BBQ ON FIRE!

PTL! =)

Hey guys

It's been one crazy night. Crazy day actually. almost non-stop.
School was one big roller coaster as I got my ghetto old school SLR camera, tried cramming 20 pages of intense Mendel bio into my head, tried learning about limits fast enough so i wouldn't fail my quiz and then finally it was pretty good in Mr. Cowan's class with the math and the helping and it was just fun because the kids are actually really cool and it's funny when you have to constantly remind them to do homework =P I guess it can get frustrating but it's really great seeing them get something. Like how to add polynomials

Got home, kind of decided whether or not I should've gone to steph's. I didn't really know. I guess I'm never great with chilling at people's houses. I don't know why. Maybe it's just my inability to socialize well with other people . I just don't easily mesh with people in social situations. i usually have to be flamboyant or loud or something =\
But I guess I ended up going. and I found out what cuddling is. Like I cuddled with Ryan =P which might sound awkward but it was funny. Kind of. But after a while when you get up, you feel absolutely disgusting because it's like you haven't moved for SOOOO long and maybe it's just me but i feel disgusting when i don't move. Or i'm just lying down watching tv. According to Vince, you use 20% less brain capacity when watching tv than when you're not doing anything. It's literally more deteriorating than doing nothing. Dang son =P so i guess i'm trying to cut down on the tv.
I ended up doing something productive that I'm kind of happy with. Played around with photoshop so I could get a piece of candy in an eye =P I haven't used photoshop in a while but it was fun and I hope it helped. And then I left early because I guess...i felt awkward there and just that I didn't really fit in. And I had to get home before 6 to change means of transport.

I think before I talk about the night....I guess I feel like I should say that it was an amazing night for me and I think it was a real learning experience. There were so many things that I did badly tonight or that I forgot or that I wasn't able to do and for that I feel...kind of disappointed maybe in myself and maybe in the fact that I just couldn't lift it fully up to God because if I did, I wouldn't be worrying. But I'm also extremely thankful for all the amazing people that helped with the program. I literally couldn't do it without them. No joke. They are like amazing. =)

So I got there at around 6 and there's already people downstairs prepping the lettuce and it was fun cutting it up and washing it and a bunch of guys preparing giant salads =P Super fun. And then we had to get the buns out and check out the grills and I had to set up AV for the worship team and then it was already 6:45 by then and so people started coming at 7. At first it wasn't too many but I was still outside setting up tables for the food and bringing stuff out. By the time i went in, my friends were actually there. Crazy =) They were like ALL there in a circle. It was kind of crazy. Seeing them in church. It's like two planes of my life colliding together. Into awesomeness =) I wish i could've talked with them. And asked them how they were doing .How they felt about it all but I had to keep running. Setting up, doing av and a whole bunch of other stuff. I screamed in a mike today =\ i just like contradicted myself. because i'm usually sensitive with the mikes. but i guess i just...wasn't thinking =\ hope they're alright. but that's the least of anything.

But anyways, the food happened and there were SO many people and we didn't know what to do with them yet because it was kind of like time to eat but the food wasn't ready so we tried stalling and we needed a bigger team but in the end, it was really awesome because people helped serve and get the patties in the buns and it worked pretty effectively. Except there wasn't enough food for everybody =\ some people didn't get meat. Mainly the worship team. And there wasn't quite enough dressing either but i guess it was good and I really hope people bonded during the eating time.
Rachel and P-Dawg and a bunch of other people were really amazing and they got to know all my friends =) I felt bad that I couldn't spend time with them but I'm glad they had people to meet. Daniel told me there's nice people =) which is like awesome. Because I'm so thankful that people were able to just open up and meet the new people. I'm terrible with names =P

And so food finished. And i went back in to start the games. I didn't realize until after that the counsellours were like amazing and cleaned the grills and stuff. They're AMAZING! =) PTL! There's like so many background people that helped out in little ways and in the end it was all so amazing. God has this crazy plan and it just comes together without people even realizing it sometimes =)

But overall, since i'm running out of time. I didn't do what I thought i would do for my little blurb. i actually missedo ut everything important =\ and I felt like it wasn't what I had in mind at all. And also, I didn't tell her .Maybe it was because it was just bad for her because she probably had enough on her mind or maybe just because....i don't know. I'll have to pray about it. But God really showed me awesome things tonight. My friends, despite their relunctancy at times, i think enjoyed it =) and I hugged sharon. Which i guess is supposed to be this big thing. I'm getting there...i think. Trying to really love everybody. EVERYBODY.well I guess that's a wrap up team =)
and i didn't write 9 encouragement notes =\
BUT since we aren't passing them out until next week i will write A BUNCH this weekend.
coolios =)
av tomorrow
crazy stuff

-Chris
PRAISE THE LORD!
it's been a HAPPY DAY! =)