February 17, 2008

  • Today I tried doing something I had never done before- I attempted to wake up and get ready at a time that would get me to church earlier than right when it starts. I thought it’d be nice to get to New Community early so that I wouldn’t have to park far and to just spend like half an hour in prayer and reflection before service. I gave Doza and his Muslim roommate Saied a ride as well. After a powerful and moving reminder of the gospel message from Pastor Peter, the three of us went to grab lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Afterwards, me and Doza chilled at his condo for a bit before going to Caribou to talk. We stayed there a while… I think I got a cup of iced tea with free refills, and I got about 6 cups. We talked at Caribou until around 6PM, when we went to Joy Yee’s for dinner and more talking. After a few more hours there, we went back to hang out at Doza’s condo for awhile. By then I had noticed a marked difference in his energy and cognitive abilities. I think by the time I started to head home we had learned a lot about ourselves and each other- like the how it really begins to ware him out after spending expended times with someone because he needs down time, while I have higher “endurance” as he called it, and I remain relatively excited, engaged, and focused. Although I don’t plan on putting my poor friend (or any of my more introverted friends) through this again too often, today was definitely a blessed time where we became closer friends, fellowshipped, sharpened each other, edified each other, and prayed together.

    Halleluiah*  

     


    *Halleluiah= Thank God!  ^_^v    (hallelu- “praise” in Hebrew  yah- short for YHWH (pronounced yah*weh) or “I AM” a.k.a. God in Hebrew)