The Student Life

I never thought I'd become a student again after college. I'm no longer used to it having completed an undergrad 2 years ago. I guess the saying "never say never" appropriately applies here.

I stayed up until 3 AM last night working on a paper for a history class. I haven't done that in years. Although I didn't have to finish it last night, I felt like completing the paper anyway. It felt really good to place the final punctuation mark and sit back after a job well done--a sensation I haven't experienced in a long while.

Classes in the past 3 weeks have been very academic in nature. I'm learning a lot of stuff but most of it is really just for head knowledge. I'm trying to juice out as much practical stuff as I can from the lessons but there's really not much. I hope all my classes aren't like that. I'm really interested in learning things that will directly affect my ministry.

I had to wear several layers of clothes to school today. Tonight's outside temperature was a whopping 4 degrees Celsius. And so I put on a shirt, a sweater, and a jacket to escape the cold. I even turned on the heater in the car. The cold isn't so bad yet. I heard though that when the real winter strikes, it can get a bit crazy over here.

Setyembre '09

It's been a long while since I've posted anything. I was complaining weeks ago that I have nothing to write about--and it's true because there really was nothing happening to me. I wasn't going to write about "Bum Day #17." Now that seminary classes began last week, I have things to write about but unfortunately, I can't seem to find the time. Anyway, here's a summary of the things that happened in the past week or so.

Tyndale Seminary. School officially started last week. I find the idea of going back to school exciting but at the same time daunting since I haven't been back in 2 years. I guess that's fine considering I have classmates who haven't been back to school in 15 years. I'm wonderfully surprised to see many young people in grad school--people even younger than me. I met a Filipino who's a year younger than me. He recently quit his dreams of becoming a lawyer to follow God's calling--a story that's very close to my heart since that's exactly what happened to me too. There seems to be a growing desire among young people recently to devote their careers to God. It's something that I've already noticed at my home church in the Philippines.

Preaching. My speaking engagements have been piling up again. Last Sunday, I got the chance to speak at the 2 branches of my home church that are located here in Canada. It was a crazy Sunday morning. The 2 branches are 30 minutes apart from each other. The Peel branch ends their service at 11 AM which also happens to be the same time the Toronto branch starts theirs. Therefore, right after I spoke at Peel, we rushed over to Toronto so that I could get up on stage just in time. I spoke on prayer using Jesus as an example since the 2 branches are on a sermon series on building their relationship with God. I believe God did a wonderful job that morning. I'm also scheduled to speak at a youth event this Friday at a local church in downtown Toronto. It should be a fun weekend.

Driver's License. Until today, I don't have my upgraded driver's license. I need that upgrade to be able to legally drive alone. Unfortunately, all the testing centers that administer the exam for the upgrade have been on strike for almost a month now. Nobody is able to get a new or upgraded license until the strike is over. Only God knows how long that will take. I heard the last strike lasted for 2 months. It's such a hassle. I'm currently using my Philippine license to drive since the government allowed an extension to all out-of-country licenses.

I guess that's it for now. I'll try to post more consistently provided I'm not too busy reading that thick book entitled "Biblical Interpretation." Only God knows how long that will take too. :)