Wilfred Laurier University!

I received an offer of admission letter from Wilfred Laurier University! After the waiting and wondering where God would lead me next, I now know! This school was one of three possible schools I was applying for, and my top choice because of its Masters in Music Therapy program. Well it still isn't 100% since I did not get a final offer, but the only conditions are to graduate from UBC and send them my final transcript. And I did graduate :)

Wow, its almost hard to believe that I will be a grad student soon. I will definitely be sad to leave Vancouver, and I probably will only be able to come back a week or two at a time, since my program is year-round (3 terms/year) for 2 years. So no summer break... I guess thats the norm for grad students.

But I am also looking forward to this new time in my life. Recently I've been feeling a little -too- comfortable in my life. Being away from my family, away from my home church, and being in a completely different city, needing to meet new people and make new friends will definitely be challenging; something that is not so comfortable. I bet that while I'm there, I'll wish for the comfort I had. But I hope that through the discomfort, my faith, trust, and reliance on God will strengthen, and that the things I've learned all these years will translate into the heart.

Exciting.

Ontario!

I was in Ontario this past week, further extending my travels beyond British Columbia. My main purpose there was for an audition/interview I had with Wilfred Laurier University. I had lots of fun, and was blessed to have friends to help take me around, meet up with, and stay with :)

I went to Waterloo, Niagra Falls, and Toronto. A quick summary:
Waterloo: Relatively small, good apple fritters, friendly people who enjoy playing German board games
Niagra Falls: Really nice waterfalls, where the Canadian side looks like... Vegas, and the American side looks like... Vancouver
Toronto: Bigger, wider, impatient drivers, many festivals (including a photography festival), and the Distillery District, probably one of the best places I visited on the trip.

Less than 2 weeks to go...

School is almost over! My undergraduate years at UBC are coming to an end. The years have gone by fairly quickly, but I will be glad to move on into something new. I guess my something new won't be -that- new, since I am planning to continue my education after I graduate - but now I will hopefully be studying something more related to being a 'career woman.' I'll be a little sad to say goodbye to UBC, and being around the West side of Vancouver. No more.... cinnamon buns from Grounds, sandwiches from the Delly, concerts in the Music buildling, and strolls around the beautiful campus on sunny days. Good times - but I'm sure there will be more to come elsewhere.

On another note, an article I read on the CBC news website. Seems like researchers are trying to study prayer. Seems like a sort of psychology experiment. But I don't think these researchers really understand the nature of prayer... like in the assumption that prayer = what I ask for I will get. And even seemed to separate it from belief in God. Interesting, if not - at least amusing.