Eleventh Week

Wow... Lecture phase finally ended... I still can't believe it feels that short. Well our speaker is an Australian, but lives in India, so he dressed like an Indian. Imagine that... Well our whole week is basically about thinking outside U.S. goggle. What I mean is to basically try to see outside the U.S. culture. Our speaker, Graeme, knows what it's like in the front lines of the mission. He seems harsh, but he just wants to make us realize that we're fortunate to be living in U.S. But in general I love the way he teaches, not just that it's out of the ordinary, but it also challenges me to think. I haven't been using my brain for a lot of thinking and this week just got my brain started again. It's exhausting, but I love it.

Graeme gives us case studies that we need to discuss as a group. Personally, it challenges me a lot. Some of it goes against of what I believe in, but I need to learn how to adapt to the situations. Graeme is a person who process everything before he speaks. People would think he's a quiet person, which is true, but he also got a lot of things to say. Graeme speaks only when he needs to.

Graeme is also a cooker and he loves to cook. He bakes a lot of cookies for us during our class time. He also made some Indian food and last time he required us to eat it with our hands. And since it's thanksgiving, Graeme also helped with the thanksgiving feast. The thanksgiving feast was really enjoyable. There are parents that came to see their child in DTS and the homeless people who we invited. It was just a massive celebration, it's my first time I guess having a REAL Thanksgiving day and I enjoy it.

Schools are out in holidays, so there's no basketball ministry. Outreach in San Francisco is starting this week. I can't wait for it to happen already. Lectures have blessed me so much, and now it's time to use those blessings to bless other people. So I hope you guys would be praying for me and intercede for me.

I also ate lemper. If you're Indonesian, you should know that. I think that's the best food I've eaten so far in my time in San Francisco, other than mie goreng. I saw some people from back home and they prayed for me, which made me really happy. It was good to hear that people actually supports my being in San Francisco. My ministries here are the same as what you guys do over there. Me being here doesn't mean that I'm better than all of you. I just seem to have more opportunities, but our ministries are all the same, and that's to just to show God's love to other people.

So this is it... First week of going to outreach. I don't know what to expect, which I somehow like. Since I don't know what to expect, God can just blow my mind with what He wants to do. I have no plan of what to do, and that leaves Him more room to do something. Last, but not least, I'm thankful for God, and my family. I'm also thankful for the support that you guys have been giving me, whether it's financially or spiritually. I really am. I'm having the time of my life here, and I'm grateful that what I'm doing is for a good cause, if not THE cause. So thank you once again.