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PRESIDENTIAL GREETINGS d r. a g rey, 06 sp e n cer page, 07 page 8
WHAT I WISH I KNEW ABOUT... b a l a nce, 10 t h e B E d, 12 b e i n g an international stude nt, 14 b u r man life, 16 f r i e n d s, 18 m e n t a l health, 20 page 22
FIST BUMPS WITH JESUS page 24
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EDITOR’S NOTE instead of complaining. There are opportunities and blessings are all over campus. But these opportunities and blessings that you now enjoy were fought for. Create the thing you feel that Burman so desperately needs. Bless the next generation of Burmanites. 3. Cuffing season is a thing. Don’t be another statistic. 4. Your health doesn’t have to suffer. I know that the pressure to succeed is great, however, success shouldn’t cost you your life. You are worth far more than a piece of paper. Take a break sometimes. Watch that classic Alberta sunset. Watch ONE MOVIE on Netflix (Don’t fall into the Netflix hole. It’s a real place). Take time to listen to your body and your mind and act accordingly. Your corpse won’t be able to write your exam. Warning: I’ve been told that I’m too blunt at times. Avert your eyes if you have a weak stomach. Don’t say I never warned you. Below are five things that I wish that someone had told me when I first stepped foot on campus. If I had heard and listened to the following five pieces of advice, I probably would have skipped 50% of the self-induced heartache that I suffered through. I’m telling you as a courtesy, even though I understand that some for people pain is their most valuable teacher. 1. Don’t leave your clothes in the laundry room. It leads to embarrassing anecdotes,
the kinds that are far too awkward to write here. 2. Burman University has nothing to offer you. Before you run off to my superiors and scream for my head, allow me to explain. A lot of people come here with expectations and rules about the way they’d like to be treated and pampered. This is not the place for that. If that’s what you came here for, go home. You’re wasting your money. Find a spa closer to home. This is a place where you have to fight for what you want. Not to say that there aren’t amazing programs here (because there are), but trust me, they’re not going to come running to your door. Find. Them. Do something
5. Your relationships will change. Your relationship with those you’ve left back home, your relationship with God, your relationship with your teachers, and your significant others will honestly look a whole lot different by the time you leave here. Lean into it. Learn. It’s not always a bad thing. It means that you’re growing! Enjoy the uncomfortable seasons that life offers you! So there it is! All of the writers in this issue have very important things that they’ve learned and would like to share their knowledge with you. Listen up! Enjoy Rechelle-Lee Smith Editor
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PRESIDENTIAL GREETINGS
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LIGHT As we start a new academic year at Burman University I want to welcome each one of you. We are delighted that you are a part of our Burman campus family. I also want to remind you that Burman University’s mission statement says that Burman will educate students to think with discernment, to believe with insight and commitment, and to act with confidence, compassion and competence. My mind goes back to when I was a student here. On June 1, 1982, late that evening, when twilight was turning to darkness, I took my girlfriend, now wife, for a drive in my little red Mustang. I had taken a summer job near Edmonton so that I could pay my school bill and be close to my beloved. We were out a little later than usual. Suddenly, the darkness was broken by mid-day light. The farm fields glowed eerily with a strange blue light that lasted for what seemed a lifetime. I stopped the car, sure that it was the end of the world; we sat quietly, waiting for the Lord to return. Finally, the glow subsided and night returned and we hastened home! The next day, the news reported that a bolide, an unusually large meteorite, had exploded in the sky and was the cause for our “enlightening” moment!
While on campus, you too will have enlightening experiences here that will help you to THINK WITH DISCERNMENT about where you are going in life and the meaning of life itself. Our university is a safe environment to question, challenge, and even respectfully disagree with your professors and classmates as you explore exciting fields of knowledge and research. Above all, it is a place where you will dig deeper into God’s Word and be enlightened with words from the Master Teacher. In 2010, I left my position as Vice-President of Academic Administration here at Burman University and accepted a call to be President of Asia-Pacific International University in Thailand. Some of the most beautiful beaches on the world are in the Krabi province, where we loved to snorkel. Our fantastic day of snorkeling was followed by a sunset dinner. After dark we were taken to a secluded bay. When we jumped into the water, the undersea world glittered and sparkled with thousands of tiny lights. As the bioluminescent plankton swirled around us, it seemed that the stars in the sky had joined us to dance in the sea. Because we believed our guide’s assertion that there would be something wonderful to discover in the dark water, we took the leap of faith off of that boat into the deep dark water.
