageway. Below us some water started to appear under some tall grasses but the lake itself was still a little ways ahead of us as we got lower and lower. We finally touched down on top of the grasses and then floated into the lake and over to the dock to tie up the plane. The pilot said once you fly on floats you never go back. I hope he is right.

Last week I decided I would become a well driller. Actually one of her moms good friends owns a drilling company and was short one guy for a couple of weeks and wanted to know if i would be interested. Wood eye! So I show up monday morning at 7:00 at his farm and we go over to the shop where the fun begins. The day is filled with huge trucks, oversized tools, and everything covered in either grease or mud- or both ( including me). On the way to the first job the owner warned me about this and I was thinking - bring it on! I am not the biggest guy in the world and luggin around the tools and machines and just doing this work has been challenging. Its one of those situations where you ask yourself, do I have what it takes? Without giving up even when I suck at welding, or cant figure out how to move a pipe, or smash my toe, God keeps telling me at the end of the day, yes you have what it takes. Everyday I come home tired and take a hose shower in time for dinner. The owner Dave has gave me this opportunity in a heartbeat without really knowing me and offered to pay me by donating directly to the school. He is an awesome guy to work for. Tomorrow its back out to the Georgian bay to try and find water. After 180 feet down today nothing yet so we are crossing our fingers.