Hi Everyone!! "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" 1 Jn 3:1 I can barely keep my eyes open as I type...amazing how sleep deprivation can affect you! I think I"ve had about 6 hrs sleep total in the past 3-4 nights! And I'm not kidding, although I might be under the persuasive influence of 'no-sleep'... Yes, Praise God, 2 suitcases, 2 carry-ons and one human made it alive to Toronto. I was stressing about how this would happen as my luggage is not exactly 'light', but God convicted me at church service of just how trival this 'obstacle' would be in light of the greater call to GO! Toronto is....different. Let's just say I miss the West Coast and the mountains and 'non-bricked houses' already! I write to you from SIM Head Office where Helena and I will be living till Sat when we leave for Nigeria. The guesthouse at SIM is like a hotel!! No joke. We are 'living it up' while we can, before reality hits us come Sat. I am EXCITED as orientation starts tommorrow morning. I'm also excited because Helena and I are re-united!!! The first thing we did was go shopping, something those of you who know us might find very strange. Well what can I say? The anticipation of wearing skirts/dresses everyday for the next 2.5 months and the influences/hard-work of our 'girlies' have paid off! Prayer Requests: -for us to 'soak up' all the good stufff from Orientation. To have a teachable heart, ready to learn, share and be humbled. -my right shoulder (separated in early June-hockey injury) is acting up. Please pray for someone to volunteer to massage it, OOPS, I mean please pray that some healing will take place. I must have slightly agitated it in the past week. (Mom, Dad, don't freak, it's okay, just abit sore but it's fine) -please continue to pray for calm and sstability in Jos, Nigeria regarding the tensions that arose Sept 8. I love you all! THanks, shermeen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out this web article/profile: www.iamnext.com/premed Peek at my personal webpage: www.geocities.com/shermeenchan/