So it's a saturday. I think i usually post on saturdays for like sure. Because I always love writing about fellowship =) Always. Because it's somewhere I feel like it's so easy to see God move. Well God moves everywhere but I guess it's just that in my cell group it's just so overwhelming and it makes me smile at the end of every Friday. And I know there's always things to work on like openness during discussions for a lot of questions but i know it's something we'll work through and we'll just grow. We've got a year =) Well not anymore =P
Alrightys. So yesterday was Cell group night. Our 3rd one =P It's funny because our second one was only like 2 weeks ago. But this time we decided to plan EARLIER and so we could actually get people to respond =P took 2 weeks but we got a response from everyone...one way or another =) And now we have their phone numbers. Woot for ability to call =) Anyways, we went all to Nat's house to have a potluck and it was crazy because FOURTEEN people showed up. Which is like...amazing =) We even had two extra. Who i will not mention but they were really cool and C brought them =) And so we had WAYYY too much food but it was cool how everyone brought stuff and we didn't have to worry about last minute cooking and Nat's house was really cool and we all started watching home alone =P Our food time was kind of separated though because we all wouldn't fit in one room so we were split between dining room and the kitchen but Chung's voice carried across both so that was good for some parts =) And then we split into our accountability groups and I think we honestly spent like half an hour at it. Or at least we did =) Me and C sat in a carpeted room filled with antique stuff and the things we talked about were really cool. He was really open and we honestly could've talked for like the whole night and it was just amazing talking to him and we had to end because Nat was telling us to finish =P and so we prayed for each other and I really pray that I keep him accountable. That I don't forget what we talked about and that we just continue to talk over the Christmas holiday =)
And then we got together as a cell group. all 14 of us =) and we talked about our Christmas hamper and I'm REALLY excited for that because our secret mission this Friday has been Freddy-approved =) WOOT! I'm really excited for it. Like seriously so intensely excited =) It's almost like 2 cell group nights in a row. And then we took group pictures and it was super fun =)
So that was just an amazing experience and I love my cell group =) Honestly like we have our little tweaks that we'll work on as we build more awesome relationships but God's really been moving and I can see it and I just thank God for the opportunity to serve this year.
Today was the first TC AV training and it was....not what I originally expected it to be. The first hour, to be honest was REALLY like unfocused and we got nothing done. And it wasn't even like good rambling and that kind of breaks the ice. It was really restricted like it was specifically about the schools that people went to in Mississauga and I could feel that like most of the team wasn't into it at that point and we didn't even get to pray. That was one thing i found...kind of strange. The whole 3 hours. We didn't pray. Once. Beginning. or End. We just....did it. And there were way too many people and the equipment was kind of trippy and old but there were some good things about it. I met my team and for the most part they're pretty cool =) i think they're all experience in some way, shape or form. One of the girls is...really easily sidetracked and so we'll see how that goes. I guess at this point, i'm interested to see where this all goes and how it all leads out. We didn't really do devos or any kind of bible activities or bible study or prayer today but i'm really hoping that we get tighter with each other as a team in both AV and in God.
Last thing, it was Christmas celebration tonight. I had no clue it was SNA. It didn't even cross my mind until I went to church and I found out that there was like BARELY anyone from KNA. Like....4 in total. And i guess in the very beginning I was kind of downed out because I hadn't anticipated not seeing anyone and I'd really wanted to talk to some people but during the first couple minutes I prayed that God wouldn't let me be so close minded and that I would be open to the night. Maybe I'd see some really cool stuff from random people in the church that I barely knew. Maybe I'd get to talk with people I hadn't really talked to in a while. And so I prayed for that and God is good =) It ended up being pretty alright =) The kids' performances were so cute =P And it's like they've grown up and it was funny seeing them do the craziest things =P I remember when I was a kid. I was the inn keeper. Well one of em =) I remember that. I tripped on my inn =P But anyways I hung out with Pneumatos people and it ended up being pretty cool =) I'm not one for really big crazy events like SNA anyway. Maybe next year.
And so that concludes my post. I guess just a lot of thanksgiving. A lot of amazing things that God's shown me and I guess I'm still struggling with discipline. With controlling myself with just games and spending my time doing productive things. By the way, I made a math worksheet today for my lesson on Monday. It felt pretty awesome =) It's so cool to see it all work out and imagine how you're going to teach it. Pretty cool stuff =) Glad I did that. Praise the Lord =)
p.requests:
- discipline to focus on productive things and things that have eternal value and that glorify God
- Spending time with C talking and keeping him accountable
- Being open to the various areas that God has placed me in
Thanks =)
-Chris
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