Here at Burman, we want you to BELIEVE WITH INSIGHT AND COMMITMENT that as you jump into the unknown waters ahead of you, God will provide the light you need to find your way and bring joy into your life. I moved from Thailand to Kettering College in 2015, where I have served for the past 2 years as Academic Dean. One thing I loved about summer evenings in Ohio was watching all the little twinkling lights in our yard. The fireflies, or lightening bugs, as Ohioans call them, utilize bioluminescence to brighten their corner of the world. I don’t know why they turn their blinking lights on at night, but that act brings such a difference to the dark corners of the yard. We want you to be able to ACT WITH CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION AND COMPETENCE as you study here at Burman University, so that your corner of this sometimes very dark world will be alight with hope and compassion as you enter the career you are being well-prepared for. I pray that you will be the light of Jesus to those around you. We are committed to consistently and intentionally give you the guidance and opportunity to faithfully bring light to the world. Dr. Loren Agrey Burman University President
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M E S S A G E F R O M T H E B U S A P R E S I D E N T
Hey Burman! If nobody has said it to you yet, welcome back to another year at Burman University! If it’s your first time, I hope we get to meet in person soon! You see, I believe that open, honest communication and unity are two of the keys to change. What I wish I had known when I first came to Burman is that students have the ability to take charge of their situation on campus. I believe that together we can shape this school into what we want it to be, but only so long as we remain open to hearing one another’s ideas and united in our desire to make our school a better place for ourselves and for the generations of students to come. We are all a part of the Student Association of Burman University and we all can contribute to the improvement of our campus and community. This year, my fellow executives and I are already working hard to provide more opportunities for you to get involved in leadership on campus. We will be reintroducing the Senators to ensure there is a clear flow of information between you and your elected representatives and to provide solutions to some of the problems that you may notice in your program, residence, or extracurriculars. Our Social VP is looking for volunteers to help plan and prepare for our major events.
Our Communications VP is looking for photographers to help capture the most memorable moments of the year. If an activity you love is absent in our list of clubs, start your own! Your SA executives are here to provide you with the resources you need to make your experience and that of everyone else around you better. We will do our best to help make your year a success, but only you can take initiative and be vocal when faced with injustice or prejudice. Some of you might confused, so to the new and first-year students: you may still be reeling from freshmen orientation and your first week of classes, but what I also wish I knew when I started school at Burman is that although this campus is a tightly knit community, it is not a perfect one and at times, members of our Burman family are harmed by discriminatory and insensitive words and practices. I believe that there is no room at Burman for discrimination, hate speech, or abuse of any kind – on any grounds, religious or otherwise – and that is why I believe that the Student Association must take a more active approach to student concerns and that social justice must become its new directive.
I envision this campus as a place where all people are welcomed and treated with equal respect regardless of race or gender, as a place that protects victims of abuse rather than abusers, as a place where ideas can be shared freely and discussed without fear of oppression, as a place where we show our love for others and our love for Christ by fighting for those who have been and are being hurt and not remaining complacent in our own privilege. This semester, I will be specifically focusing on searching for ways to make a safer, more educated, and more proactive atmosphere on campus in regard to mental health, sexual violence, and the challenges facing our brothers and sisters of the LGBTQ+ community, but I can’t do it alone. You have chosen an outstanding Student Association team, but they can’t solve all your problems alone. I believe that only together can we take the first steps towards building a better Burman University for everyone. Only together can we have a loud enough voice to make a difference. Only together can we hope to educate, inspire, and triumph. If you’re ready, so am I. Sincerely, Spencer Page Student Association President
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WHAT I WISH I KNEW ABOUT...
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BALANCE
I have come to understand that university is the hardest place to practice balance, like your girl could barely walk straight after a semester. I was trying to juggle academics, friends, family, spirituality, and was still trying to to look presentable in the midst of it all and boy was it tough. My first few days I cried myself to sleep simply because I wasn’t sure if this was the place I wanted to be, but then you low-key come to realize that this campus holds like 600 students and that’s probably as big as a high school. So I got what they called my “ish” together, and had to bring out my inner Yonce with a dash of Einstein because those Biology textbooks were not going to read themselves. So I knew I had to focus on what was most important. My academics. I grew with African parents, specifically Cameroonian parents (if you don’t know where that is, I guess that’s why Burman offers a geography class, and if you didn’t know that Africa was a continent and not a country then I guess you should take that class, ha-ha I only joke), but want to know what wasn’t a joke? SCHOOL. It was no joke in my household. As much as I would complain sometimes, I knew that when it came down to it, it had to be my priority. As if my parents being hard on me wasn’t bad enough, the idea of student loans and wanting to live somewhere bigger then a box after, university, and getting a decent GPA became all I focused on.
