A sliver of light

Well, I've come to the end of my experience. This has been a crazy couple of days.
Today at 11:45am, there was a sliver of light that broke through the 5 days of rain. I woke up, pressed my hand to window and breathed it in. And it was pretty amazing.

I can say the same about my time here. This place has awakened me from a sleepy view of
Christianity. These people are desperate for hope, and the veil of darkness can only be penetrated by the Word and His people.

We saw the "Road to God", which is a street with a Sikh Temple, Muslim Mosque, a Chinese Evangelical Church, a Jewish synagogue, Hindu Temple, and Buddhist Temple.
Know what you believe, know what others believe. Then, I can better communicate Father's love in a way that honors and values them as a person and respects their culture.

Well, up at 4am to catch the 4 hour bus ride to Seattle, then flight to MSY.
Not ready for the sore butt syndrome. At least I got my ipod.

See you on the other side!

Rain rain go away

It has rained 4 days straight in Vancouver. This makes everything soggy and the mornings foggy.
Many people here suffer from seasonal affective disorder or SAD for short.
This is when during winter months, the days are shorter, darker, and colder.
And, according to wikipedia, this in turn causes shortness of breath, tingling in the left arm,
and even cardiac arrest. Wow, scary....

I think they should make another disorder that spells out HAPPY or JOY,
and you feel it every time you eat ice-cream on a hot day.
Or when you put on socks straight from the dryer.
Or when you find that perfect scarf that matches that sweater.

Is that..... kimchi?

1 day.
3 churches.
All you can eat sushi till 11:30pm.
Meeting new brothers.
Can there be anything better than this?

We got to praise with Cantonese, Korean, and university congregations today.
And it was honestly the most church I've ever had in 1 day.
But the Korean church made one of the stronger impressions on me today.
When I walked into the church, I smelled something funny, kinda sour, and musty.
My friend said it was the "spirit" doing His work.
Then I realized it was the smell of kimchi. But even more strange, these people smelled like kimchi. That doesn't mean I love them any less.
Met some really great people their and hope to spend more time with them when we come back.
But please, no more kimchi breakfast fellowships. Or kimchi chili cookoffs.
Kimchi served along-side the Lord's supper. Or kimchi air-freshener.

We also traveled to University of British Columbia, a school that draws likeness to Berkley and Yale. On our way their we drove down a gorgeous neighborhood:




and saw this Hobbit house for sale:



Guess how much it's selling for...... ok ready?
$2.7 million. Now you can pick your jaw up off the table.

I'm gaining a better view on how our M-team will best fit in here. It's about us seeing where
Father is working, kneeling down and joining Him at work.
Dang... I just want our team to see their own untapped potential. To really become the men
and women of the King and become the movers and shakers of there generation.

Insite or Insight?

So here I am, eating a bagel-turkey sandwich. It's a tall sandwich, with lots of layers.
What makes it even more special is this really nice chipotle mustard.
This city is kinda like this sandwich, lots of layers. It's like a small voice that's calling me to peer deeper.

And
I'm slowly learning about this city. There are so many textures:
metropolis, forest, ocean, bay, slums, university's, koi ponds, fish
market, indie shops, vintage hat store, hills, bridges, skyline, and
lots of escalators. It's like I'm a kid again running my hand through
rows and rows of clothes. Each finger feeling a different texture.
Today we passed by East Hastings: the poorest zip code in North
America. Drug use is rampant. People were dying left and right in back
allies from drug overdose. Many felt the government needed to step in
and do something. So, they did. By opening up a place where drug users
can safely use drugs, the facility provides clean needles and nurses
for supervision. Don't believe me? Click here

I'm praying that the spirit would give me insight onsight. Jesus eyes to see the need and spirit ears to hear the call. There is much darkness here, where does He want us to be?

Lastly, for now, this city seems to sell virtually anything you could think of in the most odd places.

Like at this market for kids.


which sold:




More tomorrow, see you soon.

Leggo my Ego

Okay, I've made it to Vancouver. And I'm finally in a warm house, with my host family.
Great people, easy going.

I've been traveling for 16 hrs. and running on 3 hours sleep.
So here are my quick observations from the day bullet style:

-I haven't been around this many Asians in years
-I went to a meeting here's what it looked like: 4 Canadians, 3 Chinese, 1 Korean, 2 Iranians
-Crossing the border was surprisingly terrifying
-Seattle = beautiful dreary city
-it feels good to shower off a days worth of travel
-there are no ego's here. Humble followers.
-Thibodaux is colder.
-we met a crazy sad girl in the subway, she told us her life story in 5 minutes.
-Tommorow we will be watching a Curling Match
-50% of this city is Atheist
-This is unlike any city I've ever been to. A mix between Toronto, LA, Hong Kong, and Koln.
-My brain feels like overstuffed luggage. And my friend here keeps shoving city facts into my head
-Bus ride from Seattle to Vancouver: 4 Hours 7 minutes 48 secs

-The best way to protect yourself from.............



















-sword wielding Arabs?

Resurrecting the blog

I know, I know. I am terrible at keeping up a blog. But that's OK! Because here I am, pumped up, refreshed and ready to start a new. And if you really think about it, it's even more exciting now that I'm blogging again. Because, you never know when the next time I will post.
It could be Tommorow, it could be tonight, it could be 3 months from now!

But I digress. Tommorow I leave out to Vancouver, BC.
Yes, that's on the west coast right above Washington.
More importantly I will be their on a scout trip for an upcoming M-trip.

My first hurdle? Fitting 5 days of stuff into 1 bag. This bag:




My 15 inch macbook pro for comparison:


I'm always up for a challenge.....

Random

Ok, so last semester I lost my digital camera and it's left a small hole somewhere in the depths of myself. See, I would always carry this camera and was ready at a moments notice to take that perfect candid shot. Well, after loosing it it's seems like I'm missing out on capturing that great moment. Especially being home this summer, I have no way to document it. Except this blog. And I haven't been doing too great of a job with that.

But anyway, working at the radio station is like trying to clean a pig that keeps swimming in mud. Everything that I'm doing seems like it amounts to very little. BCM stuff is going really good. Been able to soak this semester in prayer and planning. And theres gonna be unlimited juice, so It's gonna to be off the hook.

And I've really gotten to "Arrested Development", this sitcom was way ahead of it's time. Check it out here
much like "The Office", you gotta watch it from episode 1 to really get what's going on.