1. Rocks
2. Learning to crochet
3. Laughing so hard it hurts
4. A new pen
5. A warm, dark, sweet cup of coffee
Always be JOYFUL. Never stop praying.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
5 more things:
Well, today is another good day to ponder on some things to be joyful about. Felt like it took a lot longer this time to think of 5...
1. Rocks
2. Learning to crochet
3. Laughing so hard it hurts
4. A new pen
5. A warm, dark, sweet cup of coffee
Always be JOYFUL. Never stop praying.
1. Rocks
2. Learning to crochet
3. Laughing so hard it hurts
4. A new pen
5. A warm, dark, sweet cup of coffee
Always be JOYFUL. Never stop praying.
Monday, July 06, 2009
5 Things:
Even though I am totally not in the mood for this, I was told to do it, so here it goes...
5 Things to be joyful about:
1. An amazing man who loves me, challenges me, and makes me laugh.
2. 11 1/2 hour hikes in perfect weather.
3. Being in a relationship with a God who speaks to me through His word.
4. Wearing rubber boots to work.
5. Having an hour long break between rappelling groups all by myself.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
Always be joyful. Never stop praying.
5 Things to be joyful about:
1. An amazing man who loves me, challenges me, and makes me laugh.
2. 11 1/2 hour hikes in perfect weather.
3. Being in a relationship with a God who speaks to me through His word.
4. Wearing rubber boots to work.
5. Having an hour long break between rappelling groups all by myself.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
Always be joyful. Never stop praying.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
God is my Favorite...
I was reading outside last week while little 5 year old Jonathan Fairfield was out playing soccer on our basketball court. Every now and then he would come over and ask me if I wanted to "take a break from reading and go watch how good he was at soccer". One of the times he came over he looked very serious. He sat down on a rock and very slowly and thoughtfully he said, "I think that God is my favorite... because He made the sun. What else did God make?" I couldn't help but be filled with this overwhelming sense of Joy as we had an awesome conversation about what God had made and that He had made it all because He loves us.
It was such an awesome reminder to me about how awesome God is, and how richly He has blessed us. It also really reminded me to go back to that child-like faith and attitude of awe.
Our God is so excellent and awe-inspiring!
It was such an awesome reminder to me about how awesome God is, and how richly He has blessed us. It also really reminded me to go back to that child-like faith and attitude of awe.
Our God is so excellent and awe-inspiring!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
First, let me aid you...
Well I'm beat.
Tim and I just finished our Wilderness First Aid Advanced course. It was a tough one let me tell you. Longest ten days of my life.
But, if you ever need someone to put back a dislocated knee, carry you out on a stretcher made of coats, or stabilize your neck after a long fall... I am trained.
:)
It was good. Our instructor left a bit to be desired, but putting aside all the crude and sexual jokes, the "i think you're stupid" voice, and the chaotic learning environment, he was a fantastic teacher. He really knew his stuff.
Now though, we rest.
Tim and I just finished our Wilderness First Aid Advanced course. It was a tough one let me tell you. Longest ten days of my life.
But, if you ever need someone to put back a dislocated knee, carry you out on a stretcher made of coats, or stabilize your neck after a long fall... I am trained.
:)
It was good. Our instructor left a bit to be desired, but putting aside all the crude and sexual jokes, the "i think you're stupid" voice, and the chaotic learning environment, he was a fantastic teacher. He really knew his stuff.
Now though, we rest.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Blah...
Why is it that some days you just wake up OFF
Like, everything should be fine and dandy
And you recognize how good God is and awesome His love is...
Yet you still feel unloved, mopey, and ridiculous.
I dislike it.
God is Good.
His love is unconditional.
His embraces are strong and firm.
His Joy overwhelming.
I NEED Him.
Like, everything should be fine and dandy
And you recognize how good God is and awesome His love is...
Yet you still feel unloved, mopey, and ridiculous.
I dislike it.
God is Good.
His love is unconditional.
His embraces are strong and firm.
His Joy overwhelming.
I NEED Him.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Rock On...
Hello my faithful friends!
Yesterday I got back from an awesome climbing trip in the States... Let me tell you a bit about it.
Tim, Nicole, Phil, and I left on March 28 at 9:30pm and drove straight to Red Rocks, Nevada, through a snow storm, for 26 hours. We set up a tent and hit the hay. When we woke up the next morning we discovered, great to our humor, a rather large layer of red sand covering everything in our tent (including our teeth). We laughed about it, but when it was repeated the next night, and the next, we stopped.
