The Weekend

Days seem to go by much slower. It's not that I have less to do, but I think I am more active in the use of my time. I spend less time on video games and more time in productive endeavors. Oh, the joys of growing up. Anyways...

Saturday:

The Ryerson CCF had a beach day. So I went downtown with Howard (Mississauga, represent!) to the Woodbine beach. We were the first two there, arriving at 9:30 AM. That was a mistake. It was cold, and wet. There were not that many people at the beach that day, so we got a nice spot. However, we were waiting a while before the first group of people showed up.

We had a bible study, played frisbee. I spent most of the time cooking. I am the grill king. I need one of those aprons that says "Kiss the Chef", but I think that would be incredibly awkward...and I'm pretty sure only one or two of the guys would entertain the notion.

It started to rain mid-way through the day, so when the weather gets rough.....the RCCF goes to Jacky's house. We watched Euro cup for a while over there. Anna wanted some help with her Sunday School material, so I promptly gave her both good and bad advice. (mostly good).

Highlight of the afternoon was getting to see Ayrine who clearly did not want to see. :P

Howard and I couldn't stay that long at Jacky's. He had to work and I had dinner plans. So we drove back to sauga (that is a pain), and I met my cousin for dinner. This marked a significant milestone in my interaction with my cousins, as A) we don't hang out that often anymore, and B) we never have dinner one on one.

Over a steaming bowl of Pho, Michael (my cousin) and I discussed spiritual stuff. Michael went to a Christian elementary school (the same as me), but he doesn't consider himself Christian anymore. I wonder if my approach used too much of external evidence to present the faith. Let me explain.

I consider faith (When I say faith, I use it loosely as "believing in Christ"...I think the biblical definition can be more precise..but that is a story for another day) as made of two components. Evidence that supports the existence of Jesus Christ as well as the authenticity of Scripture, scientific and archaelogical evidence, etc. is known as external evidence. Internal evidence is your personal experience with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Each of these play a part in building up a person's belief.

He was confused on what makes Chrisitianity different from other religions. In a strategic sense, I think that playing more on the external evidence at this point was a good move. If anything, I am encouraged over this and look forward to when I meet him again.

After dinner, the two of us went to the Johnny Juarez concert at MCAC. It was good, definitely something different that our Chinese church was not used to. I have yet to ask Michael what he thought of it other than a brief five minute thing immediately after the concert.

Sunday:

The next day, I woke up for church (Surprise, surprise). Some of the Xara kids were baptized that day. Yay. I wish I knew more Xara kids. I'll put that to prayer.

After Sunday School, I had dim sum with the family. The cousins and I would be playing golf in the afternoon. It was not the greatest weekend to go play golf. We went to the driving range...and it rained. For some reason, I got all muddy. But, everyone else was clean.

We waited out the rain and played the nine hole at Braeben Academy. There were two newbies among us, Kevin and Brian. They were pretty good. I made a single par on the day. I felt like such a newbie. Family time is awesome time.

Once we had finished golfing, Kevin and I raced to the appointed dinner location of Maki Maki for the Zoe fellowship graduation dinner. Thanks to Kelly and Jeff Chan for organizing. They are super stars. We also got these graduation pins that exclaim "Way to Go!","Grad!", or "Rock Star!" and sayings along those lines. Nothing to end off a great weekend like a sushi buffet.