No Snow
Seymour hasn't had fresh snow since Saturday night, in fact, it has only rained since Saturday night. And it has rained hard. Currently Seymour has a 75cm base, that's less than 2 & 1/2 feet! Half of its base has melted since Sunday (149cm).
Anyways, it has really been getting me down because the season was just getting good, we were teased with a week of wonderful snow, and my schedule this semester has been carefully arranged for optimum snowboard allowance. On top of all this, MRD has been preparing to launch a snowboarding ministry. We were planning on taking underprivileged kids from the Langley and Vancouver community snowboarding, we have gear donated (boards, bindings, boots, clothes), VIP passes to Seymour, and NO SNOW!
Why I am so frustrated is because I feel it is impossible for Seymour to get enough snow to even reopen this Season. I heard many resorts have laid off many employees. I feel somehow double crossed. The real issue is that the weather is out of my control. We have put so much effort and thought into this outreach, and have been getting so pumped for another good season only to have it all taken away by a week of ridiculous rain. As I thought about all this, I remembered this verse from the Bible, so I looked it up: Luke 8:22. You know, the one where Jesus calms the storm.
In this verse, Jesus' followers were freaking out on the boat because they were going through this intense storm! Down below, Jesus was sleeping. They go and wake him up and beg him to calm the storm. Of course he rebukes the storm, but says to them, '€˜where is your faith, why are you afraid?' (luke8,mat 8) So right away I get a glimmer of hope! I got this hope that God would take care of this whole thing, he would bring snow! I just need to have faith, and pray! ...but I realize that I can pray for snow, and I will, but that hope is not in God, it'€™s my own agenda. I looked at the context of this verse, and there are so many stories of Jesus taking care of the people, and meanwhile they are all loosing it, panicking. Soon then they drive him out of that area because they were scared.(Mat 8.34) So I'€™m trying not to be like those people. But instead, like one who listens when Jesus says, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?"
Anyways, it has really been getting me down because the season was just getting good, we were teased with a week of wonderful snow, and my schedule this semester has been carefully arranged for optimum snowboard allowance. On top of all this, MRD has been preparing to launch a snowboarding ministry. We were planning on taking underprivileged kids from the Langley and Vancouver community snowboarding, we have gear donated (boards, bindings, boots, clothes), VIP passes to Seymour, and NO SNOW!
Why I am so frustrated is because I feel it is impossible for Seymour to get enough snow to even reopen this Season. I heard many resorts have laid off many employees. I feel somehow double crossed. The real issue is that the weather is out of my control. We have put so much effort and thought into this outreach, and have been getting so pumped for another good season only to have it all taken away by a week of ridiculous rain. As I thought about all this, I remembered this verse from the Bible, so I looked it up: Luke 8:22. You know, the one where Jesus calms the storm.
In this verse, Jesus' followers were freaking out on the boat because they were going through this intense storm! Down below, Jesus was sleeping. They go and wake him up and beg him to calm the storm. Of course he rebukes the storm, but says to them, '€˜where is your faith, why are you afraid?' (luke8,mat 8) So right away I get a glimmer of hope! I got this hope that God would take care of this whole thing, he would bring snow! I just need to have faith, and pray! ...but I realize that I can pray for snow, and I will, but that hope is not in God, it'€™s my own agenda. I looked at the context of this verse, and there are so many stories of Jesus taking care of the people, and meanwhile they are all loosing it, panicking. Soon then they drive him out of that area because they were scared.(Mat 8.34) So I'€™m trying not to be like those people. But instead, like one who listens when Jesus says, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?"
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