Ok so my buddy Matt is in the process of creating an awesome website for SFC whistler. and he has created a blog that looks like its part of the main site, and is way better looking than this one.
So now on i'll be posting at www.sfcwhistler.com/blog
Add it to your bookmarks!
He also made a facebook page. So search for SFC whistler on facebook and you can become a fan.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
StrepSpleenCrash
Hey there. Its been a kind of crazy couple of weeks. I got sick with tonsillitis or strep throat. I think they are the same thing, but i could be wrong. But i had some sort of throat infection that’s for sure. But being sick sucks because you cant work. Well I got better after a week of trying to get better by eating garlic. But that wasn’t working too well so i sucked it up and paid to see the doc for some antibiotics.
Last Thursday my really good friend Brett (he’s probably one of my favourite people) came back into town. He was living here this season, but left at the beginning of march to road trip all around the US in his van with a mattress in the back. The next day we went up the mountain for a day of skiing/riding and Brett slipped off a box and winded himself. We carried on riding for a few hours and thought nothing of it. I went to work, the
n found out a few hours later that Brett had been taken to Hospital to be operated on because he had ruptured his spleen when he fell. So he’s recovering right now in Hospital. Pray for him that he recovers quickly and that he keeps his spirits up.
So I went down to visit him a couple of times this week, and after we visited Brett, my friend rolled his pickup truck when we got back into Whistler. He was going too fast around a corner and we did 3/4 of a roll just stopping a foot short of a big ditch. My friend didn’t have a scratch on him but my arm hit the window as it smashed into the ground. We climbed out of the broken window and walked over to the emergency room that closes at 10. So we called an ambulance to let us in. The Doctor used 40 stiches patching together my highly lacerated/cheesegrated arm. He said that we both were extremely lucky, and that even though a chuck of flesh was missing, my major arteries were all intact and there is no nerve damage. The police couldn’t believe that we were in the shape that we were in after finding the truck smashed up and on its side.
So God was completely looking after us the whole time, and pretty much saved our lives. He is so awesome. So it has been a crazy couple of weeks, and i can’t work for at least another week. I have to find a new place to live at the end of the month. I’ve been having to trust in God with my friends, my finances and my health. And its been good to go though these times with him.
God constantly reminds me to focus on him. And not put things above him. If i don’t put God first and stop worshiping him, i start worshiping anything. Its unintentional, but i think we recieve our worth from what we worship so its so important to make sure we get that from him. Worship also has a massive impact on the spiritual realm, because when we are in direct contact with God, satan has no choice but to flee. God planted an idea into my head that i haven’t carried out yet of reading Psalms of praise while walking around the town at 6am. I wouldn’t usually say something like that on here that i hadn’t started yet, but I thought that it would keep me accountable, so when i’m waking up it will give me a bit of a driving force.
Anyway, i think this might be a personal best for how much i’ve written in one post, so i will leave it there. If anyone has any prayer requests I would love to be praying for you. Email me at jonny@sfcwhistler.com
Last Thursday my really good friend Brett (he’s probably one of my favourite people) came back into town. He was living here this season, but left at the beginning of march to road trip all around the US in his van with a mattress in the back. The next day we went up the mountain for a day of skiing/riding and Brett slipped off a box and winded himself. We carried on riding for a few hours and thought nothing of it. I went to work, the
n found out a few hours later that Brett had been taken to Hospital to be operated on because he had ruptured his spleen when he fell. So he’s recovering right now in Hospital. Pray for him that he recovers quickly and that he keeps his spirits up.
So I went down to visit him a couple of times this week, and after we visited Brett, my friend rolled his pickup truck when we got back into Whistler. He was going too fast around a corner and we did 3/4 of a roll just stopping a foot short of a big ditch. My friend didn’t have a scratch on him but my arm hit the window as it smashed into the ground. We climbed out of the broken window and walked over to the emergency room that closes at 10. So we called an ambulance to let us in. The Doctor used 40 stiches patching together my highly lacerated/cheesegrated arm. He said that we both were extremely lucky, and that even though a chuck of flesh was missing, my major arteries were all intact and there is no nerve damage. The police couldn’t believe that we were in the shape that we were in after finding the truck smashed up and on its side.
So God was completely looking after us the whole time, and pretty much saved our lives. He is so awesome. So it has been a crazy couple of weeks, and i can’t work for at least another week. I have to find a new place to live at the end of the month. I’ve been having to trust in God with my friends, my finances and my health. And its been good to go though these times with him.
God constantly reminds me to focus on him. And not put things above him. If i don’t put God first and stop worshiping him, i start worshiping anything. Its unintentional, but i think we recieve our worth from what we worship so its so important to make sure we get that from him. Worship also has a massive impact on the spiritual realm, because when we are in direct contact with God, satan has no choice but to flee. God planted an idea into my head that i haven’t carried out yet of reading Psalms of praise while walking around the town at 6am. I wouldn’t usually say something like that on here that i hadn’t started yet, but I thought that it would keep me accountable, so when i’m waking up it will give me a bit of a driving force.
