1.1.11

EA Project

Hey.

In C4C in the summer or reading week you can go on 'Projects'. These are short term missions trips all over the world.

I am interested in going this summer. I know that I should stay at home and work so that I can afford rent during the year. I know support raising is going to be scary and sometimes look hopeless. I know that I will be flying to the other side of the world if I go. I also know that God has called us to go and that there are billions of people in east Asia who aren't saved. I really want to go to Asia and I really hope that going on project will be an amazing time of growth and stretching my faith. I mean being in a place where you can't just hide in a little Christian bubble. A place where the need for the gospel is even greater. A place where there is a need to rely on God for everything.

I want to go to that place that I may learn how truly blessed I am as well as to teach others about the free gift they have the opportunity to receive.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

The Final Countdown

Ya, so this morning when I woke up I wanted to go back to sleep. So I did. A few times later I decided that there was enough light coming through the window that I should find out what time it was before going back to sleep. It was 8:15. I wanted to wake up at 8, leave at 9 and make sure I got to the bus station in time to go home. So I got up, had a shower, shoved everything in my suitcase and went to the bus stop.

Viva purple, Viva blue, and subway later and I was in the Eaton center. XP I was going up an escalator to get out and thought back to grade 8. XP In grade 8, in Toronto, in the Eaton center I had run up the down escalator and tripped xP and I thought about HB who had cut her foot or something... But I didn't think it was the same escalator. It was. XP

I stumbled around trying to find the bus station and finally found it. I still have a half hour wait left before loading the bus.

I hope to start a conversation with someone on the bus this time.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

NYE Part 4

... of Time Ever. XPPP....

I didn't really have a costume. I just wore shorts and a short sleeved shirt with no foot wear. It was kinda awkward walking by the wedding xPPPPPP....

Ya, when we got to the party there was dancing and video games and food and human foosball and a whole bunch of stuff. It was all decorated with blue and green and the projector screens had aquaticly themed pictures and there was a beach ball flying around and there were some very intersting costumes such as spongebob, sushi, a shark, a stingray, an oyster, jelly fish, pirates, the navy, a whole bunch of stuff.

We danced for a while and then we prayed and sang songs with the band and prayed and sang some more and danced some more.

The party ended at 1am and I got to my room at 1:40. TB apparently likes the show "Auction Kings" so we watched that until 2 then we went to sleep.

I awoke and thought I should find out what time it was before going back to sleep. It was 8:15. No more sleeping... XP

Ya. NYE'10

NYE Part 3

... Ya, the main session started with the MCs singing a song and there was a bunch of other stuff, but no main speaker or message. Mainly it was praying. When we were about to pray the fire alarm started going off though. XP

I know what you're thinking. A fire alarm on New Year's Eve and there are 4 parties going on in this hotel one of which is a wedding. That's kinda terrible... Well, the fire did exist, but it was a large distance away. You see a number of buildings are connected to the hotel. So we just continued praying, but with the alarm going of intermitently... XP...

Ya. After the main session was the party. They just needed to finish setting up and a large number of people needed to put on their costumes, so there was a half hour break.

In the end instead of going right away, me and RM chilled with DK in our room. Chilled is not a good term for it though. XP.... It was kinda a massive pillow fight ending in body slamming people from one bed to another. XP Biggest Waste...

NYE Part 2

... main session and DK had ordered quite a bit of beef and pork and meat in general and you should probably eat what they give you... XP What started as a nice relaxing meal turned into a race to cook / eat as much meat as fast as you possibly could. Someone would always be adjusting the meat while the other two were eating. Kimchi is so good. XP It was my first time eating kimchi yesterday. I have wanted to eat kimchi ever since I watched 'Shining Inheritance' in the last semester of grade 12.

Ya, so... To get back on time for the last main session we kinda left DK at the restaurant and fast walked back to the hotel. MK had told us the Korean BBQ was about a 15-20 minute walk. The last time I had checked my cell phone it said 8:57. After walking back, going to our rooms and walking the distance to the main ballroom we got there around 9:07, sooooo MK must be a really slow walker. XP

When we walked into the main session the was a flashmob mid song and we were kinda confused. XP ...

