the life that leads to why... God's working :)

December 12, 2002

on saturday, i went to APC for the saturday night gathering. i wanted to check it out because it was supposed to be contemporary and what have you. so i figured that would be where all the young people were at. it was a LOT smaller than i had anticipated. maybe a congregation of 50 people? and i was wrong. it wasn't just young people - though i did spot more than on sunday (maybe because there was less people so i actually saw young people). it was much more of a laid back feel - much more relaxed. the song choices i felt were more contemporary - i liked the worship leader. he had a nice voice :) though the sound system was still weird. i don't know what's up with that. maybe it's cuz the sanctuary is so large, that the sound doesn't carry well. maybe.

the speaker was talking about the magi and the star. they're doing the whole Christmas series by the way. so yeah, nothing too different or unique about it. but what he was talking about really spoke to me, and i think God used what he said to really get me thinking. you see, APC is holding three christmas presentations - one was last sunday, one is tomorrow (friday) and i think the last is this coming sunday. so yeah, while he was talking, the thought crossed my mind that i should ask mandy to go watch the christmas presentation with me (it was an outreach). and i was sitting there, thinking - where did that come from. well i knew where it came from - i just wasn't expecting it. so when i got home, i left mandy a message on ICQ thinking that this was something God was orchestrating and i went to bed.

i checked out UAC sunday morning. WOW - it was very heroic! the music was like amazing. very good technically. :) the team had a great sound. the electric guitarist was a real hero. i was watching him play for a lot of the time!! so yeah, the congregation is basically all caucassian. i don't know if i'm down with that. not to say that i have anything against that, but i am looking for more multi-cultarlism. the speaker was really passionate about what he was talking about. it was interesting :) he was talking about Jesus and like the thing about being free from sin kinda idea. i'm going to check our their sunday night service because it's a student-run deal - so that might be interesting :)

i got home, and basically tried getting in touch with mandy. but her cell phone was like messed up. so i was like, errrrrrrr.. wondering what to do because she wasn't on ICQ either and that was my only way of contacting her. so i tried calling her like a million times. by the time it was like 5:30 pm, i was getting somewhat worried. because that was the time i had planned to leave my house to go pick her up at york (the thing started at 6:30 i think). but i was like thinking- if God wanted her to go, He'd make it all work out. and finally i got in touch with her and she said yes! so i was really happy about that. i hopped in the car and drove to get her. we arrived at the church, and took a seat. it was pretty crowded!!! lotsa people were there. and eventually the night begin. the music was awesome!!! the soloists... oh man.. so very dirty.. :) and the play that went along with is was really hilarious :) mandy was laughing a lot so that was good - i knew she was enjoying it. it was a really well done presentation!! it's obvious that they put a lot of time into it. :) i was like very very impresesd... i might go see it again tomorrow w/ sharon and justin. :) anyhow, mandy said she enjoyed it... i should have asked her what she thought about the CONTENT... she did tell me that she used to go to sunday school...... so i guess i know a little bit more about her background? :)

but the whole deal was really cool.. i mean, it was really like God orchestrated the entire thing.. i mean i went to APC saturday night where He like put the idea in my mind.. then i asked her to go, she was cool with it cuz she wasn't doing anything... and yeah all that neat stuff :) i think that was like one of the only times i've ever asked my non-Christian friends to come with me to a Christian event.. God's totally working on me in this respect... i was also thinking back to louie's "the life that leads to why series"... and he was saying that when you're good friends enough with people around you... like they'll go with you anywhere.. as long as it's with you.. so maybe i'm good enough friends with mandy now? i've learned that she does actually care about my well-being.. because i told her that i was dizzy, and she'd always be asking me if i was okay, if i was still dizzy, that kind of thing.. so that's cool! :) man, it'd be really cool if she came back to Jesus somewhere down the road... :)

Posted by Leo Chan at December 12, 2002 11:31 PM