Off sick

I've been off on sick leave since the beginning of March. I haven't really wanted to talk about it that much thus far. But I know that slowly people have been finding out and not really known whats going on so have been concerned about the baby. The baby is fine, and seems to be most awake as Mum is trying to get to sleep. Baby finally said hi to Dad the other day. He's only felt the baby move twice, and he says that it's still faint, but I'm pretty glad that now we can share this together.

The Dr has put me on sick leave due to depression/stress. I've felt bad talking about this as I don't want people to think that I'm not excited about the baby or I don't love my job, or the people I work with, because I am excited about the baby, I do love my job and the staff. I don't quite understand whats going on myself, which is a scarey thing for me to acknowledge. I'm not sleeping great, I seem super sensitive about everything, I am REALLY forgetful, and I cry a lot. At one point I just seemed to cry non-stop, which is when the Dr decided I needed a break.

And I'm sorry to my friends if I've seemed weirder than normal, but to be brutally honest I have been feeling very insecure and overwhelmed around most of you right now. Not that I want you to back off or anything, in some ways I need you closer to me, I'm just not very good in groups.

I also wanted to say 'I love you' to Allison & Joy. Thank you for being so supportive, I am so grateful that you're my family.

Down by the river

So I took this picture a couple of weeks ago, when it was warm enough to go out for a walk. As you can see, it's still winter here, but it is starting to thaw.

Daniel & Steven

YFC update

I have to admit to being lazy, I've just copied and pasted the prayer e-mail my boss sends out to our prayer list to update you all on what's going on;

Greetings, and welcome to the YFC Praise and Prayer report! It has been quite a week here for us!

Thank you for your prayer for our YFC banquet last Monday. God answered our prayers in wonderful ways - we had our largest crowd yet, 426 people (that is more than the 50 tables x 8 people we were hoping for). Interestingly, we had raised from corporate sponsors that exact amount to purchase the ticket price of the meal! We had many comments from people that the program was perhaps the best yet, and the offering given that night was the biggest yet. All in all we are very thankful!!

Now our full attention turns to our California Tour which leaves in a month. We have 149 youth signed up and have room for 11 more. We are trying to confirm with our last few volunteer staff needed for the trip. Please pray for James and the team as they prepare.

Please pray for Chris, one of our admin staff, who is on medical leave right now for a few months. Pray that she will regain her health and also for us that we can find the help needed to fill her role.

Please pray for the youth that went on the Project Serve trips. It can be difficult for them as they come back into Canada from such a moving experience. Some of them made very important life decisions, so pray that God will continue to work in their hearts and that they would be effective ministers here.

Thanks so much for your prayers on our behalf, Gil Klassen, For the SYFC team

Sleepless nights... is my body preparing early or what???

I have never really been bothered by heartburn before, but that's all changed, Rolaids are a close friend. Heartburn likes to keep me company between 11pm and midnight, isn't that nice of it. And I'm not really doing good on the sleep right now either, sods law right?

Baby seems quite happy though, I can feel it more now. I love that feeling!