What followed was 2 weeks of awesome climbing, warm sunshine, cold nights, wind storms, time with Tim, cool learning experiences (with climbing, relationships, and with God), warm sunshine, sand, not much showering, camp cooking, chilling out, warm sunshine, and one campfire.
After a few days in Red Rocks we headed to Joshua Tree, California where the sand changed from red to gold and the climbing changed from face climbing to crack climbing (and I don't mean the body parts!). I was very out of my element there, but it was awesome to learn something new and grow to like it. I /love/ it when Tim teaches something he's passionate about. He puts everything into it and patiently helps you learn it and then somehow instills his passion for it into you. It's awesome.
We went back to Red Rocks for a few more days of climbing, but rain ended up sending us back to camp 2 days early... which was fine. I think we were all done by then.
Now we're working on getting back into the swing of normal life and preparing for our busy spring and summer season.
A few pics from our trip:
Yesterday I got back from an awesome climbing trip in the States... Let me tell you a bit about it.
Tim, Nicole, Phil, and I left on March 28 at 9:30pm and drove straight to Red Rocks, Nevada, through a snow storm, for 26 hours. We set up a tent and hit the hay. When we woke up the next morning we discovered, great to our humor, a rather large layer of red sand covering everything in our tent (including our teeth). We laughed about it, but when it was repeated the next night, and the next, we stopped.
What followed was 2 weeks of awesome climbing, warm sunshine, cold nights, wind storms, time with Tim, cool learning experiences (with climbing, relationships, and with God), warm sunshine, sand, not much showering, camp cooking, chilling out, warm sunshine, and one campfire.
After a few days in Red Rocks we headed to Joshua Tree, California where the sand changed from red to gold and the climbing changed from face climbing to crack climbing (and I don't mean the body parts!). I was very out of my element there, but it was awesome to learn something new and grow to like it. I /love/ it when Tim teaches something he's passionate about. He puts everything into it and patiently helps you learn it and then somehow instills his passion for it into you. It's awesome.
We went back to Red Rocks for a few more days of climbing, but rain ended up sending us back to camp 2 days early... which was fine. I think we were all done by then.
Now we're working on getting back into the swing of normal life and preparing for our busy spring and summer season.
A few pics from our trip:
Friday, February 20, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
This conversation engages me...
So I figured now of all times would be a good time to get off my lazy bum and give you guys an update.
I'm sure most of you already know my most exciting news...
I'M ENGAGED... and freaking out.
But let me back up a bit.
Since I last wrote (on the 16th of January) I went to Edmonton for the weekend to just get away, catch up with some friends, and spend time with God. It was really nice. I stayed with Tim's parents, which was really nice.
I went back to camp feeling a little more refreshed.
That next Thursday (the 22nd) our big adventure started. Well, it wasn't supposed to be that big of a deal... My climbing buddies (Tim, Phil and Nicole) and I headed out after work for Canmore. We had signed up for a night of free bouldering and decided to make a trip of it by reserving a hostel room and spending the night. So we went bouldering and it was awesome. Then we headed over to the hostel. The boys had said that they wanted to make us supper, so they started on that and Nicole and I just chilled... We were both pleasantly surprised when they brought out supper. They had prepared t-bone steaks, with potatoes, salad, and .....wi-er...water... After supper we just hung out and laughed alot. One thing I should say is that we had decided not to plug in Tim's car because it was supposed to be warm and would have been a hassle. So we went to bed planning on getting up a like 6:30 so we could make it back in time for work on Friday.
So we wake up early and none of us really want to leave for work, but we do anyway.... well we try. Tim and Phil went out to try and start the car. 10 minutes later Nicole and I went out to see what the deal was. Phil was standing there looking down the road, but Tim and his car were nowhere to be seen. Apparently they had tried to push start it down the hill. So we started walking down the hill, and walking... and finally we got to the car and Tim. No luck with the push start. We decided to push it to the highway in hopes of getting a jump start. (I should also mention that it was -25 plus windchill on this glorious morn)
Now, Alberta just isn't the same as most provinces, in that you have to watch as 100 cars go by before one will have mercy on poor freezing souls. Eventually someone stopped to give us a boost.
No can do.