NYE Part 1

Wow... XP I havn't told you guys anything since yesterday evening. I don't feel like too much happened yesterday though... We had a 7 hour free time / lunch / dinner break between sessions.

Anyways, I woke up, we went to main session (it was split into boys and girls for this one) and the speaker talked about how boys aren't becoming men because the definition portrayed my media has shifted into 'you are a man by what you consume' instead of 'you are a man by what you produce' and stuff like that.

After main session we went for lunch downstairs at the food court and got Indian food. It was very interesting because I don't have Indian very often.

After that a few friends we had made back in Ottawa (MK and HK) joined us in our free time and we went to Markham and just hung out. XP DK was also around. We played some monopoly deal and when HK and MK had to leave we went for Korean BBQ.

Korean BBQ was good except for how pressured we were because we only had like an hour until ......

31.12.10

Without the Lord it is Vain.

...

I immediately thought "I can't give that much... I'm pretty sure I don't have that much in my wallet... Well, I could borrow some money........... "

When I checked my wallet I found the amount from my dream and a 20. I have more than enough for today and getting home.

I was then reading some psalms to make sure.... XP Psalm 126:1-3 "When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with joyful shouting; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them." The Lord has done great things for us; We are glad."

and Psalm 127:1-2 "Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchmen keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late. To eat the bread of painful labors; for he gives to His beloved even in his sleep."

So, ya. I am going to trust in Him with my money and getting me back home.

A Step of Faith

Hey, so

last night the usual thing happened after I went to bed (at 12:30) and I had some dreams. The last part of the last one (all I can remember right now) I was in some kind of store and was going to buy something. My brother was also there. I think we were buying something for my mom. Anyways, my brother bought something and I was about to pay for something more expensive and couldn't find that much money in my wallet... I was getting worried that I would have to go home and get the money, but then I found the exact amount in my hand. We then went home to find that my mom had dyed her hair and had partially shaved her head... It was shocking... I then woke up.... XP...

Ya. This morning is the freewill offering and last night I thought "oh. 40$ should be fine". SS prayed for us about deciding how much we give and stuff. After last night I want to take large steps of faith.

I was thinking in the bathroom about my dream and thought "maybe that is how much I should give"

...すずく

30.12.10

Swingin' Into the Night

So, ya.

Since I last posted we have had dinner, walked back, had main session, prayed, then swing danced.

The main session's focus tonight was on Quebec and how only 0.8% or so of the 10.2 million people are evangelical Christians. A very small percentage of people. Through varying things said by the speaker or other people there was this urge placed on having a heart for Quebec, moving to Quebec, praying for Quebec, etc. The main message had a lot to do with just making the little time we have left make a difference. There were many stats about how we could reach the whole world within the next 10 years and other things like that.

I just kinda started getting really sad thinking about how my faith was so small. This was most clear when she started speaking of how our job isn't going to be easy, but you know, the lord will give us everything we need. I know these things are true and I have said / prayed a number of times a number of things, but had I really meant them..? Was I really ready to step out and do hard work. I felt like such a coward and a hypocrite and a very faithless person thinking that I would rather just curl up in my safe little bubble instead of taking everything we have learned and making a difference.

I think that I prayed as sincerely as I ever have that God would stengthen my trust in Him in the coming semester and summer as I make larger steps of faith and break more faith barriers. Sure, it would be easy to just stay where we are in our safety, but that's such a waste. It's boring, not making progress, not doing as God has commanded us. I pray that I would be able to surrender in all situations and just rely on His hope and love and goodness to provide for me. Fear and insecurity should not exist if I am truly relying on the Lord.

So, ya. I prayed with HO, RM, R(?) and J(?).

Then I went swing dancing. xP So fun dancing. I havn't danced since the Musical. NJ was my partner then, but today I had like 20 partners (they made us switch everytime we learned something new, which was slightly annoying, but we got to meet so many new people...) It was a lot of fun. xP

On an unrelated note, have you ever been reminded of someone based more on the shape of the person than their actual personality..? xP I have been seeing people all week that look the same (mostly) as some people I know. These people include RM(high school friend), JB, JC(parcour/tiger suit), Dr. JS and HK(male). xP

Ya.