Anyway, i think this might be a personal best for how much i’ve written in one post, so i will leave it there. If anyone has any prayer requests I would love to be praying for you. Email me at jonny@sfcwhistler.com
Friday, May 22, 2009
Sasquach, Cavemen and a prayer closet.
Hey there. My apologies for not posting for so long. Blogging does not come naturally to me! Its been so long this update might be a bit all over the place.
The 24/7-prayer event went really well, It was held in this tiny hotel room that could comfortably hold about 3 people praying. One in the loft style bedroom, one in the living room/kitchen and one in the prayer closet. On my way in to do my shift at midnight, i was waiting at the bus stop and got chatting to this native guy sitting there. He asked me where i was going this late, so i said i was going to pray. I explained a bit more and he asked me if he could come and check it out. So on the half an hour bus ride we had this really in depth conversation which was probably 90% listening on my side. We talked about religion, Jesus (the time he spoke to him when high on acid), His 3 girlfriends, His involvement in drugs and alcohol, and Sasquatch. Anyways he came into the prayer room, checked it all out, but didn't want to pray or have me praying for him. He was totally disillusioned and confused about a lot of stuff, but i think God did something that night. Not sure what, but it felt like he did.
A group of us have been meeting up to pray in the village at ridiculous hours in the morning. Its been really cool, we have been prayer walking around the main part of the village. We have a route we take that just goes around the centre of town, sopping at random points to pray what we feel led to pray for. We are waiting for stuff to start falling down.
So i've moved home twice in the last month and a half, and need to move out again at the end of June. The place i'm living in now is awesome, i'm sharing it with a couple friends from church and its near the centre of whistler, we have been able to have people over, people crashing on the couch and a lot more freedom than i've had since i've moved here. Please be praying for a place to live somewhat like this, but a bit more permanent. I'm also slightly worried about my visa situation, and what is going to happen when my one year work visa expires in October. Why can't we just go back to the good old days when people just roamed about, not worrying about forms to fill out when settling down to make a life for themselves in a far away cave??
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
God is Good
So today i had a pretty awesome day. I met up with this awesome guy called Jeff, who used to live in whistler for a number of years, but now lives in Hawaii working at the University of the Nations with YWAM. This guy is an absolute champ. I met him at Church on Sunday, but i feel like i've known him for at least a year. We spent some good solid hours in a hotel lobby chatting about what God has for Whistler, and he spoke some really relevant words into my life and about what I'm doing here. We spent some time praying for Seth, for him to find a way back into Canada. He also spent time praying for me, he prayed for my shin splints (that I didn't feel when i was on the hill later), he prayed for my ministry here, for God to work trough me when i'm on the mountain, when i'm hanging out with people and when i'm at work...
Which leads me onto my shift tonight. God totally blew me away with the opportunity he gave me. The other day, the newly hired bartender mentioned to me that she didn't know anything about the Bible and that she would like to read one that she could understand. So today i brought in a Message New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs and gave it to her. We had a brief random discussion on stuff like different denominations, mormons, greek gods, and bible bashers. She then said that she wanted a kids bible so she could get an understanding of the whole bible in simple terms, so i offered to tell it to her. We must have talked about the bible for about 4 hours. We went through Genesis and Exodus, David and Solomon, the Babylonian exile, Some of the Prophets, and pretty much all of the New Testament. I was also able to tell her about some of the symbolism in different numbers, Jewish festivals, cultural backgrounds, contexts and a few of the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus. It was awesome because i have never told a summarised version of the whole bible before, and what an awesome opportunity to tell it to a non-christian! She was really interested and was really keen to hear what happened next in the story. She even said at one point "F#*^%g customers, they are interrupting the story!". Her name is Hayley, so pray for her that God would just carry on reaching out to her, that when she reads the NT that i gave to her, the words would just leap out and hit her in the face! Praise Jesus. I'm really tired, its way too late.
Which leads me onto my shift tonight. God totally blew me away with the opportunity he gave me. The other day, the newly hired bartender mentioned to me that she didn't know anything about the Bible and that she would like to read one that she could understand. So today i brought in a Message New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs and gave it to her. We had a brief random discussion on stuff like different denominations, mormons, greek gods, and bible bashers. She then said that she wanted a kids bible so she could get an understanding of the whole bible in simple terms, so i offered to tell it to her. We must have talked about the bible for about 4 hours. We went through Genesis and Exodus, David and Solomon, the Babylonian exile, Some of the Prophets, and pretty much all of the New Testament. I was also able to tell her about some of the symbolism in different numbers, Jewish festivals, cultural backgrounds, contexts and a few of the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus. It was awesome because i have never told a summarised version of the whole bible before, and what an awesome opportunity to tell it to a non-christian! She was really interested and was really keen to hear what happened next in the story. She even said at one point "F#*^%g customers, they are interrupting the story!". Her name is Hayley, so pray for her that God would just carry on reaching out to her, that when she reads the NT that i gave to her, the words would just leap out and hit her in the face! Praise Jesus. I'm really tired, its way too late.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Watchmen.
