an eventful few days!

July 13, 2002

feels like a long time since i last wrote. in a way, it has been - it's been three days.
a lot of things have happened since tuesday.

first and foremost, the presentation for summer school went really well. i think the teacher like loved us. we totally we over our allocated time span, but it was totally fine. she didn't mention to us at all and i knew we were overtime. i felt bad though - like i basically was working right up until i left for school on wednesday - it's like the first time ever that i wasn't totally prepared for things. i knew i was like the 'worst' one for the presentation cuz i didn't get a chance to reherse my portion, but it still went okay. i think our group relaxed everyone else - loosened it up for people.

one group presented and this one dude. wow! it was so cool. he was just trying to explain the universe and how big it really is. it was so cool because he was so awed by how large the univere is. like he said he just couldn't get it. and like to see that awe in him, just made me laugh. not at him, but just at the fact how awed he was and how he couldn't get his mind around the universe being so large. because i'm totally onboard with that. i don't get how big the universe either. it's so cool that God made all of it. but yeah, i don't know if that guy was a Christian or not. but it never dawned on me that people would be so awed by just the universe being so large. like, if that's amazing - think about this. the God who CREATED it, knows us and loves us so intimately. now that is truly awesome :)

justin asked me to go down to YSM with him, sammo, grace and james on thursday. just to see the kids. and at first, i was like SURE - why not? i didn't have anything to do on thursday, so i decided to go for it. it's not like i had anything better to do.

thusday morning, during breakfast, i was just sort of reflecting and i felt this really strong urge to just NOT go to ysm. it was like God telling me - "why are you filling up your schedule with all these things to do? you've been running ragged all week. just rest today. don't do anything. take some time for yourself. and spend time with me." so that's what i did. i told justin that i wasn't going to go down, and i didn't. instead, i stayed at home the entire day. i had a chance to finally sit down and write out my reflection on just being nothing before God, which was really cool. i didn't really get a lot of responses like way back when. only got one, so i don't know if what i wrote struck a chord with anyone. who knows :P

i had drawing class at night and when i got back home, i had dinner. then i decided to go for a WALK. that's right. a WALK :) so i just walked around the neighborhood for a little less than an hour. it was cool. i was just alone in my thoughts thinking about different things, admiring nature like normal. i was basically outside for the entire sunset period. it was really gorgeous. i've never seen the sky (personally) set for such a long period of time. it was really gorgeous :) i think i should go for walks more often. first of all, it's just good to walk cuz it's a good healthy thing to do. second, it was a time for me to like hang out with God outside of my morning devotional time :) which is cool. and i think when i'm away from my house, it lets me think about things more :) even though i'm still close - but you know what i mean :)

so today was FRIDAY! the day of shopping with janice for a bass! hahaha. so jokes, she almost got the same one as me but her mom wanted her to go for the cheaper one (awwwww). but it was cool. i let tim drive my car afterwards cuz my interview was at one and i couldn't make it back in time. and guess what? he listened to the psalms cd in the car! hahahah. he enjoyed it :) jokes.

my interview thing was pretty interesting. i basically already had the 'job' before i went there - but it was just for me to touch base with the guy and see what he was all about. and for him to see what i was all about. it's not your typical job. not what i was expecting. he told me it was going to be part-time graphic design. but it's more or less like CONTRACT graphic design. not that i'm complaining or anything, just something different. he's a pretty cool dude. he's got like this hero plan for his newly formed company (about a year old) which is really neat. a man of vision! i think he's Christian too, because he said he had a Bible study to go to! cool stuff. anyhow, i'll be doing some contract work for him as time passes. i already have a project to work on - a pamphlet for him for the 20th of july. so i hope that i can design something that he'll like. i totally need God to help me with this :) if this contract stuff works out, it'll be really awesome. because i'll have like jobs on the side which should pay pretty good and help me pay for my education and supplies and all that good stuff. it's kind of jokes. the way i'm going to be paid, is like shares in his company and with money. because he wants to minimize expenses. so if his company does well, it'll be really cool :)

i went to church today and all the nashville people were back. it was great them all back :) God's done some amazing things in all of their lives. wow, so cool - like i could totally tell a change in chung & erica for sure. i haven't really gotten to speak to chow or garway about it yet, but i will hopefully. i had a great convo w/ chung over our short dinner time at tim horton's. lol . i hope to speak with him some more later on. maybe on sunday or something :) but awesome stuff. God's really taught them all a lot and i totally see it in them. i hope that their passion for Him just continues to grow more and more as each day passes. :)

i have a packed day lined up for tomorrow. car wash, worship practise, softball then another worship practise :) it'll be an interesting day! i should head off to bed, so g'nite :) i will write more soon! :P

Posted by Leo Chan at July 13, 2002 1:06 AM