Everyday Adventuring
When we left Canada we also left a storage unit-load of stuff there! Like when we moved to Vancouver, when we moved away we thought we’d only be gone a year. It costs a lot to set yourselves up in another country, so we worked it all out and figured it made more sense to… Continue reading Shipping Our Stuff Across the World
I took a class in the winter term called Introduction to World Christianity. I loved the class so much - we spent one week looking at the history of Christianity on each major continent, learning about their introductions to Christianity, their indigenous influences and spirituality and what Christianity looks like there today - including hearing… Continue reading Essay on the Importance of Integration in Spirituality
As a kid I grew up on a great cartoon diet that included modern hits like The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, and Cow and Chicken, but also on some classics like Wacky Races, Squiddly Diddly and Secret Squirrel. Amongst these classics was Catch the Pigeon - with some of the same faces from Wacky Races.… Continue reading Fight the Pigeons!
Health officials launched the Restart BC plans on Tuesday which have given us the steps out of the lockdowns and circuit breaker that we've been in since November (ish)! Vaccination bookings are now open to all aged 12+ across BC too, and I got my first shot this week. It's been a funny old ride… Continue reading Vaccinations and Lockdown Lifting!
Back in June last year I shared that I would be starting an MA in Theological Studies in September, and my goodness time has flown since then! The entirety of the Masters is 60 credits, and I opted to take nine credits in each of my first semesters - this is the minimum requirement for… Continue reading End of Semester Two!
I spent about an hour recently on our balcony (I always want to say garden because it’s just ingrained in me, the same way I refer to our apartment as our house) sorting out all of our potted plants. It wasn’t a big job, we have plants lining the edges of the balcony predominantly because… Continue reading Lessons from a Balcony Garden
I have an American friend who, before I met Tom, told me that I should make sure to marry English. She had been on a training program in the UK when she met her British husband, and the hassle they had been through with visas since getting married was vast. I had other friends from… Continue reading Waiting for Visas Sucks!
I’m embarking on a new adventure this year - I will be studying for a masters degree! A Master of Arts in Theological Studies with the concentration in World Christianity to be precise. I wanted to share a bit of the background behind this journey, and take you along for the ride... It's not something… Continue reading I’m Going Back to University!
It's February. I swear every month of last year I was shocked that we'd lost another one. Time just seems to be racing at the moment. Is that an age thing? Because it's happening again! It's February 2020! For 2019 I wrote a total of 5 blogs on 24hr Pioneer - one after Christmas 2018,… Continue reading Where did 2019 go?!
I thought it would be really interesting to work out the price difference from living in the UK compared to living in Vancouver. I started gathering the prices and working on the post, but got a bit lost in a bunch of maths trying to work out percentages, so dropped the post... But having done… Continue reading Price Comparison
Ellen Wiggins 