It was funny, because I stressed so much that I began to stress about being stressed (you feel?). But what was even worse was that my focus was simply on school. I mean yeah, I was praying, attending dorm worships and all that good stuff, yet I still felt very “unbalanced.” I was praying for focus, and “studiousness” but never really believed that God would give it to me. I thought that it was through hours of studying, binge watching videos on the Krebs Cycle, and late nights of chem and chill (and by chills I mean late nights on the mez, it was my second home) that would get that “good” GPA. As cheesy as is sounds, it was my lack of belief or unbelief in God that was hindering me. In Mark 9, it has the story of the father who wanted Jesus to heal his boy because his disciples couldn’t do it, but he didn’t have the faith that Jesus could and Jesus said, “All things are possible to him who believes,” and that’s when the father said, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” That’s the same prayer we gotta keep praying. As much as I struggled to find balance, I also wasn’t really believing that the one who provides, would provide. So as you enter a new school year, let academics be important but let God be your priority, and remember James 1:5- “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” Wishing you all of year of success! With love, Ornela
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THE BEd DEGREE BY TRISTIAN WILLAUER
The BEd Degree doesn’t teach you how to be a teacher. It teaches you how to use your knowledge, your skills, and your beliefs to become a leader in the classroom, and a role-model to our children. Education is in a weird transitional stage where on one side we have traditional education, where the teacher has the answers and gives them to the students, and the other side where the students have access to all the answers they want already, but it’s the teachers who teach them how to use the information to the best of their abilities. This “half-and-half” of education is present all the way from kindergarten to university. Because of this, the education degree here at Burman University, DOES teach you things that you probably don’t know already: You learn where to find the curriculum required to be taught. You learn child psychology, and what you can do to help shape and grow young minds. You learn what the government requires in teachers’ plans all the way from daily to yearly plans. Things like that.
While I didn’t know all of these things going into the degree, this isn’t what makes a person a teacher. All it amounts to is what is required, according to the government of Alberta, to do the job of a teacher. There are certain qualities that a good and effective teacher has. And we do talk about these qualities quite a bit, but we’re honestly never taught them. Things like “Get to know your students” and “Show them that you really care” and “Be passionate about what you teach” and “Be genuine” and similar buzz phrases are tossed about the classroom all willy-nilly as if everyone knows exactly what they mean. But the fact of the matter is: They can’t teach you this. If you don’t care about the students and you’re not passionate about what you’re teaching, they can’t teach you how to. It requires a character change that only you can decide to undergo. Like I said earlier, some students develop these qualities during their time taking this degree. After all, it only takes is some rewiring your brain, and creating new pathways for you to think through. And in reality, that’s exactly what teaching is, anyways.
I’ll be honest, it isn’t glamorous. It often amounts to slogging through a swamp of paperwork, administrative requirements, and red tape. Sometimes all it feels like is institutionalized babysitting. But ask any teacher why they teach, or any education student here, and they’ll tell you everything good about teaching: Seeing a student graduate, and 5 years later, seeing their first book on the shelves at Chapters. Hearing how the quietest student became a missionary in Japan. Hearing how the most socially-awkward kid has celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. Because you cared. There are things that make teaching the most fulfilling profession in the world, and there are elements that make it the worst possible thing ever imaginable on the face of the universe. It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth all the effort, though.
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BEING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
The decision to study away from home is
The adage, “no man is an island” has
exhilarating and terrifying in equal parts.
never held more truth. Your preconcep-
To be removed from all that is familiar
tions may be that you can “go it alone”,
and comforting (at least one hopes) in
but you cannot be more perfectly mistak-
pursuit of a dream is a commendable un-
en.
dertaking, especially in such capricious
acquaintances is of the utmost. Customs
climates. The continuous transformations
and mannerisms are different and there
from who we are into who we ought to
must exist a willingness to bridge such
be to satisfy dreams, aspirations, envi-
disparities or you will find yourself left
ronment and/or circumstances comes
out in the cold, literally.
