~Unpacking...not so much! UGH!~

Well... I had today planed out to unpack all my stuff that I brought home with me from school. I had so much stuff it filled my room and took over the kitchen.

My room before I even started unpacking. UGH! About an hour later I had tired and took a break. Then my mom came home from the air port so I talked with her for a little. Then my good ol' friends Jen Mac, Jen Whelly, Kurt and Carolyn came over to visit. It was really nice to chat and catch up with them. I hadn't seen them all year. My brother(Alastair) came in and chilled with us. He played Nintendo with Jen Whelly.Al gaming with Jen
Great friends. Jen Mac, Carolyn and Kurt. I love you guys very much.

So I guess I didn't really get all my unpacking done after all. Haha I still have a lot left to do. I know everything is on my bed right now. Maybe tonight I'll sleep in my sister's old room.

~A new generation of children~

This something I found on my other blogging place called "myspace". When I looked at it I was so moved and wanted to share with you right away. I really recommend that you look at it.

http://livedigital.com/content/52110/u22331

This is a little 7 year old crying to God. May God move in us and create in each in every one of us a child like faith. May we be people who will do God's will and pursue EVERDAY! GOD CHANGE our HEARTS. Remove the junk from us and go deep within us. God we want more of You!

2 Chronicles 7:14

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.


Malachi 4:5-6

"See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."

John 12: 1-7
We must like the women who poured perfume on Jesus' feet. That was sacrifice. A YEAR’S WAGES. Are you willing to sacrifice your life to Him? Are you willing to lay everything down before? How far are you willing to go to show Him you love Him? Remember what He did for you... He DIED for YOU! This women humbled herself not just by pouring perfume on Jesus' feet but she untied her hair and wiped His feet with it. At that time it was women never untied their hair. This was an act of humility.

As we see in that video children actual young children crying out to God. God has created us to RADICAL people. I say if little 7 year olds are crying out then that is AMAZING!!! MAY GOD CONITUE TO CREATE A CHILD LIKE FAITH IN YOU AND IN ME!!!

~Church Army Graduation~

Tonight was the graduation serivce for all the students leaving Taylor College. It was held at Forset Hill Baptist Church. Personnally I found the night a little sad. It was an amazing God given year to really reflect on. The whole night was amazing. Ken Neilson have a talk that brought many people in to tears including himself. I was touched by what he had to say.










On the left is Christian and I after the graduation

Below: All the students and staff from Taylor College








I am very excited that the year is over and now I have 2 months before camp that I can really prepare myself for. still don't know what is happening for me in the fall I know that I am accpeted into the second year and in the church army program but I don't know what I am doing yet. What I mean is that because Erin and I are the only 2 students coming back it might be hard teaching 2 students so in that case they would send us on a 12 month placement. Send Erin somewhere and send me somewhere.

Well that is all for tonight. It was a good night.

Go where the Lord is sending you.

~Church Army.com~

Hahah well.. many of you don't know this but.. I applied for the 3 year program here at Taylor College. I didn't tell anyone because I wasn't really looking forward to it. haha. I applied because I knew it was the direction where God wanted me to go. I submitted to the Lord and obeyed what he was showing me and telling me to do.. as much as I didn't like it.

Well through all that I GOT ACCEPTED TODAY into the 3 year program! I just found out during lunch. Which means that in 2 years I can be commissioned as a Church Army officer. WOW! haha Can you imagine Captain Jessie Joyce. Well with everything that has happened today, I am very happy and excited to see what God has for me next. Praise Jesus! Thank you Lord you are so good to me! haha So now I'm Church army.com with Erin!

Erin and I are the only second years so it's going be the bomb.com year with just the two of us. hah.

Be Blessed

~I'M ALL DONE!~

BOO YA!!! I"M ALL DONE! I just finished my last exam about 10 mins ago! Praise You Jesus! I'm so excited.

Tomorrow is the graduating service and then I head home right after that.
I'll be home again! In my bed! In Freddy! Where I can sleep and not be woken up by house mates. YES!

Don't worry SJ crew I'll be down again to visit. I'll miss you guys so much and I'll never forget the great times we had hanging out together. You are all awesome brothers and sisters to me. May God Bless you in all that you do this summer and evermore. I love you and I will miss you so so much. I'll do my best to keep in touch with you all.

Well I'm sleepy I think I am going to take a nap before lunch.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Peace out.

