Weekend. Over. Already.
Oi.
Friday: woke up at 12 and had a nice long QT, then went out and preached with Gerard and Melissa to invite people to Life Talks. Key verse: Jeremiah 31:16. About 2:30, got something to eat with them, then sat and talked for an hour or so about some pretty good stuff ... is good to get to know people other than Bryan, Hector, Rachel, and Keysha. =P
Got back to the room about 4:30 and chilled for half an hour when BJ decided to call me and ask if I could pick up Valerie so he could get some sleep. Not a problem, but it meant I had to shift some things around in my schedule, including scooping up Steven to walk over to Schomburg. Did so, grabbed drinks, then went back and picked up plates so Hector could arrive an hour and a half late for the day we chose to celebrate his birthday. =P
Had a whole lot of fun there ... Roger came and gave a nice lesson on Isaiah 2:2-5, and the visitors seemed to enjoy it. Had some fun watching everyone play Cranium ... was amusing to look at some of the sketches people were trying.
Got back to the room about 12, stayed up until 1, because I'm an idiot ... duh. Got up at 4am to go off to Pennsylvania to go snow tubing ... adrenaline and Coke time! "Bought" a free Coke from Hess with a "Free 20 oz" cap ... odd that, I haven't won one of those games in years. Got to PA about 8:30 and had a blast with the fam ... actually I split off from Bryan, Hector, and Rachel, and ended up spending the day with Heather, Steve, and Jason P. instead, which was good -- have wanted to spend more time with them, esp. Heather and Steve, for a while now, but haven't ever had the chance to, since they're not at the Brook ... is very difficult to do so without a car, etc. Anyway, got to learn a little more about them ... laughed at Danny, who runs the same way he bowls: quite awkwardly. The woman who was watching laughed at Danny. Worse, she remembered him. It's always bad when the attendant remembers you. Pined about not being able to ski. Found that Heather and Rachel have never been skiing ... deprived children. =P Cindy on the other hand apparently used to ski quite a bit ... will have to talk to people about organizing a ski trip sometime. Not this year.
Went back ... fell asleep as did Diane and Hector ... heh. 3 hours of sleep. Which I'd end up needing by the end of the day. Got back to my room and chilled for a little while, talking to Jason K. on IM for a bit and went off to Kelly Quad to eat with Jia for a bit before heading off to Gerard's to prepare for The Passion of the Christ. 23 people from the SB ministry showed up. I would call that a success. Got to the theater and a couple of us ran inside quickly to grab seats ... managed to snag three rows of eight, so that was very cool. Watched. Was blown away. Very simply. Have studied the crucifixion, knew what was going to happen, and still ... as humans we are very visual creatures. I have a very vivid imagination, but seeing it still hammered it home. Am a bit ... er ... put off by the ... shall we say "interesting interpolations" inserted by Mr. Gibson and company but will not go into detail for fear of inciting the anger of ... never mind. At any rate, it was good and worth seeing.
Stayed up until 4am talking to Beth on IM. Bad idea. Barely got up in time for services today. Did make it however, and just in time. Arthur was preaching today ... actually I rather enjoy his style. Very straight and to the point, which fits me very well. Honestly, I think the way I give lessons is rather similar to his. Key passage: Luke 6:46-49. Afterwards, went to Wendy's with Jason K., Hector, Keysha, and Bryan. Spent a while there and somehow got onto the subject of M.C. Hammer, which led to Vanilla Ice, which led to Bryan belting out "Go ninja go ninja go", which led to me coming out with "Turtles!" and the five of us agreeing to watch TNMT2.
Haha ... who'd have thought it, right? Well ... it amused us, so it was worth it. I'm not sure it was the most brilliant movie cinematically, but after two solid days of non-stop action it was kinda nice to disengage the brain for a couple hours. Reminiscing over how much we loved these things as kids was fun, too. It was a good look back into time.
Weekend not over yet however. After splitting up Keysha and I went to Kelly to grab some dessert, or at least I did. That girl never eats, so is able to eat a lot when she actually decides to. =P Anyway, we ran into Connie there, and sat down and had a good talk with her while watching the Oscars ... kinda nuts that LotR: RotK won 11 of them. Greatest sentence of the night comes from the winner for best short documentary: "I'd like to thank the Lord of the Rings crew for not making a documentary ..."
Yeah, that basically sums it up. Anyway, worked with Jia for a while on his English papers when he dropped by, and then talked to a couple people who were talking about The Passion and the Bible and some other stuff. Have just now gotten back to the room.
So it's been a long weekend, but a very, very good one. *sighs contentedly*
-David
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