Forming relationships, dependable
alive. Life’s vicissitudes, be it by choice or unforeseen, demands that we be where
Remember your aspirations, your dedi-
we are and to allow each opportunity to
cations, and your inspirations to propel
shape us into a more beautiful version of
you. You are a stranger in a strange land
ourselves.
with different experiences, and many years of ideas and beliefs inculcated in
Burman University, not only for its val-
you that has shaped and contributed to the
ues in excellence, service, community,
individual you now are. Be gentle with
integrity, and spirituality; but for where it
yourself when you learn something new,
is situated, insists on a direct confronta-
forgive yourself for feeling you don’t fit
tion with self: To face your ugly truths,
the mould (it’s not true), and graciously
and to outgrow aspects of yourself, that
morph into a new person.
if you insist on keeping, will hinder your success because it will not serve you; It
At Burman, there are many opportunities
insists on an adaptation to, and an accep-
to become involved in on campus activi-
tance of a culture that is so foreign to you
ties that may not become apparent if you
it appears incomprehensible; it insists that
are reluctant to put yourself out there.
you embrace those aspects of yourself
Embrace the decision you made to be here
that are your truth, those aspects of you
and resist the urge if in your first semes-
which are essential qualities and to meet
ter you’re tempted to gather your belong-
others, who are, too, on this path, and to
ings and board the next flight out of this
appreciate them where they are on their
dreadful -30 experience. It doesn’t last,
journey.
and if you’re willing, you’ll awaken to a beautiful place, with amazing adventures, and remarkable people who can light your path and make you time here worthwhile. Be You at BU. Think. Believe. Act. -Nakeda McDonald
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BURMAN LIFE
Packing my bags, I can’t believe that the
What about you, those who have gradu-
school year is finally here. I look around
ated high school and for the first time are
my room and realize that packing is a
on your own? Nervous? Or how about
pain, and time consuming. I must say that
those who will graduate this year and
I am nervous about the school year, and
start “leaving roots” in the world? Afraid?
I don’t know what to expect. My expec-
What about you who are in-between and
tation are pretty high and I am “Leaving
have experience with both hard and calm
roots” that’s what a friend told me before
semesters. Being nervous about finding
my ascent to Burman. What does that
friends is intimidating. I still am. But
look like? This will be my second year at-
there is something special about Bur-
tending and I still have butterflies just like
man that you should know. It challenges
I did the first time. I am nervous about
you, whether you are ready or not. I am
what this year will be like. Will I find a
learning what it is to be me and to be bold
community and succeed in my classes?
enough to share with world. Regardless,
Will I be able to make a difference? What
on whether I am accepted or not. You will
will I leave?
soon find out that in one year you could have an amazing first semester, and a hard second. I did. It’s just what happens at the start of something new. So many expectations! I would like to encourage you to really think about this year, to jump into a new place, and acknowledge your fear but choose to be brave.
- Lily Ramirez
18 Right now I’m sipping on tea from Banff
I think it’s okay to sip on your tea and re-
And that scares me. Because once some-
Tea Co., a kind that was first introduced
member a friendship you shared and think
thing ends, it could go anywhere. Any-
to me by two of my dearest friends. I met
back on it with delight instead of being
where at all. And sometimes that any-
these two men during my first weekend
sad for the shift. I think it’s important to
where leads to a real ending. I think that’s
here at Burman, canoeing at QUE Quest.
watch the people you love grow and be-
what scares me the most.”
After that first fun-packed weekend, those
come who they’re supposed to be and
two men came to mean more to me than
cheer silently from afar. I’m thankful for
I wrote this letter in 2015. I was terrified
I could possibly explain. Just as many
the friends that I’ve made at Burman and
then of life moving forward. It was the
others did. It was easy to make friends as
super glad that some of them have been
end of an amazing year spent at Burman
freshmen – friendships that were so pure
beside me for every single step. But I’m
and many of us had decided we weren’t
and so full of laughter and joy and happy
also thankful for the friendships that were
coming back the following year or were
memories. Memories you want to hold
only relevant for a short period of time –
unsure. I was afraid to lose those friend-
on to and cherish for the rest of your life.
because those were just as important and
ships. It’s now 2017 and the girl I wrote
Memories that are hard to let go of.
taught me just as much.
