So I have decided that I am going to do this blog different... I will try every day to write something and post a picture of something that I am thankful for.
This morning I am thankful that there is a God who is above me and who is in controle and I don't have to be. Praise the Lord it is not about me and not up to me to save myself or the world. I am thankful!
I was reading this thing in one of my mom's journal that I think Max Lucado wrote it but I was reading this things called, It's not about me. Pretty much what I needed to hear right now. It is not about me it is about the Glory of God.
That's it.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Christmas With the Family
Ya Christmas! This is our family photo minus stephen cause he had to leave already, but we still love him. We'll photo shop him in later. Christmas was good and we had a great time as a family, playing games, watching movies, and hanging out. Shortly after christmas we got to go snowmobiling out at uncle dale's and it was a blast.
When we got here mom and dad put us to work...hehe just kidding, but we did help out a bit with the house building. Painting and stacking boards is what we're good at. The house is coming along great and I'm excited to see what it's going to look like finished.
Well a few more days with Mom and Dad, then it's off back to home for me. My australian home that is. Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
I'm Home!!!
Well I'm soooo sorry that it has been a long long and I mean long time since I have last posted on here. It's horrible of me and if I ask for your guys forgiveness that would be wonderful....wooh thanks!
Well yes it is true....this Maegan Sara Reid is home for the holidays. I'm in saskatoon from the 10th of Dec to the 21st. Then Melissa, Stephen and I are on our way to Kelowna to see mom and dad. Woo hoo!! White Christmas that is forsure. I have to say when getting here I was shocked with the weather....not as cold as it should be, but for this woman who has been in a very hot country for so long it is still a shocker.
The last 11 months have been amazing. There have been times of joy and times of laughter, even times of sorrow, but through it I have really seen God's faithfulness, love and grace.
The last 4 months have been spent on a practical service to the YWAM centre. I've been working in the kitchen as manager and have been cooking for 80-200 people! Yeah it's been a steep learning curve for me, but has taught me a lot of good skills. It has taught me better communication with my co-workers, the responsibility of feeding people and caring for them, and some really key character skills of sticking with something even though it gets tough and not fun at all. It was a good time and I'm glad that I was able to do it.
Now I'll be sure to post more pictures when my family and I have taken a bunch of family shots. You'll then be able to see an updated picture of me! woohoo. Not much has changes, but ya know it's nice to see new pictures every now and then.
Well it's been a pleasure and you have a good day now!
Well yes it is true....this Maegan Sara Reid is home for the holidays. I'm in saskatoon from the 10th of Dec to the 21st. Then Melissa, Stephen and I are on our way to Kelowna to see mom and dad. Woo hoo!! White Christmas that is forsure. I have to say when getting here I was shocked with the weather....not as cold as it should be, but for this woman who has been in a very hot country for so long it is still a shocker.
The last 11 months have been amazing. There have been times of joy and times of laughter, even times of sorrow, but through it I have really seen God's faithfulness, love and grace.
The last 4 months have been spent on a practical service to the YWAM centre. I've been working in the kitchen as manager and have been cooking for 80-200 people! Yeah it's been a steep learning curve for me, but has taught me a lot of good skills. It has taught me better communication with my co-workers, the responsibility of feeding people and caring for them, and some really key character skills of sticking with something even though it gets tough and not fun at all. It was a good time and I'm glad that I was able to do it.
Now I'll be sure to post more pictures when my family and I have taken a bunch of family shots. You'll then be able to see an updated picture of me! woohoo. Not much has changes, but ya know it's nice to see new pictures every now and then.
Well it's been a pleasure and you have a good day now!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
A few pictures for the people!
All of the Muslim Woman outside of McDonalds!
Maria and I. She's a good one and I'll have to tell the story later :).
Nate and I pretending to be super heros!
One of the Muslim Woman I met in Gold Coast.
