But before I go any further I would like to say Happy Fathers day to all of you daddies out there. (I am 2 hours behind all of you, so it is still Sunday here) Most importantly, I would like to say Happy Fathers day to my personal dad. I like to call him many things: Pop, Papa Bear, Joseph, Big Daddy, and Father. You rock dad. Thanks for all you do! I am blessed to have such a godly influence in my life! Keep being awesome!
Anyway, back to my week...
Being at the mercy of the Crossings team is something I am a little nervous of. Let's be honest here... Im THAT GUY. I'm here to help out with anything and everything. AND THEY KNOW THAT!! As my friend Mr. Brian Cassino says, "Your our missionary buddy!" and he is right.. I am that guy.. but seriously I love it. Which brings me to Monday.
Actually... Let's start at Sunday. Sunday morning I went to church with my host family. It's called Reality. It was really astounding! (Steph) .. It is a new church plant about 2 years old with around 200 people. Mr. Dennis (The guy I am living with) preached that morning, and he brought it. He preached on a topic that I am sure everyone has thought about at least in their minds... "Is God a Monster??" HE FREAKIN BROUGHT IT!!! It was good!
- Sunday Night I led the Crossings gathering while Jeff was gone. WE DID NOTHING! We had a party, and spit out the window on the people 20 stories below us!!! Actually, it went really well! We walked through Philippians 4. Check it out! It is good! After that we ate sandwiches. And I'll be real here... I don't get pumped over a sandwich...but Anna Katherine used her home made bread for the sandwiches and HOLY CRAP!! BEST SANDWICH EVER!!!!!!!! Seriously people... Jesus eats this stuff!!!
Now to Monday..
Monday I did school.. which sucks. I don't wanna talk about it anymore. That afternoon I received one of those text messages that I knew would be coming. It was from Johnny (our Scottish member of our team) . All it said was this, "Hey man, Are you free this afternoon/evening? Would love your help with something around 4."---- Before I go any further I would like to point out that this text message IS A TRAP!! He knew that I wasn't doing anything, and he also knew that by asking in such a nice way that I couldn't say no, and he also knew that I was reading his text message in a scottish accent and I think it is awesome and he knew I couldn't say no to that--------- Anyway, my response was, "Yeah man I'm free, what we gonna be doing?" To which he replied with, "Awesome man, meet me at my place at 4:15, need your help with a few things."--- Boom--- that was it. WHAT THE HECK ARE WE GONNA DO??!!! Once again, I am THAT GUY, so I knew that anything and everything is free game. Did he want me to paint (he and his wife are painters), did he want me to drive with him to Seattle, did he want me to kill a man??? As 4:15 approached many things went through my mind.. but it was good. He and his wife were having a college class come to their house that evening to eat, and he needed my help moving furniture. So it was a good night, and I was able to help wash all the dishes so that he and his wife could mingle about (as Johnny says) with the group.
Tuesday was an exciting day. The people I'm renting from were gone that day so they had a babysitter come to watch the kids. I walked Ciara to school, and had to pick her up. I also bought her some M&M's... I'm a nice guy... (Ladies.. I'm single)
Tuesday night I rode around with the family I'm living with (and their 4 kids), and a girl thats living here named Michelle. Thanks God for her.... the kids pester her, and not me!!! We went to a sketchy Vietnamese place and got soup.. yes thats right. we got soup. I'm already a picky eater.... and I didn't want to know what was in the soup. I just ate it.. and I actually really liked it. (I'm sure it was a dog)
Wednesday was the big final game for the Vancouver Canucks. It was game 7 of the stanley cup finals and the winner won the thing! Well, as I am sure you all know by now... Vancouver lost.. and some people here decided to take out their anger by blowing up cars, hitting people, breaking into stores, setting things on fire and just destroying the city. See my previous post for pictures. I would also recommend you youtube or google image :Vancouver 2011 riot. CRAZY STUFF!! I survived, and I kept thinking one thing while trying to escape the riot ( I was with Mr. Dennis).... WE HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER, OR WERE GONNA DIE ALONG!! Bad stuff.. But I survived.. do not cry.
Thursday Jeff returned from Phoenix so I spent the day with him. I really like that guy. Cool dude. But Thursday... was the best day of my week!! Why you ask.... I will tell you in one word that should have spaces but doesn't deserve them..... BILLFROMBRENTWOOD!!(NO SPELLCHECK, THIS IS NOT A MISSPELLED WORD) (If you do not understand this I would suggest you just skip ahead to Friday) Sadly, Bill was not here, but a group from Brentwood was. (Sara's cousin is their girls minister) Jeff, Sarah, Ty, Emma, and I spent the evening with them. Cool people. and YES. we talked about BILLFROMBRENTWOOD.
Friday we had the Crossings team meeting at Johnny's and walked though everything for the All Nations Gathering on Sunday. Then Jeff and I rented some musical equipment for Sunday night. BUT THEN... We grabbed some lunch at a McDonalds. but this is not just a normal McDonalds. It's not like it was huge, it was just awkwardly big. I have no way to explain it. It was just big. Also, Jeff and I watched golf.
Saturday-- Check out City and Colour on Itunes... Incredible. Thats all I will say about Saturday.
Tonight was the All Nations Gathering. It was awesome! Brian and Johnny rocked it out!
Hope this blog makes up for all the ones I have missed.. Oh.. and I met one of the actresses from Twilight.
I would also like to point out that Crossgates tweeted this today:
Popeys!!!
so I re-tweeted it!
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