Carrot Soup

I am sitting here eating carrot soup which I purchased at Safeway last week in a phenomenal sale. Actually, I purchased not just one soup carton but 30...it was just such a good student deal.

Technically right now I am not a student, so why would I eat like one??? Well actually, I still get paid as if I were just working a part-time job because I am doing a COOP degree. If you are Canadian, you may associate Coop with the grocery store and think that this post is just one giant circle tangent, but actually I am a doing a Bachelor of Arts COOP in Communication & Culture. This means I add an extra year onto my degree...three years to go...and gain valuable experience in my degree field of Communications.

Right now I am working on campus at the University of Calgary for the United Way campaign which runs Sept 21-Nov 16th. I am a communications assistant, which entails no small amount of things but to sum it up: I am in charge of website content and layout and I publicize the campaign on campus through writing (journalism).

The picture is of Julia Cliplef, fellow United Way Coop student, the legendary Juno award winning Ian Tyson (my parents love him-he sings "Four Strong Winds") and myself of course. We got to meet Ian at the United Way Launch last Friday .

Life is amazing right now, and since Europe, it has blasted off in full gear with God. I couldn't ask for more.....
.....except, I am now finished my carrot soup and I am still hungry!

Oh yes, and ever relevant in my life is this verse from Hebrews 11:24-26 :

It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his great reward.