more evangelism craziness: one step at a time :)

November 9, 2002

we (john 4) played at grace gospel tonight for some conference thing on missions for them. it was interesting - the crowd was a lot different from anything we expected. i played guitar for once, and wow. i actually was really enjoying it. like i never enjoyed playing guitar so much EVER and like, i think i even enjoyed playing guitar as much as i do playing bass! tonight, i was having the greatest time playing guitar for my God. i think my soul was just jumping/stiring tonight, and so my body followed suit. and so i was just going all out - i was bouncing to the music while strumming my guitar and it was just really cool. maybe it's because i haven't really been serving God lately, i don't get an opportunity to do that anymore. so like i said, i've been really missing being a part of the whole worship aspect, especially the full-band setup.

during the guy's message, i wasn't really paying attention cuz i was trying to catch-up on some work, but some of his points would ring in my head, or some of the things we catch my attention. and yup. he was also talking about missions. everywhere i go, i'm telling you. that's all i ever hear nowadays. maybe it's because i haven't actually DONE anything yet. i mean, i've talked to my Bible study leader, i've been trying to seek opportunities, but i haven't DONE it yet. and time again is always my biggest restricting factor. as i was driving tim, he was saying how maybe i need to take a step of faith - a fleeting thought that had crossed my mind before, and something i was afraid of doing? perhaps. i dunno. anyway, some guys were sharnig about some programs that you can volunteer at in toronto. so i'm going to list them here so i don't forget:

1) out of the cold program
2) toronto city missions
3) second harvest (i found this out from 4C a while back)

i'm going to volunteer at one of these places in december. i have nothing else to do, and i want to do something in the city type of idea. so we'll see how that goes. i'll have to investigate. the out of the cold program is basically working with homeless people, just like what jer is doing, so i might try that, or the second harvest deal.

on monday, my friend karen said this to andrew: "you should be happy like leo". it was one of those passing comments, but it really hit me. like the joy that God has given me really shines through (maybe not all of the time, but at leas sometimes). i guess because i get happy when i eat food or whatever, so people notice. but yeah....... NEAT stuff...... :)

on wednesday, we had our normal typography class and at the end of it, the class photocopied some definition sheets for our next week. i realized that my friends karen and gavin left early, and so i wondered if they had the sheets or not. anyway, i went looking for karen and found her in the design lab (that's where she normally is after class) and asked her. she didn't have them, so i went to get them for her and then i got an extra set for gavin. and she took em from me to give to him and she said "you're a good friend". it struck me weird, because i don't really know gavin too well, so it doesn't fit the standard "good friend" definition. i was just thinking like they don't have it, so i just wanted to make sure that they'd get it, that's it. what's more interesting, my other friend (who's also friends with the two), didn't think about giving them the sheets. or at least i don't think he did. he was waiting for a critique from our prof or whatever, so i just decided to be pro-active and find em. :) maybe that meant something to them? that'd be cool. i've decided that i really want to get involved in these people's lives. it'd give me great joy to see em know Christ!! and what's even cooler, God would get so much glory out of it :)

i also ran into my friend jen (who's also in design) at future shop today. the strangest thing. me and jer went to TD bank so he could pay off his bills, and then he suggested we go to future shop, so i was like why not. we were just wandering around aimlessly in the store, and then she came up to me to say hello. it was so weird! i knew she was a canon rep, but what are the odds that she works at THAT future shop, at THAT time, on THAT day? you know? she's not a Christian either i don't think. but we were talking and i realized that she lives really really close to me. and she's like we should carpool or something. so i started asking her questions about how she gets to school and stuff, and it turns out on monday nights her parents drive all the way to pick her up. which really doesn't make sense, so i told her i'd drive her cuz i mean, she lives so close, why not! i actually don't know her really well, just got to start talking to her a bit this year cuz we have basically the same friends in our monday classes. but perhaps i'll get to know her better in the car rides back home! that'd be really sweet. i think God's really opening up doors for me!

i've got so much work to do this weekend. i have no idea how all this work is going to get finished, but i'm trusting God'll help me through it!

that'll be it from me tonight. more to come soon! maybe thursday :)

Posted by Leo Chan at November 9, 2002 10:22 PM