The car just wouldn't start. (We did get to sit in a warm vehicle for a few minutes though) Finally we decided to call AMA to get some help. "For sure, we'll be there within the hour" says they.
Biggest lie I've ever been told.
We ended up waiting... in the cold... in the wind for over 2 hours.
Finally the tow truck got there and tried to give us a boost. Also a no-go. Fine. We'll just get a tow into Canmore, put the car in a garage, and hopefully in a few hours it will have warmed up enough that it would just start. (We had by this time called camp to say that we would not be there for work today) They started getting the car ready to be towed when Tim and Phil walked around back. They called Nicole and I over. What we saw made us want to laugh and cry all at the same time.
The back window had been smashed by a flying rock or something. We stood there in shocked silence, then Tim said what we were all thinking "So, what next?"
Don't worry though... this story ends nice.
We got towed into a garage, went for coffee, came back and the mechanics had been able to just start it no problem, we covered the back window with cardboard, got more coffee, and headed back to camp. Tim called his dad, who "just happened" to have three of those exact rear windows. It was a jolly adventure.
The End.
Last weekend Tim and I went to Breakforth in Edmonton. It was really spiritually refreshing. Not quite as pump me up as I was hoping, but still good.
As far as work stuff goes, I've been kind of all over the past the last little while. I've done some trail work, scouting, kitchen, preping for next years campfire times, we've had some groups in, gone ice climbing... It's been good. Life at camp is really blessed.
So then this week. Tim and I both had Friday off, and we had been wanting to climb this one waterfall for a while, so we decided to go then. We drive out to Jasper and start hiking, and like an hour and a half later still couldn't find the falls, so we decided to stop for lunch. Well I'm sitting there pulling lunch out of my bag and all of a sudden he's there in front of me... on one knee... asking me to marry him. I'm like "oh my goodness..... YES!!!"
Shocked out of my pants... well actually my pants stayed on, cause that's kind of inappropriate... but I was shocked. Totally not expecting it this soon, but secretly hoping it would be this soon.
The ring is beautiful, unfortunately I had to send it away to get it resized, so no picture yet.
Our wedding will be sometime around the end of August... location and exact date TBD... But yeah, I'm SO excited. Like seriously... WOW, I'm going to be Tim's wife in six months!!!
Thanks so much everyone for your notes on facebook and such! It's a blessing to know we're supported in this net stage of life.
Love you all!
I'm sure most of you already know my most exciting news...
I'M ENGAGED... and freaking out.
But let me back up a bit.
Since I last wrote (on the 16th of January) I went to Edmonton for the weekend to just get away, catch up with some friends, and spend time with God. It was really nice. I stayed with Tim's parents, which was really nice.
I went back to camp feeling a little more refreshed.
That next Thursday (the 22nd) our big adventure started. Well, it wasn't supposed to be that big of a deal... My climbing buddies (Tim, Phil and Nicole) and I headed out after work for Canmore. We had signed up for a night of free bouldering and decided to make a trip of it by reserving a hostel room and spending the night. So we went bouldering and it was awesome. Then we headed over to the hostel. The boys had said that they wanted to make us supper, so they started on that and Nicole and I just chilled... We were both pleasantly surprised when they brought out supper. They had prepared t-bone steaks, with potatoes, salad, and .....wi-er...water... After supper we just hung out and laughed alot. One thing I should say is that we had decided not to plug in Tim's car because it was supposed to be warm and would have been a hassle. So we went to bed planning on getting up a like 6:30 so we could make it back in time for work on Friday.
So we wake up early and none of us really want to leave for work, but we do anyway.... well we try. Tim and Phil went out to try and start the car. 10 minutes later Nicole and I went out to see what the deal was. Phil was standing there looking down the road, but Tim and his car were nowhere to be seen. Apparently they had tried to push start it down the hill. So we started walking down the hill, and walking... and finally we got to the car and Tim. No luck with the push start. We decided to push it to the highway in hopes of getting a jump start. (I should also mention that it was -25 plus windchill on this glorious morn)
Now, Alberta just isn't the same as most provinces, in that you have to watch as 100 cars go by before one will have mercy on poor freezing souls. Eventually someone stopped to give us a boost.
No can do.
The car just wouldn't start. (We did get to sit in a warm vehicle for a few minutes though) Finally we decided to call AMA to get some help. "For sure, we'll be there within the hour" says they.
Biggest lie I've ever been told.
We ended up waiting... in the cold... in the wind for over 2 hours.