YA SASKATCHEWAN!!!Go Rough Riders Go
Monday, June 18, 2007
What day are we on....oh right day 8
Well we've been on outreach now for 8 days and man have we done a good variety of things already. We've been talking to backpackers, working in schools, going to a youth group tonight, been to churches, and having a lot of fun while doing it. It's been an amazing time and hard at moments, but God continually shows himself faithful and good.
I've been going through a bit of stuff myself. Find out that I hold a lot of my identity in the things that I do. I'm a doer kind of person and there is nothing wrong with that, but when it becomes who you are instead of just who you are and who God has created you to be and opperate out of...it tends to get a little messy. So I'm learning to just chill and do as God is asking me at the time. It's interesting and hard to be in leadership, but I know God has gifted me in it, it only needs to be skilled and formed more so that I can continue to be an affective leader.
Our team is getting along really well together and I'm blessed to have a team that love and I mean love to laugh. If we're not eating we're laughing up a storm. It's really a good time and we find that we'll be breaking a lot of mind sets of people who think that Christians aren't out to have a good time. So it's been good and ministry stuff is going good. Alot of the time we find out only minutes before hand what we are going to do, but it really all works out and God moves in awesome ways.
This morning I got to teach an RE class (relegious education) and I was teaching grades 1-3. I sat them down all around me and we read the story of jonah. Then I got them to all draw pictures of the story and they came up with some pretty good stuff! really enjoyed it and made me think even more about becoming a teacher. so it was really good.
i should get going I think we're heading out to see a little bit more of Dalby. But I hope you all enjoy your day and be blessed!
maegan
I've been going through a bit of stuff myself. Find out that I hold a lot of my identity in the things that I do. I'm a doer kind of person and there is nothing wrong with that, but when it becomes who you are instead of just who you are and who God has created you to be and opperate out of...it tends to get a little messy. So I'm learning to just chill and do as God is asking me at the time. It's interesting and hard to be in leadership, but I know God has gifted me in it, it only needs to be skilled and formed more so that I can continue to be an affective leader.
Our team is getting along really well together and I'm blessed to have a team that love and I mean love to laugh. If we're not eating we're laughing up a storm. It's really a good time and we find that we'll be breaking a lot of mind sets of people who think that Christians aren't out to have a good time. So it's been good and ministry stuff is going good. Alot of the time we find out only minutes before hand what we are going to do, but it really all works out and God moves in awesome ways.
This morning I got to teach an RE class (relegious education) and I was teaching grades 1-3. I sat them down all around me and we read the story of jonah. Then I got them to all draw pictures of the story and they came up with some pretty good stuff! really enjoyed it and made me think even more about becoming a teacher. so it was really good.
i should get going I think we're heading out to see a little bit more of Dalby. But I hope you all enjoy your day and be blessed!
maegan
Monday, June 11, 2007
First Day of Outreach!
So...we're finslly here on outreach. We left at a good 10 am time and arrived in Byron Bay shortly after lunch time. It was alot of fun and felt slightly wierd to be on the road with only 7 people in the van instead of 25 other people. The first day went well. We arrived and unpacked a bit, found out what we were going to be doing a bit more and then went in to Byron to pray and see what God had to say about Byron. We also prayed in to just the start of our outreach. It was a good time. Then we did a few things like grocery shopping and buying food for dinner. Then this evening we watched a movie called Invisible Children. It really made us think....a lot. I recommend watching this movie and it'll change the way that you see a few things. It's about the children of Sudan and how they must move from their homes to a hospital so that they will not get abducted in to a Rebel army. It's amazing what these kids do and how no one is doing anything about it. So it makes you think about what you can do.
The day went over well and I hope we continue push in to prayer and really bring that out. I feel like God wants me to push more in to prayer. I'm excited for the future days of outreach. I's love for you to pray and things you could would be....
Unity
Balance between relaxed and trying to get things done.
Good relationships with people formed.
Growth in prayer.
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