What? Global Day of Prayer
When? June 4, 2006
Where? AIR CANADA CENTRE!!!!!!!!!
How many? 500,000,000 worldwide!!!!!! (That's 1/2 BILLION people!!!)
Why? To pray for God to heal our City, our Country, our Nations....
What can you do? $150,000 is needed to make this event happen. $100,000 has already been raised and they need $100,000 more. If you want to help out financially let me know. Also, there are weekly prayer meetings every wednesday to start praying for this event!! If you're interested, let me know!
Resources:
www.gdoptoronto.com
www.praygta.com
www.missiongta.com
EXCITED!!!!!
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
I Believe It
Is it true today that when people pray
Cloudless skies will break
Kings and queens will shake
Is it true today that when people pray
We'll see dead men rise
And the blind set free
It's true today that when people stand
With the fire of God, and the truth in hand
We'll see miracles, we'll see angels sing
We'll see broken hearts making history
- Excerpts from "History Maker" by Delirious
With these lyrics in mind, a group of Toronto pastors embark to have 60,000 people from across Toronto come together to pray for this city on the Global Day of Prayer, June 4th, 2006. Last year, Toronto had 150 people. God's going to change that.
What's happening today in Toronto is bigger than just me.
It's bigger than any one church.
It's bigger than any one neighbourhood.
This is Toronto wide and even bigger.
God is moving across this nation, our nation.
If you haven't heard about it yet you will.
I've been dormant since I've come back to Toronto but lately, I've been stirred and excited again about Toronto. God's people have seen enough hurt in our city and in our country. It's time to get on our knees and start praying.
To those of you in school and ACF, with the school year coming to a close, don't waste the summer middling in trivial things. Open your eyes to what God is doing, you have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than ACF and bigger than Western this coming summer, don't let that go to waste!!!
Check out www.gdoptoronto.com
Here's how the Global day of Prayer started....
Arising from AfricaIn 2001, one stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was filled with 45,000 people to pray. In 2002, it expanded to eight stadiums and 350,000. A year later 2.5 million gathered in 130 stadiums. On May 2, 2004, the movement exploded to nearly ten times the size. More than 22 million rallied in prayer at more than 2,000 sites throughout every single country on the continent of Africa (56 nations). Leaders from most major traditions of Christian faith called their people to join in this historic act of united prayer.
On May 15, 2005 more than 200 million Christians in 156 nations united in a day of repentance and prayer for the world. Christians came together in large stadiums, open fields, market squares, churches and other public venues to pray. It was broadcast by hundreds of radio and TV stations around the world. Many prayer networks, Christian organizations and prayer leaders support this initiative.
Christians all over the world are invited to take hands in a Global Day of Prayer. This initiative will continue for the next five years, until 2010. Every year on Pentecost Sunday there will be a Global Day of Prayer.
The two key verses that are guiding our planning around the Global Day of Prayer, are 2 Chron.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"
and Hab.2:14:
"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."
More news to come about Toronto's Day of Prayer ....Big news.
Cloudless skies will break
Kings and queens will shake
Is it true today that when people pray
We'll see dead men rise
And the blind set free
It's true today that when people stand
With the fire of God, and the truth in hand
We'll see miracles, we'll see angels sing
We'll see broken hearts making history
- Excerpts from "History Maker" by Delirious
With these lyrics in mind, a group of Toronto pastors embark to have 60,000 people from across Toronto come together to pray for this city on the Global Day of Prayer, June 4th, 2006. Last year, Toronto had 150 people. God's going to change that.
What's happening today in Toronto is bigger than just me.
It's bigger than any one church.
It's bigger than any one neighbourhood.
This is Toronto wide and even bigger.
God is moving across this nation, our nation.
If you haven't heard about it yet you will.
I've been dormant since I've come back to Toronto but lately, I've been stirred and excited again about Toronto. God's people have seen enough hurt in our city and in our country. It's time to get on our knees and start praying.
To those of you in school and ACF, with the school year coming to a close, don't waste the summer middling in trivial things. Open your eyes to what God is doing, you have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than ACF and bigger than Western this coming summer, don't let that go to waste!!!
Check out www.gdoptoronto.com
Here's how the Global day of Prayer started....
Arising from AfricaIn 2001, one stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was filled with 45,000 people to pray. In 2002, it expanded to eight stadiums and 350,000. A year later 2.5 million gathered in 130 stadiums. On May 2, 2004, the movement exploded to nearly ten times the size. More than 22 million rallied in prayer at more than 2,000 sites throughout every single country on the continent of Africa (56 nations). Leaders from most major traditions of Christian faith called their people to join in this historic act of united prayer.
On May 15, 2005 more than 200 million Christians in 156 nations united in a day of repentance and prayer for the world. Christians came together in large stadiums, open fields, market squares, churches and other public venues to pray. It was broadcast by hundreds of radio and TV stations around the world. Many prayer networks, Christian organizations and prayer leaders support this initiative.
Christians all over the world are invited to take hands in a Global Day of Prayer. This initiative will continue for the next five years, until 2010. Every year on Pentecost Sunday there will be a Global Day of Prayer.