Last week Seth tried to come back up to Whistler, but the Border Patrol guy was a real jerk to Seth and wouldn't let him in. I'll let him tell the story as he was there and i wasn't. But one thing I know is that the Border patrol guy was nothing like this one.
Anyways, I'm really bummed that Seth isn't here, and will really miss him, but I'm trying to look at it in a positive way. I am sure that God has a much bigger and better plan than we can come up with, so we are just going with it. Its pretty strange actually, as when we both met with the pastor of the Community Church he had this really random word for us about the Cupbearer and the Baker in Genesis 40. I don't really know the timescale of it all, and obviously the crows arent pecking at seth's flesh. But it seems to fit to what has happened in the last week. So I dont know when Seth is coming back, or If God has something completely different for him. All i know is that I wouldn't have been able to move here and set such deep roots here without him. Its been an exciting adventure and i have had a blast. Live is a lot quieter without Seth around, thats for sure. It's been cool in a way because I have found myself spending more time with non-Christians through work and skiing with random people. I have also been meeting with a few people from the church to plan a 24-7 prayer event. So hopefully that should happen soon, depending on whether we can get a location to hold it. We are thinking of maybe an RV or a hotel room.
I'm actually really excited about it, when we met up to listen a few days ago, we got given Isaiah 62:6. It says: I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest.
And also 52:8 (which is made even better by the verse that comes before it). It says:
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
So we feel that we are called to be the Watchmen of Whistler, that we should have no rest, day or night and see with our own eyes the kingdom return to this place.
It seems fitting to hold a 24/7 prayer event.
Anyways, I'm really bummed that Seth isn't here, and will really miss him, but I'm trying to look at it in a positive way. I am sure that God has a much bigger and better plan than we can come up with, so we are just going with it. Its pretty strange actually, as when we both met with the pastor of the Community Church he had this really random word for us about the Cupbearer and the Baker in Genesis 40. I don't really know the timescale of it all, and obviously the crows arent pecking at seth's flesh. But it seems to fit to what has happened in the last week. So I dont know when Seth is coming back, or If God has something completely different for him. All i know is that I wouldn't have been able to move here and set such deep roots here without him. Its been an exciting adventure and i have had a blast. Live is a lot quieter without Seth around, thats for sure. It's been cool in a way because I have found myself spending more time with non-Christians through work and skiing with random people. I have also been meeting with a few people from the church to plan a 24-7 prayer event. So hopefully that should happen soon, depending on whether we can get a location to hold it. We are thinking of maybe an RV or a hotel room.
I'm actually really excited about it, when we met up to listen a few days ago, we got given Isaiah 62:6. It says: I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest.
And also 52:8 (which is made even better by the verse that comes before it). It says:
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
So we feel that we are called to be the Watchmen of Whistler, that we should have no rest, day or night and see with our own eyes the kingdom return to this place.
It seems fitting to hold a 24/7 prayer event.
Monday, February 2, 2009
So Seth just left me here all alone. He had to go visit his own country because Canada would only let him stay 3 months. Next time hopefully it will be for longer. When we crossed the border last time lets face it, we looked a lot like young weed smoking bums with long hair and touques (thats what they call beanies up here, weird eh?). So it wasn't really a surprise that they gave us a hard time coming in. When Seth tries to come back over, he now knows how to be prepared. He cleaned out the car, got a haircut, has plans to buy a suit and tie, has a few character references from upstanding members of the Whistler community, and even left the samurai sword up here.
Even though he is much more prepared than last time, we really need your prayers for him coming back into Canada. Also pray for finances, as he doesn't really have any. And will probably need to show the border patrol that he has enough for the time he is up here.
In other news, I finally found a Job! I'm working as a busser (support staff) in a pub/restaurant. Praise Jesus that i got the job! To let you know how bad the work situation is here; there were 120 CV's/resumes dropped off in the 2 days after i had started work. I'm enjoying the job so far, i get tips at the end of each shift, and everyone is nice and friendly.
Thank you for all your prayers. We love you all.
Even though he is much more prepared than last time, we really need your prayers for him coming back into Canada. Also pray for finances, as he doesn't really have any. And will probably need to show the border patrol that he has enough for the time he is up here.
In other news, I finally found a Job! I'm working as a busser (support staff) in a pub/restaurant. Praise Jesus that i got the job! To let you know how bad the work situation is here; there were 120 CV's/resumes dropped off in the 2 days after i had started work. I'm enjoying the job so far, i get tips at the end of each shift, and everyone is nice and friendly.
Thank you for all your prayers. We love you all.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The Golden Years
Now having said that i'm not really sure where to start. i guess i'll just roll with it. whistler, so far, has been such an amazing place to be, the beauty of the mountains, the trees, the clouds, you get the point this place is beautiful. jonny and i have been so blessed here. everyone is looking out for us making sure we don't starve or go without in anything really. skiing this year has been super duper fun, due to lack of housing we haven't been able to get up as much as we would like. though in way it has been such a blessing everytime we do go up. and by the by jonny boy is pretty much killing it as always. it cool to see how our attitudes have changed from last year, being able to go up 120+ days, to this year. just loving every minute. anyways i got to go. love you all!!!!!! send us prayer requests if you have them.
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