Outreach Ministries?

An update from Rawdon, Quebec:

I just wanted to give you a little bit of an idea as to what's been going through my head lately. Before tomorrow night (Saturday night), I have to decide which outreach ministry I want to be a part of. Here are my options:

1) Community help - cleaning houses, repairing fences, tidying yards, painting things, etc.
2) Heather Manor - this is an old-folks home, basically we just go there and visit the old people; this is also a pallitive (sp?) care home.
3) Teaching Sunday School - we can take on teaching a Sunday school class at a local church
4) Ministry team - my school organizes a ministry team where we go out to different churches and youth groups, etc. and lead worship with them, share our testimonies and maybe even give a message. To my understanding, we mostly do this with youth.

Those are my four options. I do believe that God is calling me to one of those. I won't say which one, but I would appreciate it if everyone reading this would pray for me, and if you feel like God is speaking to you about which one or just a Scripture or something comes to mind, I would love it if you could email me about it. The decision has to be made by tomorrow night, but if you only message me about something after, that's totally okay too!

Thanks everyone!
Love,
Janessa

Oh happy birthday to me!

Oh it's my 18th birthday! And I'm so far away from home, just trying to celebrate it with people that I hardly know. But that's okay. The people here are pretty sweet!

Quebec is a really beautiful province. Capernwray Quebec is located in the "mountains" of Quebec. It's so very different than Manitoba! I've seen my first maple tree with maple leaves! And it's so amazing how red the leaves get! In Manitoba, our leaves just turn yellow then brown, but here! Oh my word! They get sooooo red! Like almost firetruck red! It's so beautiful.

So I just thought that I'd post a little blog thing, just to let you know about the place and to inform you about the fact that I now have Internet access!!

Au reviour (if that's how you spell it lol. i still have some learning to do!),
Janessa

P.S. For you EFC ladies, I've figured out that one of my roommates is a #1 and one is a TOTAL #4! I do have a third roommate, but I haven't quite figured her out yet. She's French and I can hardly understand her. But she's so cute!

10,9,8,7,6... Things About Me :)

Hi hello, this is Janessa Friesen. I am embarking on an adventure to Capernwray Quebec in 9 days and I would just like to invite you to come along with me through this blog. As a little bit of a "let's get to know Janessa" thing, I came up with some lists and things to get to know me a little bit better. If there happens to be anything else you'd like to know about me that is not included on this list, please don't hesitate to ask.  Here are some random things that you may or may not have already known about me:

10 Things that I love:

- my pet cat Dorian

- my stuffed penguin family

- the smell outside after it rains

- the song Reign In Us by Starfield 

- sweet chilli sauce

- Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory TV show

- the TV show House

- the theory of evolution (I DO NOT believe in it, but the "science" behind it I find fascinating)

- my church family :)

- British people

9 Things that I hate:

- spiders

- rude drivers

- Twilight (because of the obsession around it)

- people who update their FB statuses five million times a day (ok a bit of an exaggeration… but you get the point)

- thunderstorms

- 30+ weather

- stick-thin girls who complain about how fat they are (actually pretty much every girl who complains about how fat they are )

- outrageous gas prices

- people who lie to advance in any area of their life

8 Bible verses that have impacted my life:

- Psalm 18:6

- Jeremiah 29:11-14

- Ezekiel 36:25-26

- Psalm 63:3

- Colossians 3:12-14

- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

- Philippians 4:8

- 1 Peter 3:4

7 People/Couples who I look up to in my life:

- My parents

- Kris Duerksen

- Mo & Karen Friesen

- Abby Peters

- Missy Kroeker

- Missy Bartel

- Nicole Dyck

6 People who inspire me:

- Jesus Christ

- the Apostle Peter

- Taylor Swift

- Max Lucado

- John Lennon

- Bono

5 Favourite Single Music Artists:

- Ellie Goulding

- Ingrid Michaelson

- Taylor Swift

- Colbie Caillat

- Jack Johnson

4 Favourite Musical Bands/Groups:

- Marianas Trench

- Shane & Shane

- The Band Perry

- Death Cab for Cutie

3 Favourite TV shows:

- House

- The Big Bang Theory

- The Vampire Diaries

2 Favourite Movies:

- Life as We Know It (with Josh Duhamel & Katharine Heigl)

- The Proposal (with Ryan Reynolds & Sandra Bullock)

1 Favourite Author:

- Ted Dekker