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So I really haven't been doing all that well keeping up with this blog, its just seems that lately I have been so tired whenever I get home, and don't really even think of writing a blog. So anyway, I don't have another exam until the middle of Jan. which is awesome cause this last month has been crazy. I wrote my last exam for a while this last weekend in Red Deer, it was an exam for the Alberta College Of Paramedics, it was stupid, and I don't get my results for 4-6 weeks. Lately I have felt kinda Blah, I don't know how to explain it. I don't know why, but lately I have been missing all of my Friends from home, A LOT, a lot more than normal, and I think its partly because I only have one Christian friend in my class, and really he is the only Christian I know out here, don't get me wrong I think all the other guys in my class are great and I get along with them very well, but its different with friends who are not Christian, I can't really talk to them abou the same stuff, I mean I could talk to them but they are not really all that interested so the conversation really doesn't get very far. The one guy in my class who is a Christian, well we really don't hang out as much as I thought we would and hoped we would, but I hope that will change, I would really like to make more of an effort. It really would be great to have a Christian friend out here to talk to. I know that there are lots of people back home would I could phone and talk to on the weekends. I was think that maybe Tanner might want to go to the on Campus Bible Study, it just hasn't worked out yet, cause it seems like we are all, always studying for exams, but we have a break for a while, so I am hoping to make it to a Bible study soon. If you guys could, It would mean a lot if you could continue to pray for me while I am out here in Vermilion. I miss you all!

its been a while

....it's been a really long time since I have been on here. I don't know why its been soo long. Well a couple of weeks ago I had my reading week, and well that was awesome, it was so good to go home for a whole 11 days. I got to see some people that I haven't seen in a really really long time, so that was great. I went to a Halloween party and the Peters house, that was a good time. I also went to Blaze on Wed. and I don't know it really isn't the same as it was when I used to go all the time. It used to be this place where people went to worship and no one really cared what they looked like, and when I was there it really didn't feel like that, it seemed to me more like a social get together, I don't know. I did a bunch of other stuff that week as well, but I think I am going to skip ahead to last weekend. It was great, I was home on Thursday night. I went to Fuse, and wow...... I really needed that, I don't know what everyone else thought about it, but it really was great for me. You really could feel the Holy Spirit there, everything about it was.... great. I am going to have to cut this short, I really need to study for my ECG exam tomorrow. Ryan Out.

Two More Days

Hey All, yep I know it once again has been a while since my last update, I have been pretty busy lately, with school so I am sorry about that. Well there is only 2 more days of school until I get a long awaited week off of school, man I can't wait to go home for a whole week, and just not have to think about school work, but until then I have to worry about studying for my Med. exam on friday. So this might not be a very long post cause I am tired and I might try to get more studying done tonight, not likely but I will try. I was just listening to a song by Mercy Me - "In The Blink Of An Eye" and man its a really good song. Whoever is reading this should check it out. The words are really plain and simple but true, for myself anyway. It talks about how you spend your time, and for myself I know that there are time I could be spending my time a lot better in a way that God wants me to spend my time. This all goes back to Church 2 weeks ago(I think) when Russ was talking about how we spend our time and in every day we have 24 hours, do we really make the best of that time, cause I know I don't always make good use of my time. So yeah, I really need to get going.

Lord Of Me

Well that was a good weekend, too bad I had to come back to Vermilion. Yeah I had a great Thanksgiving, I hope that everyone else also had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Everything was just really good, especially Church on Sunday. Russ was talking about what Jesus means to us. Well right away I was like well Jesus is my Lord and Saviour, and yeah that is what he is, as Russ was talking about this I was thinking that maybe I sometimes focus on the fact that Jesus is my Saviour and leave out him being my Lord, so I think I also need to look more onto the fact that Jesus is the Lord of me as well as my Saviour. On another note, I have really been missing being part of a Bible study outside of Church, like C&C, aswell as being on a worship team and being able to worship God with a group of people who all share the same passion of worshiping God with music. Well I think that my Medical books are calling my name so I should get back to studying.