~Reflecting~

Philippians 2:7-8

but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!


2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

~3 Days till SUMMER!~

Oh boy, oh boy!!! I am so excited. I just finished my fourth exam this afternoon. I have one left to do and then I am all done! Friday is the graduation for the college. It's a Forest Hills Baptist Church at 7:00pm. It's going to be a good time. This has been a very big adventure for me and I only look forward to the next thing God has for me. I feel so blessed and am very thankful for everything God has shown me and taught me thought this whole year. On top of me being happy today it's beautiful outside and the sun is shinning! Oh I love sunny days.

I can't wait to be home again. Be in my own bed, my own house, my own computer, my own SPACE. haha I'll be home Friday night hopefully if all works out. I'll be back in good on Freddy town soon with my Freddy friends. Oh I love you all and I'll see you soon. I have miss you so so much.

Today is such a wonderful God given day! Thank you Jesus for all you have done! You are amazing!

P.S 3 Days till SUMMER! BOO YA!

~Lab Rat, on a Tuesday Afternoon~

I'm a lab rat on a Tuesday afternoon. I just handed in my last assignment for the year! YIPPIE! Right I am just chilling out in the lab for a bit before I head back to my place to fix myself something to eat.

Every Tuesday Erin and I ( my neighbor ) go to her placement home group. It's always a good time there. A great time to sing, pray, share the Word with everyone. Share what's burning on your heart. It's also a great time for ministry and fellowship. It's great place to be built up and encouraged in your daily walk.

Tomorrow I don't have any classes so I will be spending the majority of tomorrow studying and getting ready for my first exam on Friday. Thursday is our LAST DAY OF CLASSES! Then we head into a LONG week of exams. Friday of next week is our graduation ceremony for all the 3rd year students and 1 years who don't plan on coming back to Taylor.

Wow God has done some AMAZING things this past little while. I love it! I look back at this year and see what wondrous things God has done in my life. I am so happy. I wish to tell you more but not now because I believe may have to be for another blog on another blog.

~PHOTOS!~

Hey everyone,

Boy I have so many photos from this past year that well I can't post them ALL on here so I posted as many as I could somewhere else. Check them out you just might find yourself in there! haha I love you all and Be Blessed. http://spaces.msn.com/jmargaretj/

~Some Random Pictures!~

This would be the beautiful and wonderful Courtney Etheridge and I. This is during March break!
This would be Erin, myself and Courtney. Our wonderdul silly faces!
This is a picture of Andrea and I at the conference in Connecticut. Rend the Heavens! This is a picture of my youth group at Church of the Good Shepherd. I love those kids so much they are awesome. I am going to really miss them when I leave.
Hahaha this is a picture of Christian and I during Mission week in Fredericton. We were just being silly.
Oh I love these guys so much! This is Chad, Allan and Jordan. It was Chad's 20th Birthday so we had a surprise party for him. I will miss them a lot when I go. They are like brothers to me.

~Humility and denying yourself..do we do it?~

Something that has be hitting me a lot lately is that is God teaching me more about real humility and denying myself. Yes we need to be willing to humble ourselves to serve Christ and show Him our true love for Him.

Are we willing to step out?

Are willing to say God I don't care what they say.. I want to show you I love you God?
Are you willing?

In the dictionary humble means: Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.

In this passage we read about Peter Denying Jesus. In his pride, Peter said he would never deny Jesus, yet he was humbled by doing so 3 times. We need to move in the Place of humility so that the circumstances around us do not cause us to be humbled which is painful.

I know for myself God has def. broken down some walls in me. I don't even know what the walls were but I do know they aren't there anymore.

We need to go back to the basics, of just loving. Learning what it means to love and how to love. We have nothing if we don't have love. We need simplicity.. the basics.
Are you willing to let everything go and lay everything down before God?

Maybe stepping out of the box for you, is ministering to people you do or don't know. Maybe just laying quietly in the corner and listening for God's voice. Maybe it's something bigger than that. Maybe it's something inside you that you need to work with God. Maybe it's another step into your future where God is guiding you. Maybe it's walking by faith. Ask him what it is that He wants you to do. He will show you.

Luke 9:23-27

Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."

Are we willing to take up our cross and follow Him DAILY!?