I've been coming up with new years resolutions. So far I have:
-I will tell people when I borrow things from them
-I will answer people when they ask me questions
-I will read the old testament

There are other things that I have now forgotten, but will remember at some point.

This week has been so great. There have been so many cool things I have learned. One of which is that 'distractions' such as facebook and cellphones can be used as a tool in spreading the gospel to our friends. Until the day of outreach I hadn't really attempted to start spiritual conversations with my friends. I may have been witnessing with my life and actions, maybe, but I hadn't really said much. I deffinately told like 15 people I was at this conference on Wednesday.

My room smells like bananas.... Ewwwwwwwww..... And they are ripe......

Ttyl.

=D.Fa

PS. One day left..!?!?!?!

Because I Am White, Technically...

So,

we just had / are having 'campus time'. This is a time scheduled for everyone to spend time with people from their own campuses. Unfourtunately for me I do not go to U of T. This is unfourtunate only because I am practically being forced to consume non-asian food at Boston Pizza.

To this point the only food I have both bought and consumed since arriving in Toronto has been 'asian'. The ethnicity of the food may be debatable because almost all the establishments are run by Chinese people, but I digress.

I have bought 4 meals so far and all have been consumed and asian. Me, AL, HO and RM are about to eat 'The Meateor' as the pizza is so named. It had a severe lack of vegetables in the list of ingredients. AL agreed. So we ordered tomatoes and green pepper to go on top.

If it were up to me I would probably order asian or vegetarian, but I havn't had a meal today and xP it doesn't actually matter that much... So ya....

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Real Life Kit

Heyo.

I havn't told you guys this yet and I thought it was pretty funny, so ya.

When we got to our hotel room for the first time HO looked in all the drawers and dressers and everywhere and could not find a Bible anywhere. There's always a Bible in hotel rooms right..? Sooooo I put a real life kit in the drawer. XP

For those of you who do not know what a real life kit is, it is a new testament, the prequel to 'Soul Cravings' and a Knowing God Personally booklet.

So, ya. I'm in the middle of Psalm 119. I really like Psalm 119, but its soooooooooo long. XPP

Ttyl.

D.Fa

PS. I signed up for twitter today, but I don't think I'll be using it. XP

Cold Dreams

So,

For the last few weeks I've been waking up in the middle of the night because I've been too cold. Whether at my parents house or here. When this happens I just put more blankets on me or curl up more. xP But the whole waking up repeatedly ends up making me have more dreams, I think.

I think I had a few dreams last night, but the most recent of these dreams, as far as I could remember started by entering the top of a stairwell and going down it. The stairs were a spiral, but at some points it would switch which direction the spiral was turning, which never happens in real life...

But anyways on each floor there was some sort of elaborate puzzle set up. The last one we (AL was also there for the whole dream) went to was this weird plain wide room with various picture frames on the ground and various little laser emiting circular devices in the ground that when you step on them they lit up. Some had more laser emiting parts. So, we started to attempt to figure out a way to solve the puzzle. Because we could move around the lasers we were trying that, we were looking for clues in the pictures / under the pictures, etc.

The dream ended and I felt like it was really late, so I jumped out of bed, ran to my cell phone, turned it on and checked the time. It was 7:52 I think. So I stayed awake. You see, the first night we had the alarm clock plugged in and it rang at 6:30 and we were all semi-awake until we woke up fully and got ready. I feel like without the alarm, which TB unplugged because it was too hard to turn off fully, we won't all wake up on time... We all managed to.... so ... no problem I guess. xP

Ttyl

D.Fa

#300. ... Skitty..?


Okay this is lamer than I was hoping it to be... The number 300 pokemon is Skitty. I dislike Skitty. I also kinda dislike speaking to people I don't know very well. In other words transition into the day of outreach, which I think I have already talked about, so instead I will talk about how we went to Times Square and I had vietnamese noodle soup a durian milkshake (so good. more real than the last one I had. It actually smelled this time. xP) and mint bubble tea. So good.

Anyways, tonight we had some songs we had already sang but with a few french lyrics (because there are some french speaking people at the conference) both God you are my God and Your Name.

