Another Week, Another Post

First off, let me give a shout out to "Anonymous" for his insightful comment. If you didn't know what a comment is, you do now.

Well, the weekend's about over, and it's been a week since I last posted. I was really tired last week, and as a consequence didn't get as much done as I should have. I did get some studying done, and the usual TA stuff. The problem is, I'm behind right now, so I really should have done more. Unfortunately, no energy, no work. I'll have to do better this week though.

The weekend was a lot of fun. IV Friday night was a worship service - something I'm learning to appreciate more and more. Saturday I planned to spend the afternoon studying in the Student Union with a friend. We did study for an hour. Then a bunch of the other IV folks showed up, after having been doing some ministry down in Troy (I would have gone, but I had to study). They were going to debrief, so they sat by us, and shared their pizza. That took an hour. After that, we studied a little more to finish up. I would have done some more work after that, but a friend of mine was having a rough day, and yours truly was handy to provide a listening ear. That effectively finished off the afternoon.

Saturday evening was, as usual, Outreach Team. Oh come on - did you honestly think a Nyack grad wouldn't end up on that? We have what's actually a pretty good system - we meet for an hour and a half or so for Bible Study, then we run different fun events for people as a form of relationship-building. Last night it was geocaching. We ended up in the woods by a cemetery at 9:00 at night when all was said and done. Luckily, it was a nice moonlit night, so we didn't have any trouble. The guys took great joy in trying to creep out the ladies in the group, and, I might add, were rather successful at it. I stayed out as much as possible, though, because I'm just too nice a guy for that! Once we were done romping through the woods, we went and ate (what else would college students do?). Then a few of us ended up watching a movie. All of which was fun, but got very little schoolwork done.

Then today, I went to church, as usual. I forgot my Sunday School book, since it's the first week since I got it. Of course, quite honestly, it's a miracle some mornings I even remember a tie, but that's beside the point. Church itself went pretty well - the pastor's been going through the beattitudes, and we're up to persecution. Fun stuff. Afterward, I got invited to dinner, so I got real food for once! That was very exciting. Then I came back to RPI, called home, called another TA I work with (who apparently thinks I'm clueless - if she only knew!), and took a nap, because I needed it. After the nap, I went and ate supper with a friend of mine who's a freshman. Eating with freshmen is really a lot of fun, because you never know where the conversation's going to go. Tonight it was Freudian psychology, which was causing him quite a bit of doubt about his Christian view of the self. A couple of us more or less helped him through it, somewhat, although it's been a while since I've looked at that stuff.

I will say, though, that I'm very glad we don't live in a materialistic universe. If this was all there was, I think I would have given up a month ago. God's the one who's pulling me through RPI right now, and He's going to have to keep doing it, because it's probably going to be even crazier from now until the end of the semester.

Well, tonight I'm grading Engineering Statistics projects. Tomorrow, my big plan is to go to Price Chopper (I was going to go this weekend, but never made it). I've got a test Friday morning, and then Friday night IV and the Korean Christian Fellowships (KCF) of RPI and SUNY Albany are all meeting together. Saturday, a group of us are probably going to help paint the inside of a church (the church I go to, so I really can't opt out), and then I've been invited to a Thanksgiving party that evening. And then, of course, Thanksgiving break is only a couple days after that.

I'll let you know how it all goes. Have fun until then!

Oh, and Mr. Anonymous, feel free to post again. You can even use your name if you really want to. The rest of you can comment too. In fact, I'd really appreciate it if you would, so I know you're out there.