this letter to now goes to a different school in the states and the friends I was
As the years have gone on though, I’ve
I know I would not have been able to get
so scared to lose in this letter are still a
come to understand a few things. Firstly,
through my years at Burman without the
major part of my life – even though that
your group of friends will change drasti-
beautiful friendships I’ve made. I wrote a
part now looks different than it did two
cally from your first year to your last year.
letter to a friend I made my first year at
years ago. I know I could still call the re-
AND THAT’S OKAY! What I wish I had
Burman who took a semester off to go to
ceiver of this letter up anytime I needed
known that first naïve weekend at QUE
Spain. I’ll share a fragment of it here:
to vent or cry or laugh. I know that the
Quest is this: people grow. Sometimes
two men who introduced me to the tea
growing means that people outgrow each
“My computer flashes pictures of my
I’m sipping on would gladly go on a star-
other. I wish I had known at 18 that it’s
photo library whenever it’s been still for
gazing adventure with me whenever one
okay for that to happen, that maybe it’s
over a minute, and you come up often.
of us needed it. I know that my roommate
actually natural. Growth doesn’t mean
Sometimes, it feels like a punch when I
in Ontario loves me a great deal and miss-
that those friendships weren’t genuine,
see a picture of us laughing or us trying
es me as much as I miss her. Friendships
important or real. It in no way devalues
our hardest to make the ugliest face pos-
change and I’ve learned that it’s okay for
the connection you shared or the memo-
sible. Other times, it warms my heart to
life to move forward. So as you begin
ries you made. I’ve also learned that the
see these pictures and think of the good
your first year of university, and you start
true friends you make along the way are
memories we’ve had, and the friendship
to see some friendships fading and others
the friends that are always there – despite
we were able to grow. But it scares me to
starting to grow, take solace in the fact
that growth. The friends you can still call
know that in only a week, there will be
that this is how life is––that all friend-
up at 1 am because you need someone to
more people on my computer screen who
ships, new or old, past or present, aren’t
listen to you rant while stargazing even
are no longer in my everyday life. The end
static but ever evolving.
though you don’t regularly keep up with
of the school year will be the end of more
each other anymore. The friend you once
than just all nighters and early morning
roomed with who graduated and moved
classes. It means the end of spontaneous
back to Ontario – she’s still the person
adventures and four am life talks where
you facetime crying and who you tell
everyone cries. And although it doesn’t
your biggest news to. I think it’s okay for
necessarily mean the end of friendships –
friendships to change.
it’s the end of the way the friendship was.
WHAT I WISH I KNEW ABOUT FRIENDS BEFORE COMING TO UNIVERSITY BY KAYLIE COPELAND
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Tears were pouring down as I was gasping
ed the events that happened in French, I
for breath. With each passing second, it
begin to have another panic attack. The
seemed like my life was over. I wanted to
feeling of shame and embarrassment
inhale and exhale, but my cranium looked
started to creep back into my thoughts.
like it was shot. I felt like a cute gold
How is it that I was still struggling even
fish out water struggling to go back to its
though I had a private tutor? It got to the
natural habitat, the water. It felt like the
point where I was taken to the doctor’s of-
world was going to go down, and I along
fice that same day where I was introduced
with it. I kept telling myself that I would
to anti-depressants. I remember walking
be okay. But it was easier said than done.
into that room filled with agony because it
Then I was worried about what my class-
felt like I was sub-par for not being able to
mates thought of me, what my professor
get better on my terms. I felt like another
thought of me. Did they believe that I was
statistic. Another university student who
the weak link? That I’m an idiot because I
couldn’t handle the pressures of universi-
cannot, for the life of me, distinguish be-
ty so, therefore, they had to be on anti-de-
tween the usage of être and avoir? Having
pressants to feel some spark of happiness.
a panic attack is one thing. However, having a panic attack during class and having
But I reluctantly started to take my an-
your classmates watch you as you literally
ti-depressants. While I was a bit skep-
cannot breathe is another thing altogether.
tical, I did start to notice a difference in my thought process. My anxious thoughts
I thought my classmates were annoyed or
began to dissipate into thoughts of posi-
angry that I was disrupting precious class
tivity. I learned something valuable about
time. Class time that we were paying for.
myself that particular semester. I no lon-
I was wrong. My classmates were incredi-
ger felt like a coward for popping pills to
bly supportive of me as I was catching my
feel normal. The feeling of shame was
breath and keeping what little dignity I
wiped out with gratitude to modern medi-
had left intact. As I had my panic attack in
cine. While I do not have the answer as to
the middle of class, I was tempted to jump
whether I will take medication for life, I
ship and flee. However, one of my class-
do realize that I only do not need to know
mates encouraged me to stay because if
the answer to that question. I learned that
I leave, it would just make things worse.
