Monday, August 27, 2007

Day 4-5 (It's all jumbled in my head)

This time I woke up around 7am, and wasn't drowsy. I hit my devotions, just as fast as I could. I flew into the shower, dried off, got dressed, and headed downstairs. We needed to leave by 8:30am, or we would miss the bus to the bible study that afternoon.
We ate a simple breakfast, some fruit, and maybe a bagel, and then off we went for the bus stop, or car I can't remember which.

What do you expect? I'm not an early riser.

Canada has the coolest bus system ever. They're buses are ridiculously fast. You can get anywhere you need to in about 15-30 minutes. My brother gave me some bus tickets, and we hoped on our first bus.

In the mornings, the bus isn't really crowded, but by the middle, or end of the day, everyone is riding on it. Although it's mainly white people by majority, there's some diversity among the passengers (black, arabic, etc). There doesn't seem to be as much racial tension here, as there is in the States. It's kind of nice.

We get to a bus stop, and Andy shows me the map, and where all the buses are, and where we're headed. He looks really cool with his his rimless glasses, and his explorer style backpack. It takes a while for information to sink into brain (mine), lots of talking, and need to see where fingers are pointing. Okay. Got it.

Within a matter of minutes, we were on the next bus that would take us closer to our destination...
the park.

They have this gorgeous park in Ottawa. You simply have to see it, I'd be waisting time trying to describe it. Huge green trees, people playing volleyball and frisbee out here. They have the coolest statues, and stuff. I'll take pic's when I get a chance.

So, we come to the familiar park bench where a handful of people are waiting for Andy to lead the bible study on matthew 19. I'm amazed that a group of people were willing to give up their lunch break, or part of their day, just to be here for this. Andy prays, and then starts going through what he talked about last time. Then, he dives into the Word, but will stop and explain things as he goes. I'm amazed at how the Holy Spirit speaks through my brother even more so than He has in the past. It's literally like hanging out with Jesus. People feel welcomed, and a part of what's going on, and are asking questions, or making comments as well.

Time passes, and my brother gets to the end of the chapter. Then he prays, and we're done. I make every opportunity to meet people, tell them who i am, and find out how they met my brother. It's a really really cool thing.

After all this, we head for home on the bus/car (memory is not my forte). Yes, I know there's a big difference between a car or bus. Thank you Captain Obvious. We came home, Gen prepared the food both nights, and it was wonderful.

2 comments:

Vikki said...

dude, the buses aren't like that everywhere in Cda...it's an Ottawa thing. I'm from Wpg and believe me, it's no party taking the bus in Winterpeg.

Jesse said...

Writer Re-write:
Ottawa's buses rule, all the others in Canada have a tendency to be lame.