Semi-Fail

So, I kinda semi-failed today.

As I set out to do, I went sharing. I talked to one person within the first 20 minutes. She was a non-practicing Catholic who knew the gospel. I really didn't say anything super substantial and I only thought of a few better things to say once I had left... But it was cool. There are a lot of people on campus who are more than willing to have a conversation. And yet, I haven't talked to them...

After talking to her, I did not talk with anyone else. Literally. She was the first person I approached. This gives me a 100% sharing score for the day, but when you look at where that number comes from it is a 1/1 not a 20/20... I ended up walking around for a while. Then I went to Oasis to try and get someone to go with me and ended up in a prayer meeting. Then I walked around again. I had dinner. I walked around some more...

I realized I have almost only approached white students. I do kinda feel scared of approaching someone who is Muslim... I then figured I should ask VS if I could go sharing with her. She has spent at least a couple summers on project in North Africa talking with students about Jesus and the gospel, so I'm sure she'd be fine with it.

Ya. Around 5ish I gave up. I put a stop to my walking and just sat in front of CW's locker and read "The Case For Faith" until 6:00. I then went to Oasis and continued my reading, but closer to my next class. You see, I am currently reading 5 books. One reason for this number of books is that I kinda don't have much of a desire to continue some of them. For example 'The Case For Faith' kinda got me a bit bored... In the first chapter on Suffering I kinda lost interest. Lee Strobel has this style of writing that sometimes annoys me a bit. He often uses large words and sophisticated phrasing. This is because he is a journalist... [Not necessarily true, but I dislike how he often strongly attacks the discussion on the side that makes you depressed if you haven't learned much in that area before he explains that it actually is better then that, but if you don't have time to read it, you end up kinda depressed. lol]

In any case, I finished that first chapter and got to the second. It was about how miracles contradict science. It was quite interesting. I had kinda heard some of it before. The next chapter really got my attention. It was about evolution, or at least that's what the title of the chapter said. The chapter was actually a lot about the origin of life. It kept my attention very well because I knew what they were talking about. Every time it said that it was so unreasonable to believe a scientific theory I got this huge grin on my face. I really liked the sentence "I think people who believe that life emerged naturalistically need to have a great deal more faith than people who reasonably infer that there's an Intelligent Designer."

In any case, the book I am currently hoping to finish is 'The Case For Faith'. I want to finish it and 3 other books so I can continue reading 'The Case for a Creator' by Lee Strobel. xP I hope there isn't a lot of overlap between what I just read and what I will be reading.

So, ya... I will not stop sharing. I am definitely learning some things from even my short sporadic encounters with sharing. I just feel like after I've walked through the same room 6 times that everyone is looking at me like I'm crazy........ xP

Ttyl.

D.Fa

PS. I had a word with J(?) finally! ... It was only one word though... xP I have known of her for quite some time and I have recognized her since around the start of the year maybe, but I had until today never said a word to her. I have a lot of this type of relationship where I have creeped enough information that I know who someone is and yet I have never talked to them...

PPS. Showers that have been recently cleaned are very slippery when wet and soapy.