That aint cold!

You haven't truly experienced Saskatchewan until you've experienced a winter here.
Its SO different here from BC. Beyond the obvious lack of mountains, straight roads, and amazing sunsets, lies the most experiential experience you'll ever have. Honestly, its worth it. The last few days its the mercury has been dropping steadily and the wind has been picking up speed.
You'd think that -21C with a wind chill of -36 would be miserably cold, but its weird, I don't think so. And its not just me either, one of my friends doesn't bother to put on a jacket or an extra sweater when walking to class from the dorm, and its important to note that he likes wearing t-shirts.
My theory is that between 1 and -10 your body is shocked by the freezing temps and begins to revolt. Even if you add wind chill in there, as long as the base temperature is between 1 and -10, you're going to feel COLD. Now once it dips below -12, your body has gotten used to this abuse and begins to think that this is normal. So now cold doesn't really feel miserably cold, its just cold. NOT to say that walking out half naked won't hurt me as long as I don't feel miserably cold, it just means that I have to remember to dress warmer .
But back to experiences, when I got back to the dorm from Musical practice, I had this strange feeling that although i didn't fully enjoy the walk back with blowing snow in my face and no jacket, I had to go back out. And I did. Twice. Once just to check the mail to see if a letter from a friend had arrived. (I was saddened to find out that it hadn't yet) And then once to spend an hour shoveling snow. I really need to go to bed now and my room mate is getting a bit peeved at me for typing while he's trying to sleep. But I'll log back in to talk about frozen stuff, like nose hair, facial hair, head hair, snow, snow, snow, snow, wind, and other stuff i experienced while being outside tonight. Love you all.

Oh Quiet, Blessed Quiet!

Today I got to wake up later than normal. A full half hour later. There aren't any classes today, just a day of prayer so the day has been quite laid back. No one has to be up untill 9:30, so its very quiet in the dorm right now. Actually, people are JUST starting to get up now.
I've always enjoyed the quiet and stillness of the early morning and late night. There's something very calming and meditative. Even those who are constantly going and never slowing down to smell the flowers have tendencies to start off slow. I've found that the most powerful prayer times is in the wee hours of the night. Just me and God. No distractions, no loud noises, just authentic prayerful relationship with my creator.
So today being a day of prayer, I'm going to be doing my best and spend every moment of it in close relationship and contact with God. Even if you're busy today, Take 5 or 10 minutes out of your day, find a calm quiet place and just spend time with God. Don't try and do anything, just BE with God. Such a rewarding experience.

Love,
Daniel

Where's Dano?

Hey All, Sorry about not updating that much recently. I've been swamped with homework, extracuricular, and work. Welcome to crunch week of Miracle month.
I'll be honest, I haven't been handling the pressure and stuff as well as I should have. But there's a nice promise in God's word for people like me:

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Not that I'm saying school work is a temptation (I haven't gone that insane yet), but even when we're faced with problems that seem so huge, like mountains, that we'll never get over them, God's promised that he won't let us be faced with impossible problems. There's always a way to get through them. Rather than trying to take the mountain all at once, take steps. Place your goal to that first ledge a few feet up the mountains. Take a rest when you get there, and then put your sights on the next goal. Its not going to be all easy fun and games, but its do-able.

This became real tonight when the stress got so high that I couldn't really do anything with out getting mad. A wise person pulled me back into reality, told me to take a break and go for a walk. Clear the clouds away. It works.

Now that I've spent more time on this blog than I should have, I have to get back to homework... Then sweet sweet amazing bedtime. *sigh* Thats one check of a goal to look forward to. Love you all.