My Long Week of Random Events

Feb 4th - Monday:

Met up with a person for a presentation on the next day. Talked with her for a while about how we could discuss the article we were to present. Later that night, she drops the course. Prayed for a miracle and that I would be okay... semi-winging the presentation. Also had to finish a paper that night for the same course.

Feb 5th - Tuesday:

Miracle presentation, managed to pull it off with little to no slip ups. Prof marks fast - got an A on both the paper and presentation. The next course of the day, the prof brought cookies for the class. Then my parents came downtown, so I had a ride home. We bought stuff from MEC.

Feb 6th - Wednesday:

Was supposed to meet my pastor. He didn't make it on account of the snow. Funny thing is I walked up to the church in foot-high snow, and the moment I reached the doors of the church...the snowplows started plowing the church parking lot. Drove to CCF that night, the ride there was pleasant. The ride home wasn't...took way longer. It was a bible study on Peter and Paul, but sadly we could only study one. So I was in the Peter group. When I got home, I shoveled the driveway. My mom then suggested that I go shovel the driveway of my aunt and uncle's place...which I did. I drove the matrix there, but my car got stuck in the snow on the way home...and it was pretty lame. I prayed for salvation, and God sent a guy to teach me to use the floor mats in my car for traction under the wheels. Fun times.

Feb 7th - Thursday:

Went to school for prayer meeting. Prayed with Dave. Fun times...not many people made it out, because there was tons of snow again. We thought the school may be closed, but it wasn't. So I diligently waited in the Cooksville parking lot for a GO Bus...waited 40 minutes with another 100 or so more people. As soon as I got on the bus (standing room only), another bus pulled up...and I felt dry. Played a lot of settlers that day, too. (They have settlers at the CCF Office now.) Went home. I met up with Alan to talk about Christianity and stuff...we learned more about each other. Secrets. Stayed up late finishing a paper due Friday, was talking with my friend over msn about it. Funny things happen staying up late doing work.

Feb 8th - Friday:

Went to school for a bunch of things. I sat around at the CCF office for most of the day, pretending to do work, but not really doing it. For dinner, I went out with a friend. It was good convo time, she's quite random. She paid too, bonus points for her. On the way home, I forgot that I left my water bottle in the class room...(I recently purchased it from MEC, see Tuesday)...so I had to go back. I got stopped by a chinese fellow who started speaking to me in canto. Through careful deliberation and sheer luck I deduced that he was not from around here, and wanted money to take a bus back to stouffville. I am very wary of these things, but I gave him some money anyways (not that it was enough to buy a ticket...but all I could spare at the time?). I got my water bottle, and I was thinking that maybe he was for real. So I decided that if I ran into him again, I would give him enough for a ticket. But alas, no such luck. Upon further contemplation, I debated that I could have just walked with him to Union and PURCHASED the one way ticket to stouffville... so from now on I will think. Furthermore, on this day....one of the guys I meet with on Thursday nights, he couldn't make it the past two weeks. I challenged him about it, and he will no longer be attending. I am saddened by it, but at the same time feel that I should be more concentrating on Alan.

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Why the whole dialog? I dunno, just to keep up with what's going on with me....but a major theme I saw running throughout this week...was the sets of two's things kept coming in...

random -> Some guy was singing the fresh prince of bel air opening theme outside of eaton's centre at the dundas and yonge intersection...he was singing into his phone. Yet, on that same day..the person sitting in front of me on the GO bus, was watching fresh prince on his laptop.

patience -> The walking up to the church, and getting owned by snowplows.
The waiting in line for the GO bus, and getting owned by impatience.

meeting -> This failed attempt at meeting with my pastor was the 2nd attempt. So I will try to meet him after the reading week.

My interpretation: Third time's a charm? God will tell me something with the third incident, so I have to wait on that.

In conclusion, I still feel like I am a really selfish Christian. A person that prays for himself and thinks of himself solely. At the same time, I wonder how I balance out doing things that strengthen yourself as a Christian and serving others? Or are these things supposed to be one and the same?

More thoughts to come, stay tuned.