Long Weekend

I am sorry guys, I know that lately I have not really been on top of my blog, and I don't update a whole lot each week. This was a fairly good week. School was good, we were doing Vehicle Ex, so we got to cut up about 12 cars. Phys Ed was crazy intense, but I am glad that it was intense because if it wasn't, I would still work out but I wouldn't push my self as much. Wow I was just thinking that it really has been a while since my last post. Well last weekend was good as well, I got home thursday night so that was good. Then on friday I picked up some stuff that I needed to, then all evening I was at a field fire, so that was fun, and I made some money. Then on Saturday I went to a Curtis and Kims wedding with Kristan. It was a good time, I mean at times at the table there might have been some interesting moments but for the most part it was really good. I mean there was the part about the guys from the fire department being mad that I danced with Kristan and not them but I am sure that they'll get over it one day. So yeah that was last weekend and now I am just packing up tonight so I can leave right after school tomorrow, and I think we'll be out but 11am, so I should be home nice and early. But I am tired and need to pack up so I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Halfway to the weekend

Well I guess its more than halfway to the weekend, cause on friday we have a self-study day. So anyway, last weekend was great. I went to Edmonton with my parents, sister and Josh. I really did have a good time, we went to WEM on Saturday and Josh and I hung out all day, did a bit of shopping, didn't buy too much. Then on Sunday we went to the water park, which was fun as usual. So that was my weekend. On monday we had another self-study day, which was good cause we had an EMT exam on Tuesday. At first I thought I was all studied up and ready to go and then after the exam I felt like I did so crapy and thought I wouldn't get 80% which is passing mark, but then today we got our exams back and I ended up getting an 89%, do its been a pretty good day. I have got Phys Ed in a bit we're doing circits, so that will be alright I guess. Then later on tonight a bunch of the guys from school are probably going to go out for wings with two of our instructors, that will be pretty good. Tomorrow is all practical stuff so that means more IVs, I guess that means more feeling like a pincushion, oh well its not too bad. But I am going to get ready to go to phys ed, so I am out.

Going to Edmonton for the weekend

Yeah I know it really has been a while, I am sorry for that. I mean I really don't know how many people read this, but it gives me a way to write my thoughts and if anyone is interested well then they can read. So this last week has been crazy, I have been so tired every night. We've been doing industrial firefighting all week and then to top it off on Monday a ran bleachers, Wednesday I ran 8km, and on thursday I biked oh well, nobody said things should be easy. I find that my weekends always go by so quickly, I guess its because I go home almost every weekend. I really find that there is not a whole lot to do here in Vermilion on the weekends, and the only people I know are the ones I go to school with every single day, and they also like to go to the bar a lot. Myself I don't really go to the bar, I just don't have the desire to get drunk. The going home every weekend will probably slow down in the winter, so I have no idea what I am going to do out here, I'll worry about that when the time comes I guess. For now I enjoy going home to see my family and friends and every one at church on Sunday. It's still not an easy thing not having many friends out here that are believers in Christ, but I was reading a comment that someone put on my blog from a previous post, that God puts us in situations to strengthen our faith, and its so true. This wont be the first time things haven't been easy and it wont be the last, no one ever said that christianity would be easy, but it is definately worth it! I think that sometimes I focus on the things that make stuff not so easy, when I could be looking at how I could be using this for the glory of God. Well I really should be studying before I leave for Edmonton, cause I have an EMT exam on Tuesday. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Human Pincushion

Well today was good, a little painful but good. We were practicing starting IV's and giving IM and Sub-Q needles for our EMT, but I would say all in all it went pretty good. My hand is a little sore but its not too bad. So thats what I did most of the day, but then after class me and a couple of the guys I go to school with, went and joined a Yoga and Pilates class, it wasn't as bad as I thought, you know what, it was kinda good (don't tell anyone I said that)jj. Well yesterday was a long day and I didn't get too much sleep because I was working at a blood clinic all night, and then I was up early for school, so I think I am going to go off to bed. I also have swimming at 7am tomorrow so yeah I think I should go.

EMT Exam Day

So today was, well lets say interesting, we had no instructor show up and we had an exam, but we ended up writing the exam anyway and then had a whole day of self-study. So that didn't go so well, lets just say that my class sometimes has a hard time being quiet, don't get me wrong I get along with all of the guys great. One thing that is kinda hard sometimes is just that when I was in high school I had lots of friends that were christians but now in college there is only one other guy who is a christian. I know that I am not always going to be surrounded by christian friends at school or work but I will hopefully be close to friends who are christians. Thats the difference here, I don't know anyone outside of school because well I go to school, study and go to the gym. I was hoping if anyone is reading this, if maybe you would like to pray for both Tanner(The other Christian in my class) and myself, just that we could stay strong and faithful in our christian lives and focused on what God wants for out lives and maybe some of the other guys will say "hey I want that too" It would really mean a lot to me if you would be willing to do that for me.

We'll its my first time blogging

So I figured that I am always looking for something to do inbetween studying and what not, so I thought...... Hey I should create one of those blog things. Well here I am. The only problem is now I will probably spend too much time on here, and not enough time studying. Lets face it I really should be studying right now, cause I have got a big EMT test tomorrow, so yeah I guess I should get to studying so thats all for today.