I was more than the thoughts from my mind or the feelings of unworthiness. Just
Immediately after class, I went straight to
because I had to take medication did not
the Student Success Centre. As I recount-
mean that I was less than human.
MENTAL HEALTH
BY DEBBIE MASELA
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FIST BUMPS WITH JESUS
HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAITH STRONG IN UNIVERSITY
Ahhh here we are once again. Another summer is slowly coming to an end and a new school year begins. It’s that time of year where Lakeview Hall is filled with so many new faces and seniors walk around with their “pre-graduation glow”. Personally, I’m already counting down the months until I receive my degree in April but that’s beside the point. Another semester somewhat reminds me of New Year’s simply because many of us set these inspiring goals for the upcoming four or eight months. “This month I’m definitely using my gym membership”, “this year I’m for sure going to be crazy organized”, or maybe “this semester i’m going to get involved in everything”. Whatever your goal may be, I believe one thing that led the majority of us to Burman University over any other university is the ‘Jesus factor’. Because c’mon, you wouldn’t pay a huge tuition if it wasn’t worth it right? That is definitely what makes us unique here at Burman. Here at this campus you can experience Jesus almost all the time! Sometimes though, your spiritual life can take a hit and cause you to go through the highs and lows. And so besides attending church services, Power Ups, Monday and Wednesday night worships, and Vespers, what do you do when you’re just not feeling like you want to share fist bumps with Jesus? Well here are 3 tips on how you can keep your faith strong in university. 1. Prioritize your relationship with Christ You’ve probably heard this many of times, especially if you were raised in a Christian home, but it’s probably the most practical and obvious piece of advice I could give. Don’t be familiar with God, but instead be intimate with God. Take time out of your day to read His word, to meditate, and to pray. Whether it be five or ten minutes each morning before you start your day or at night before you sleep, cultivate a relationship with Christ daily. Truly figure out who He is to you because it’s one thing to know about someone and it’s another thing to personally know who they are.
2. Check your friendships The wisest man in all history once wrote, “walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.” (Proverbs 13:20 NLT) In other words, check your friendships and whether they pull you towards or away from Christ. If it’s the latter, that will definitely challenge your spiritual walk. So if you find yourself in a friendship or friend group that is getting involved in the wrong activities or wrong habits, pull yourself away and find new friends that will lead you to Jesus. Because realistically it is better to be alone than in bad company and I mean, let’s be real, true friends will care for your well-being, especially your salvation. 3. Get involved This campus is blossoming with opportunities to strengthen and reinforce your faith. Besides volunteering and helping out with services or worships, you can also become involved in other creative ministries such as Native Ministries, Prison Ministries, Kid’s Church, and even Haircuts for Humanity. And if there is another ministry you’d like to see happen on campus speak up and make it happen. There is a large group of people willing to help you and support you! So to the person reading this devotional, yes, I’m speaking to you! I hope that this year be a year of goal setting and reaching. I hope that you not only reach all your gym goals, friendship goals, or relationship goals, but that you also reach your Jesus goals! Because believe me, loving you was His goal from your very first day. Wishing you all the best! Angelica
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#PICSORITDIDNTHAPPEN
- Josh Bradburn
Here's a few photos from this summer that @calincharlesphotography took at the kooteney national park and at the stampede! Hope you guys like em :) – Deepa Johnny
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So this California gal was invited out to Gull Lake for an evening sunset... Not knowing how the weather changes here in Alberta, she geared up for the cool evening temperature drop she is so used to on the West Coast... to her surprise all the toes on the sand were bare and sparkling purple. However, she kept her turquoise toes cozy and covered. - Joelle Nicholson Nicholson, Owens, Hyde & Mosher Clans Represented Photo Credit: Tammy Hyde-Moshe For our 25th anniversary, Gary and I visited World UNESCO Heritage Site, Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump in Southern Alberta where for millennia Indigenous people stampeded their year’s supply of bison off cliffs. This is a photo of me participating in the Pis’kun, the buffalo hunt. I’m wearing a wolf skin to help stampede the animals over the cliff. - Patsy Glatt
- Debbie Masela
- Sydney and Ryan Bell
CUE QUEST - Samuelle Henry
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