Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I like things to be easy...

Don't you? I think we all like something that isn't hard to figure out or do. Like bill-paying----- we all "get" to do that, and really, it's not all that fun. BUT.. I like the feature that some bills allow, which is direct withdrawals from your bank. That way, you're never late paying a bill, because it is always done for you. How easy is that?

Well, in honour of technology as we know it today, the mission that I work through has made it just THAT simple for you to support ME in my ministry! How awesome is that!? I know, amazing.. You can make your monthly donations online here, or you can have them take them out for you on a credit card. OR you can give random offerings anytime you please by going to this link:


https://secure1.ag.org/contributions/detail.cfm?LedgerID=f76e503a-c7d5-4a7e-87ab-06d2be661bbb

If clicking on it does not work, then you can copy and paste it into your web browser, and it should work just fine! Just make sure that my name is on the page!

OK, that's all for now.. I hope that I have made your life a little bit easier ;)

~A

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

FLU!

November 6th was just supposed to be a normal day. I had been at my friends' rehearsal dinner the night before. Friday was just going to be a relaxing day, preparing to sing 2 songs at their wedding.

I woke up, and felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on me. I was coughing, had a fever, my chest hurt with congestion.. just an all-around yuck that slammed me that morning. I stayed in bed all day, drinking water and tea, and sucking on cough drops, just hoping and praying that I would be able to sing at 5PM!! I made it to the church around 4:15. I sang the first verse of both songs for a sound check, and then stayed away from people as much as I could so that I wouldn't transfer any SICK to them!! The wedding coordinator was a gem- she brought me some hot water and 2 tea bags, and kept checking on me to make sure I would be O.K.! Other people in the wedding party and family of the soon-to-be-betrothed checked on me too. I wanted to crawl back home, but my friends were MORE important than sleeping at that point!

Somehow.. I made it through the service--- sang BOTH songs without coughing or sneezing or having to blow my nose in the middle--- and did a decent job of being on pitch too! haha. It was a gooooooood moment, and a good ceremony!

Afterwards, I said hello to a few people, then went straight home: Do not pass go, do not eat reception meal... only HOT lemon-honey water, cough drops, and SLEEP!

It was a miserable few weeks. I called the FLU hotline, gave them my symptoms and they said PLEASE STAY HOME, you have H1N1! SO I called a clinic for a second opinion, and they said the same thing. I don't think I saw anyone for 10 days because of that thing!

Eventually everything went away, except the cough. I still am getting over that, but it is FINALLY almost completely gone, hallelujah!

Unfortunately being out of 'commission' for 2 weeks served to put me majorly behind in EVERYTHING! So.. if you have emailed me or sent me a check/faith promise--- DON'T Worry! I have not forgotten about you, and I WILL get back to you SOON!! :)

That is all for now :) Hugs all!

~A