This past weekend God was really speaking me to about humility and denying myself. I have to be honest it wasn't my kind of mission. Sorry Reed. But I did get stretched and I was challenged a lot. I am now different person. I have come to a place where I can fully worship God no matter where I am and be hit by the Holy Spirit. I was in church Thursday night, at the worship service. God was really moving in me and showing me new things. I did get hit by the Holy Spirit. A new beginning was made that night.

Saturday night Erin and I went out for a walk down town Fredericton. We were praying and singing at the top of our lungs. It felt so freeing to just let everything you feel about God out. People were walking by us wondering what our problem was but we kept worshiping. Why? Because we were not going to stop showing our love. We were not going to deny our Christ. We felt like shouting to Him.

hahah It's funny what love can do to people. Many times you are willing to humiliate yourself to show the love you have for your husband or wife. Your willing to take whatever people say so you can show your love to your loved one. This should be the same for us and God.

What are you willing to show your love?

Your zeal and your passion for Him where you are?

What are you willing to do show Him how much you truly love Him?

Remember .....He died for you.

Saturday I was willing to sing and pray the loudest I could. I let myself go and let God to whatever He wanted with me. I wasn't going to let myself deny Him.
I now challenge to look at your life. Are you denying Christ or yourself?
Are you willing to do whatever it takes to show your love to God your creator?
Think about what His son Jesus Christ did for you on the cross.
What are you willing to do for Him?

Holy Encounters with BOOMERS!!!

This past weekend my school came up to Fredericton for a mission. It was really good. You can see God really moving and opening hearts and minds. People were really receiving Him these past couple days.

One guy was walking the street was crying out to the "Holy one in the sky" He went to every church to see if they were open. The only open church was the one our team was at. He came in and just told us everything. This young guy was so full of joy and excitment. He only wanted more. We sat him down and prayed for a major download and blessing on him. It was awesome. His name was Joshua.

Last night after Erin and I dropped off Christian to the place he was staying we felt like taking a walk. We really wanted to find someone to talk to and share God with them. As we were walking we were praying. I was singing and Erin was praying. Then the clock hit 10:00 at city hall. Right there I really felt something stir inside of me. There was something strong and thick. I felt God saying something to me about that hour. I wasn't sure of what though. We kept walking and praying. We were asking God for sign and for him to show something of what he wants us to do tonight. haha Well As we walked further there was a nightclub called Boom. There was a sign in the window that read :
BOOM nightclub, Tonight Saturday, Open 8-2, Happy Hour 8-11, HEAVEN 10-2, blazing house tracks taking you to the next level" Erin and I were totally caught off guard. This place was claiming to be a blazing house tacks that will take people to the NEXT LEVEL!!! We remember that God really stirred something in us about 10:00. So right after the clock struck we saw this sign. It was CRAZY!

We both strongly felt that this was our sign. We didn't what to do though from there. So we sat down on a bench and prayed that God will the boom out to us. We really didn't feel good about going in. Not long after a guy (named George) that worked there came out with a clip board and circled around Erin and I. Erin said: Excuse me do you have one of those sheets in the window? We would like one. The guy was like yeah hold on. He came back asking why do you want it? Haha our KEY! So we told him who we are and that this sign in the window was very prophetic. This guy we were talking to had backslidden and grew up in the Baptist church. He also use to speak in tongues. IT WAS CRAZY!!! He seemed so interested in what we were saying but he had to go back his job.

Erin and I sat out there on the bench a little longer then another guy came and we began to talk him. His name was Adam. I began to tell him the gospel and encourage him. I just spoke words of love over this guy. It was really good. He was a different kind of guy I wouldn't know how to explain him. He was listening and I really believe that everything Erin and I said to him he thought about and is still thinking about. hahah He called me a fortune teller. hahah I laughed and said" no man I know nothing about you it's all God." He said I was dead on with everything I said to him. It was an amazing night. God really spoke to both Erin and I. We found out from this Adam guy that boom was a gay bar. We were really happy that God protected us and kept us from going in. Instead he brought the "boomers" out to us.

One thing I really noticed as people were walking into the nightclub was that they were all baby boomers (born right after WW2) or many of them were. It hit right then. These people were baby boomers. But God see them still as babies and wants them to BOOM in to the LIGHT! He wants them to be BABY BOOMERS FOR HIM!!! GOD BOOM THEM WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT!!! Thank you JESUS!

We headed home after sitting on a cold bench praying for an hour and a half.
Praising God for wonderful and Holy encounters!! Thank you Lord!!