It annoys me that I cannot find the first song.... But here are the French words for the Chorus. xP

Dieu tu es mon Dieu
Glorieux Glorieux
Dieu tu es mon Dieu
Victorieux Victorieux

The worship leader was saying how in heaven there will only be one language and we will all be able to speak it, but the fact that we can praise the same God in every language is amazing. xP



Dutch Blitz..? So Good.
Lightning Reaction. Very amusing for a while.


Ya. Ttyl.

D.Fa

29.12.10

Online/Text Outreach!

So, I have just had a very interesting day texting and msning people for the last few hours with the intention of starting spiritual conversations. I am not very good at transitioning from one thing to another.

Also I feel like it's even harder to get your opinion across clearly in a text message than in person. Although I think it is much easier to start conversations with people in a text than in person, you don't feel the person you're talking to and stuff....

So, ya.

If anything I will have got across the fact that I am in C4C to a number of my friends and I did share the gospel (if only to a few people). I also found out that some of my friends don't know very much about the Bible or anything like that, so ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

"WC is Awesome"

Hey,

so. Today so far I have slept in until 8:35, gone to the main session with Paul Henderson as the main speaker this morning (I didn't know who he was until he explained and everyone was like "omg! Paul Henderson!" He apparently was the goal of the century for Canada. Meh.), and now it is 'quiet time' which my room mates don't really take seriously.

I can't find the song I want to post... It was called 'Surrender' which is a kinda common title.

Anyways. WC is awesome.

I'm kinda sick though. xP Which makes singing in a higher range harder.......... but I just go down a few harmonies as the song progresses, BUT I still sing as loudly as I can. xP so good. I want to buy the CD for the band that has been playing for us. Only 10$. xP

Ttyl.

D.Fa

28.12.10

No Subject

Main session and the project party just ended. So good. God that is. God is good. Volleyball! w00t!

So, Hey...

So I I would so we hey I so the hey the so I so I hey we hey as hey you so ya so I so hey hey I'm if I so hey I've never hey I so ya hey it's heya I've so I ok honestly so ya yayayayayayay I have you have you have you so ya so ya so ya so hey hey I so ya ok this hey whatsup hello everybody my coat so hey hey I so this I have I have so hey so I so ya so ya so ya. That is the first two words of the last 50 posts.

24 so
17 hey
16 I
10 ya
5 have
4 you
and a bunch of other stuff.

In almost half of the last 50 posts the word "so" has been in the first two words. 'I' was almost never used as the first word. ya. xP I believe that these statistics were chosen from a poor group of posts. So ya hey would normally be far more prevalent. xPPPP

Anyways. xP I have a faux hawk at the moment.

Volleyball was sweet. I havn't played since Brooklyn back in August. So much fun yo. ONE LOVE! (God. xP) Thank God for volleyball, teamwork, friendship, sport, excercise, randomness, a break from schedules, the oppourtunity to be here in Toronto, etc.

Ya. Praise God. xP WC has been amazing so far and there's more than half left.

Hosanna - Paul Baloche



Always - Kristian Stanfill

Thai Fusion

So, I have just had dinner. Main session is at 7 and later tonight there's gonna be Volleyball! Ya!

I've now had Chinese and Thai food although I'm pretty sure it was Chinese food... XP

RM arrived and we will soon be sleeping together (in the same bed. You know what I mean) AL laughed because she doesn't know which one of us will be more snuggly. XP

Ttyl. XP

D.Fa

PS. I am currently being read my blog in a dramatic fashion while blogging. XP

Thought

I would really like to have asian house mates. XPP.

This thought is coming from my current white roommates deciding to have Macdonalds for supper even though its kinda far and there's korean bbq across the road..........

Also, TB doesn't buy asian food because he can (if he wanted to) have some of his asian house mate's food. XPP....

My asian house mate does not buy food. XP

So, ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Free Time

So, we just had our first set of seminars. I went to "listening Your Way into Spiritual Conversations" "Real World Evangelism" and "How to read the bible and understand it" they were interesting and each speaker had a different style.

Now we have an hour of free time and then 2 hours for supper. Soooooo we have 3 hours for free time / supper. XP...

ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa