Blessed

Today was long. I'm not going to lie.

I go to bed in the dark and wake up in the dark because my roommate sleeps longer than me every single day.

I don't think I've had lunch since Sunday.

I'm probably doing satisfactorily in BIOC2200.

I'm tired pretty much all the time.

I'm taking an extra 20 minutes to bus to/from school.

My computer has been bombarded by trojans since I've switched to Firefox.

We were literally playing with poison in the lab today.

But beyond that I'm so blessed. I'm blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ who died so I might live. But not just be alive, but to live life abundantly, to the full, with thanksgiving in every circumstance.

God, help me to remember how good you are and help me to prioritize and be efficient.

Update!

So.

Today was interesting. My tires were both flat, so I decided my feet were less important than the bike and I walked an hour and a half to school. Some highlights: A bus full of kids laughing at me, walking through the puddle rather than the mud around it, having the song 'Enough' stuck in my head.



That is one of the many things I was thinking about on the way to school. God gives us so much. so much more than we need. We take for granted basic things that we think just go without saying. I have a renewed appreciation for shoes. There is so much we can't do without shoes, lol, for example, tennis. There is no way you would be as agile or willing to slide to get a shot while barefoot.

There are people who don't have the option to wear shoes because they just don't have them. I chose to not wear shoes all day to raise awareness for that. A lot of people saw me without shoes, but only a couple people asked. I definitely thought that more people would be barefoot. I actually didn't see anyone else.

Another thought I had while walking was about my convictions toward not wearing shoes for one day. I would do anything. I would walk miles barefoot, with numbingly cold, wet, feet on rough paths. I would walk by people's gazes and laughing children. I wouldn't care who saw me. It was just one day to raise awareness. So, why can't it be the same for Jesus? Why do I back away? Why are we scared to look weird in front of other people? If I can walk miles barefoot, can't I walk over to the guy across the room and talk with him about Jesus?

It also showed me how blessed we are that we have shoes, clothes, jackets, laptops, bikes, homes, food, water, everything we need and yet we crave more.

God gives us more than we need. He also is the only one who gives us the thing we desperately need that most.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Moving Rumours..?

So, ya.

I am now on a bus. But that is beside the point.

So, there have been some rumours spreading about my housemates and living arrangements next year and all that stuff. Yesterday I recieved a proposition from a certain CW about a possible option. Because of their housemate's situation, their house may end up having only 3 people halfway through the year. To avoid this CW is proposing that I become his roommate next year.

I have some reservations about becoming his housemate. Mostly because of their house. I mean they are all cool people, but their house is so sketch. XP... No clean dishes, water heaters and stoves that have broken temporarily, a weird floor in the living room, a carnivourous housemate, my current work would be a commute away, my parents would be a commute away... Ummm.... My current house is a boy house, therefore, gross, and yet if you actually think about it it is pretty clean...

Also, my highschool is right there. I live beside everything and ya.. xP

D.Fa

PS. I really do think that where I live now is pretty amazing. Also, I really want to live with CW. Also MM is a really REALLY good guitarist.

Blessings

Hey!

I should sleep soon, so I will attempt to make this quick while properly getting my point across. Here goes. xP

Tonight, no, today was really cool. Honestly I needed a break from school. Today I went to a missions conference thingee at church. There were speakers from our congregations as well as other organizations that our church is associated with (including C4C! xP ). I missed the epic project party last night ( C4C missions projects party thing. xP) and I really wanted to go. There would be a lot of info about what projects are, which projects are available, how you can get involed, etc. and I am kinda very somewhat interested in projects. >.> I can / will learn more at WC.

Anyways, this week I was asked if I could be a replacement worship team leader, and although I did not say yes, I did not say no either... xP even though it was definately not possible........ xP Like I could go to the practice and church on Sunday, but I did not have time this week to get the setlist together... I ended up staying after the missions thingee and being on worship team (bass/vocals) because it was right after. By the way, I am not really very good at singing in Mandarin (I was about to type 'Chinese' then realized I was not singing in 'Chinese' but mandarin. I wasn't even reading chinese. I was reading pinyin..?).

Me and CW played this really cool song after practice. NC did not like the way I was playing bass. I did. =DDDDDDD (in other words: really wide smile.)

Anyways, I got a ride home (I blogged at that point) and then had instant noodles while watching 'Family Guy' with RL.

I then went to MHS's production "6 Characters in Search of an Author". It was pretty cool. I like knowing people in the play. xP At the play I got to see a bunch of people I knew. A BUNCH including VB, JC, NJ, KFA, LT, JB, SD, DS, AS, MU, JT, MB, EG, FS, SS, JB, CN, PN, CW, TM, CB, DB, OD, EB, NW, MC, CK, and a bunch of other people. Almost all of the above people are / were drama people. This means that I was interacting in the way I would normally interact with drama people (a bit differently than the way I normally interact with people).

This combined with being asked earlier "If you could be any age for the rest of your life what would it be?" and thinking about how awesome grade 12 was, it made me really miss highschool / highschool drama. It's just so much more relaxed in highschool. xP However, if it were not for the fact that I live beside MHS, in a house in which I can bring over as many people as I want at whatever hour I want, and that I have a housemate that had Toy Story 3, this night would not have been nearly as amazing.

After the play, me, VB, CB and JC came over to my house (instead of crashing the cast party (50:50 chance and JC's coin chose movie)) to watch Toy Story 3. (TOTORO!!!!!!!! OMG!) It is pretty amazing. I havn't seen Toy Story in a while. I feel like I was in Elementary School when I saw Toy Story 2..?

Anyways, the point of this blog was to point out that I have rerealized that I really am blessed in a number of complicated ways that make an even bigger bunch of blessings. How I have been blessed:
-Amazing time at MHS
--many friends
--drama
--music
--just in general
-a semi-steady income which pays for
--band trips
--rent which means I have
---a house to which I can invite friends over
---housemates
-Church
--YF/ YA
--Camping Trips
--Missions Trip
--older and younger brothers/sisters
-C4C
--experiencing the mission of the church first hand.
-a number of other things I have forgotten at the moment... xP

So, ya. I'm in a good mood right now. xP

Ttyl.

D.Fa

P.S. Do you want to go for a sandwich..?
P.P.S. Someone got engaged this week. I am very happy for him. It's like he's my older brother.