Room Dates And Updates

Yesterday was, of course, Valentines Day. So, it was appropriate that myself and my roommates went on a room date with one of the girls rooms. The first stop was Value Village in Nanaimo. (Value Village is kind of like Salvation Army.) We were on a mission for bowling shirts, and after some minimal compromising we left satisfied. Next, in our new attire, we went to Fast Eddies for burgers and milkshakes. Quality. We ended the night with a game of five pin bowling. The funny thing was that two of the girls have casts on their wrists from snowboarding injuries, and one guy has a cast on his ankle from a piggy-back ride gone wrong. So the rest of us decided to bowl left handed to compensate. All-in-all, it was a solid night. Also, while we were away on our date, one of the girls (Shannon) got engaged back at camp. That was awesome news.

The other day Dan and I met with the rest of our church's worship team to learn some new songs from each other. It was kind of a strange and mildly productive evening. Granted, it was cool to pay some attention, as a group, to the worship ministry outside of the Sunday morning routine. There is enough talent, equipment, and space in this church to have a full band every Sunday. But there is no one making the effort to make that happen. Whenever I lead I make sure to utilize the available resources to show them the possibilities. Yet it fails to catch on. It's not that I think a full band is necessary in order for the church to function properly. I just see a lot of gifted people simply showing up because it's Sunday. These people need to be motivated to get involved and stayed involved. I don't think it is my place to be the one to do that. Even though sometimes I do.

India training is coming along. We hiked up the same trail today with the waterfall. It never fails to be beautiful. We leave for India in just over three weeks. I don't even know what to think about that. I know a lot of people, including myself, are still trying to raise all of the money. Fund raising is a rather daunting task, but it's cool to see how God is providing. It's encouraging. Yesterday we went to the little blue clinic in Duncan to get all the shots we needed for India. My previous immunization records was this foreign looking list of jumbled letters. I had to go online to try and translate it in order to figure out what shots I still needed. Hopefully it was a reliable website. Too late now, the juices are already in my blood.

Time to read.

Goodbye.