The two key verses that are guiding our planning around the Global Day of Prayer, are 2 Chron.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"
and Hab.2:14:
"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."
More news to come about Toronto's Day of Prayer ....Big news.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Colours, colours and more colours!!
I finally got a grasp of how to manage colours in photoshop. For those of you who are new to it, basically it's all about making sure colours appear as they should on my computer screen so that after I do my editing on a picture, colours show up properly on my final print from my printer and, when I post the picture on the web, shows up properly on your computer monitor. Ever wonder why after you post pictures on the web they look washed out and just plain bland? Read on...
In photoshop, keep your working colour space as Adobe (1998)!! That's it! Easy!
If you're going to post the image to to the web, once you're done editing, the final step should be convert to sRGB. Most web browsers are unaware of colour space so any picture left in Adobe (1998) shows up washed out. Adobe (1998) has a wider colour gamut then sRGB so you still want to make sure your original pics are in Adobe (1998) to retain all that colour depth. Of course for the colours to show up properly during processing in photoshop you'll need to have your monitor calibrated properly. (I got a used calibration system for $100 to do this).
If you're going to print your picture, leave it as Adobe (1998), get a colour profile for your printer/paper combo and use that. Adobe (1998) has a colour gamut wide enough for most printers so leave it there.
Simple stuff.....amazing what you can learn from the internet. See below for example pictures of what I'm talking about. Both pictures are the same photo with the same colours. One was left as Adobe 1998 and the other I converted to sRGB before saving. Open them in new windows side by side and the differences will really stand out.
On another note, I've made it my goal to make my own personal website by the end of the summer.
If all goes as planned, I'll do it all myself from scratch and it'll include a flash intro and definitely an image gallery.
I'm currently learning:
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash
Photoshop (I know it, but always learning!)
I'm enjoying learning this stuff! Taking the picture is only half the battle, knowing what to do with it after is a whole different story.
In photoshop, keep your working colour space as Adobe (1998)!! That's it! Easy!
If you're going to post the image to to the web, once you're done editing, the final step should be convert to sRGB. Most web browsers are unaware of colour space so any picture left in Adobe (1998) shows up washed out. Adobe (1998) has a wider colour gamut then sRGB so you still want to make sure your original pics are in Adobe (1998) to retain all that colour depth. Of course for the colours to show up properly during processing in photoshop you'll need to have your monitor calibrated properly. (I got a used calibration system for $100 to do this).
If you're going to print your picture, leave it as Adobe (1998), get a colour profile for your printer/paper combo and use that. Adobe (1998) has a colour gamut wide enough for most printers so leave it there.
Simple stuff.....amazing what you can learn from the internet. See below for example pictures of what I'm talking about. Both pictures are the same photo with the same colours. One was left as Adobe 1998 and the other I converted to sRGB before saving. Open them in new windows side by side and the differences will really stand out.
On another note, I've made it my goal to make my own personal website by the end of the summer.
If all goes as planned, I'll do it all myself from scratch and it'll include a flash intro and definitely an image gallery.
I'm currently learning:
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash
Photoshop (I know it, but always learning!)
I'm enjoying learning this stuff! Taking the picture is only half the battle, knowing what to do with it after is a whole different story.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Rob & Christina's Engagement Story
As many of you have heard, Christina and I have finally gotten engaged. Due to sheer number of people asking us how it happened, whether I screwed up (hehe) and whether or not the performance was worthy of her saying yes, we've both decided to sum up our experience in this short story.
You may or may not know that I'm not the most careful schemer when it comes to planning surprises for Christina. She has ruined many of my previous attempts to surprise her. That made planning this engagement that much more difficult. The idea I finally settled on was to go with her to New York City and propose to her while skating at the Rockefeller Center in front of the giant Christmas tree. I didn't really have a date or a plan set for this, I just knew "skating" and "Rockefeller Center". Great idea right? Read on!
The trip to New York went as planned and we even got Jasper and Darana join us! On Friday, December 30th, our third day in New York, we decided to that we'd definitely skate somewhere in manhattan and maybe at the Rockefeller Center. Even though I was planning on asking her at the rockefeller center, I would have been happy with proposing at central park or any other skating rink in Manhattan. The day started badly with miserablely cold weather. Througout the day, We made our way to several ice rinks, and EVERY single one was completely PACKED with people. The Rockefeller Center was the worst, with people lining up for hours to skate. Needless to say, we didn't get to skate anywhere. Christina was soooooo disappointed because she suspected I would propose when we went skating. She doesn't like crowds so she was in a pretty bad mood once we decided to leave. I don't like crowds either so I was also annoyed. To top it off, my mind was in a frenzied panicbecause I had absolutely no backup plan!! I really had no idea what to do. Walking away from the ice rink, I prayed to God that somehow, the opportunity would arise where I could propose.
Riding on the bus back to our hotel in New Jersey, I noticed that the waterfront in New Jersey overlooks the Manhattan skyline. A light went "click" in my head and I knew that was where I wanted to take her. As soon as I got back to the hotel, I looked up the directions to the waterfront with Jasper. I then told Chris to bundle up because we were going out. She reluctantly agreed to go.