Finally the tow truck got there and tried to give us a boost. Also a no-go. Fine. We'll just get a tow into Canmore, put the car in a garage, and hopefully in a few hours it will have warmed up enough that it would just start. (We had by this time called camp to say that we would not be there for work today) They started getting the car ready to be towed when Tim and Phil walked around back. They called Nicole and I over. What we saw made us want to laugh and cry all at the same time.
The back window had been smashed by a flying rock or something. We stood there in shocked silence, then Tim said what we were all thinking "So, what next?"
Don't worry though... this story ends nice.
We got towed into a garage, went for coffee, came back and the mechanics had been able to just start it no problem, we covered the back window with cardboard, got more coffee, and headed back to camp. Tim called his dad, who "just happened" to have three of those exact rear windows. It was a jolly adventure.
The End.
Last weekend Tim and I went to Breakforth in Edmonton. It was really spiritually refreshing. Not quite as pump me up as I was hoping, but still good.
As far as work stuff goes, I've been kind of all over the past the last little while. I've done some trail work, scouting, kitchen, preping for next years campfire times, we've had some groups in, gone ice climbing... It's been good. Life at camp is really blessed.
So then this week. Tim and I both had Friday off, and we had been wanting to climb this one waterfall for a while, so we decided to go then. We drive out to Jasper and start hiking, and like an hour and a half later still couldn't find the falls, so we decided to stop for lunch. Well I'm sitting there pulling lunch out of my bag and all of a sudden he's there in front of me... on one knee... asking me to marry him. I'm like "oh my goodness..... YES!!!"
Shocked out of my pants... well actually my pants stayed on, cause that's kind of inappropriate... but I was shocked. Totally not expecting it this soon, but secretly hoping it would be this soon.
The ring is beautiful, unfortunately I had to send it away to get it resized, so no picture yet.
Our wedding will be sometime around the end of August... location and exact date TBD... But yeah, I'm SO excited. Like seriously... WOW, I'm going to be Tim's wife in six months!!!
Thanks so much everyone for your notes on facebook and such! It's a blessing to know we're supported in this net stage of life.
Love you all!
Friday, January 16, 2009
It's "cooking" over here...
Right oh.
I have something to announce.
It may shock your pants off.
Are you ready?
Here it goes...
I officially actually like cooking.
I know, I know,
This is something completely unheard of for Liz Geddert...
But something... just suddenly changed in me.
And all of a sudden I like cooking and am even kinda good at it.
Crazy.
I have something to announce.
It may shock your pants off.
Are you ready?
Here it goes...
I officially actually like cooking.
I know, I know,
This is something completely unheard of for Liz Geddert...
But something... just suddenly changed in me.
And all of a sudden I like cooking and am even kinda good at it.
Crazy.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Radioactive
So here I am again, about to make some lame excuse for why I haven't blogged in so long...
Only this time I'll actually tell the truth.
I just don't want to blog.
I have nothing to say.
However... tonight, as tired as I am, I feel that I should give at least an overview of the past little while.
December:
We had no groups at all in December... A few potentials, but they canceled out last minute.
It was pretty hard to keep our focus... to remember that we are here to serve God, no matter what that means.
I started to really get into Ice climbing. Rock is still better by far, but ice is a good winter alternative. It uses completely different muscles then rock climbing does, so it creates a good, new challenge to push through. Josh and Andrew came out for a few days before Christmas and I got to teach them how to ice climb... it was a blast.
Over Christmas I took 2 weeks off to go home. It was a really, really nice time. Nothing too crazy (except for a hike Rebekah and I went on... but I'll tell about that later.), so for the most part it felt relaxing, or at least that I was away from camp. After Christmas we (the family) went to Kelowna for a day, for our annual Goossen/Geddert Christmas get together. It was a riot. Everyone just kinds of builds off each other until it's like a mass of practical jokes, laughing hysterically, and ridiculous games. After that energizing visit we headed out to Vernon, to Fairhaven. Fairhaven is basically a retreat center for burnt out pastors and such, but they let us stay for a few days as a family. The property has a real sense of peace over it, so it was refreshing to just be there. Tim surprised me by coming a day early... in fact I had already gone to bed (to make the time pass a little faster :P ) All of a sudden all the lights are on and people are pulling at my blankets... it was ridiculous. It was such a huge blessing to have Tim there with my whole family. We had some really good times.
To be continued...
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