Thighs of Steel

Hey

So this morning I woke up and I did something that normal people don't usually do. I hopped on my bike and biked 50km for refugees. And maybe that doesn't sound as fun as it actually was =P It was just me, Sam and Valente and originally I had planned to just do 25km because it was kind of chilly and whatnot but they went and wanted to do 50km and seeing as I had most of my day off anyway....
So we started at like 10 from the Church and we rode north up Kennedy. I know it's north because we passed Stouffville road which is North =P It was pretty intense going up and when we reached our first pit stop, we knew we weren't entirely ready for it. Because we thought it was the first 10km. And it was only the first 5 km. So we stopped there for WAY longer than we should've =P fixed up Sam's trippy bike and got some food. Food being chewy bars and water and hot chocolate =) we didn't know we wouldn't see a pit stop for a good 15km of uphill.
So we came to like the most intense hill set ever. Like your electronic bike can't even imagine this with it's fancy programmed settings. Because it was like....intense =P we had to stop at every hill top because there were so many of them and because it was so physically straining. But PTL! =) We made it. and then we got to the pit stop.
Oh and we saw this HUMONGOUS green (tractor * truck)^2 thing and it took up a lane and a half without even trying and it scared us so badly. But we made it alive =) And freddy kind of cheered us on by driving by us and honking and taking pictures WHILE driving which is extremely dangerous =P Don't try it at home kids. or on the road.

We got to the pit stop and then after it was SO much easier. It took us the same amount of time to finish the 30km that it took us to finish the 15km uphill. It was pretty funny =p On the way back it was BEAUTIFUL scenery and it was pretty smooth. just the fact that your butt hurts a lot. From sitting on the seat for so long. we didn't take many pit stops. It was fun. And we saw freddy a couple times. It started getting hot and it wasn't like really cold or anything. We actually sweated so much =P I know I did. Sweat through 5 layers of clothing. Each one was wet by the end. But it was just really relaxing and there was no worries when doing it. We were just...doing it. I'll probably do it more often in the summer. or the spring. just not so late in october =P makes it harder to dress. But seeing the leaves change up north is amazing =) they're so much nicer than down here. There's a building like...every 100m. Here it's a building every metre.

Last night was fellowship. Was the first time I did worship. It was quite the experience and maybe a lesson that I need to learn. I did worship last year but it was different. Different team. And also not as much instruments. Yesterday I had gone to school and I didn't do so well on my math test but that's not a big deal and I went to fellowship and it seemed to just drop from my mind because fellowship can just do that =) Worship practice was fun though we didn't get through everything and the night started. I still hadn't fully created my sharing but I guess it worked out. I really liked the silent time because it really gave me time to think. To just think about worship and the words and how I needed to let go. I was regretful that cell group time was so short. We didn't think we had enough time so we split into pairs but i do understand nat's need of whole cell group prayer and discussion. I miss that. We need more of that =\ And my own time with my partner....it was....he seemed to be looking somewhere else and I think i know that he's going through something but...yea. It'll take some time for our whole cell group to bond better but it'll happen. And last night's worship....it felt really messy and I couldn't fully sing out because I was so unsure of WHAT to sing because the guitars were just so loud and i could barely hear evelyn, kevin or myself so it...was kind of hard =\ but from the feedback from the group it appears that they didn't realize. They all had a good time of worship. We'll have to work on that though. Coordination. Maybe do it like Agnes' Praise and Power.

So now it's work time. so i best be going. AV tomorrow too =P

p.req.: spending more time with God, to be in tune with Him and not to get caught up in everything small.

thanks
-Chris