The waterfront was everything I could ever have imagined. After parking, Chris and I split from Jasper and Darana and immediately we walked through a path littered with beautiful street lamps and even walked under a small wooden arch that looked like it belonged in a wedding ceremony. It was quite romantic. We continued walking and we eventually came to an abandoned pier. I made Chris climb a fence to get there (she HATED that part). Once over, we had the quiet dark pier to ourselves. Chris was so afraid we'd be busted for trespassing by cops. She kept looking over my shoulder, expecting a big cop to show up and arrest us..haha. I brought along my MP3 player with headphones and played our song "Amazed" by Lonestar as we danced. After the song I professed my love to her (very cheesy). At first she laughed at me, then she cried. I guess Chris likes my cheesy lines! After the chesse, I was about to propose....standing up. Luckily, before I could ask, Chris said "wait!" and gently pushed me down on one knee and then I popped the question. Even though she doesn't remember it, she did say "Yes Rob, you're the man of my dreams"...haha...ok, she just said "yes". After slipping the ring on her finger I asked her if she liked it and she said she couldn't see it because it was too dark.
After proposing, we joined Jasper and Darana in a seafood restaurant called "Arthur's Landing" that we passed by walking to the dock and we all had possibly the best dinner of our entire trip. The restaurant also overlooked the manhattan skyline, providing a breathtaking view that we will all remember.
This entire proposal was not planned. I just happened to see the waterfront. We just happened to find the romantic path. We just happened to find the abandoned dock. We just happened to find the amazing restaurant. The plans I had to to propose to Christina fell apart but in return God blessed us with the perfect place and perfect circumstances for our engagement. It's almost as if God said "No, my way is much better" and from the happy look in Christina's face whenever you talk to her about our engagement, God was right.
God Bless you All!
Rob and Christina
Monday, January 02, 2006
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
Stuck in Las Vegas.
I knew I wouldn't make it. I had only 30 minutes to connect from my flight out of Atlanta to my flight to Vancouver in Vegas. Aircraft problems and paperwork delayed the flight out of atlanta by an hour and lo and behold, I'm now stuck in Vegas for a day. I guess there are worst places...
I'm going out to the casinos in a few minutes...
Here's how I spent my birthday yesterday, starting at midnight to today, all time is in ET:
12:00 - 1:30am At the hotel bar, celebrating the last day of training with 30 others...
1:30-2:30am Packing
3:00am - 7:15am sleeeeeep
7:15am - 8am road travel to our training facility
8am - 12pm final exam (ugh)
12pm - 1pm lunch
1pm - 3pm final conference
3pm - 6pm road travel to airport with a stop at wendy's for a crappola dinner
6pm - 10pm check in and wait at the gate
10pm - 11pm flight delayed
11pm - 2am travel to vegas
2am - 5am missed the connecting flight, booked hotel for night and rebooked flight
6am - 11am sleep.....
11am - 12pm breakfast in the hotel
12pm - 1:30pm relax, internet
1:30pm - going to casino....
I'm going out to the casinos in a few minutes...
Here's how I spent my birthday yesterday, starting at midnight to today, all time is in ET:
12:00 - 1:30am At the hotel bar, celebrating the last day of training with 30 others...
1:30-2:30am Packing
3:00am - 7:15am sleeeeeep
7:15am - 8am road travel to our training facility
8am - 12pm final exam (ugh)
12pm - 1pm lunch
1pm - 3pm final conference
3pm - 6pm road travel to airport with a stop at wendy's for a crappola dinner
6pm - 10pm check in and wait at the gate
10pm - 11pm flight delayed
11pm - 2am travel to vegas
2am - 5am missed the connecting flight, booked hotel for night and rebooked flight
6am - 11am sleep.....
11am - 12pm breakfast in the hotel
12pm - 1:30pm relax, internet
1:30pm - going to casino....
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
From Toronto to Boston to Atlanta to Rome
It's been forever since I've blogged. I'm in Rome, Georgia right now and there's absolutely nothing here. We're staying about 30 minutes away from the firefighting training facility and it's that far only because there's nothing closer. I swear, I'd go crazy if I had to live here...
I was in Boston last week and this week, I'm in Rome, Georgia for practical training. On monday, I did firefighter training!! Crazy isn't it!??? Pictures of me and others fighting a propane tree fire are below. After fighting the propane fire, they put us into a closed room with one sprinkler head and started a fire. Man, when that sprinkler head went off, it pushed 400 degree heat down towards the floor where we were and you could just feel the heat through the firefighter gear. Visibility was 0, I couldn't even see my hand right in front of my mask. Crazy!!
At the end of it all, I can't believe i got paid to have fun that day....I also have the utmost respect for firefighters. Putting on all that equipment in 40 degree heat, then running towards a fire when everyone is running away demands appreciation from all of us. So to all you firefighters out there, thank you, you guys are crazy.
I can't wait to go to Vancouver this friday to see Chris and go camping. I love holiday...
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