Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity

I’m back!

Ok, sorry I missed Phriday Photos and didn’t post anything in the past few days… On Friday, I took the day off to get ready for a job interview with Avenza Systems in the afternoon. It went fairly well, so we’ll see what happens!  That very same day, our Hispeed Internet & Digital cable went flaky, so the Internet was down at home until I called Rogers to send a cable guy to get things fixed; they came Saturday morning–so all our household digital connections are back in working order!  w00t!

Later that Friday evening, I left for the weekend to go camping with my church’s university fellowship, Aletheia.  It was a joint camp/retreat with the high school fellowship, Hosanna, from Friday night til Sunday afternoon, at Edgewood Camp (near Guelph); though it was a departure from hard-core tent camping as we had cabins and stayed indoors for most of the programs.

The theme for Aletheia Summer Camp this year was “Love“, based around 1 John 4:7-21.  We had the privilege of having a couple who were counsellors at University of Western Ontario’s CCF, Roger & Pam Shuttleworth, speak to us; they’re British / originally from Manchester (!!) and we had a good time of hearing the Word of God preached Biblically.  I’m glad, cause sometimes such a seemingly simple theme as “love” may sometimes get watered down, but we stayed close to what the author John wrote and we learned much about God being love and God being in us.  Roger spoke from the head and heart with no notes to read off of, other than a little post it inside his Bible, so I was amazed at the skill and gift he had in communicating the Truth of God.  Too bad it rained on Saturday and we didn’t get any outdoor recreation time (except for those who played Capture-the-Flag in the rain).  I also forgot to bring my digital camera to camp, so all I have is a few photos taken with my cell phone which I’ll post soon to my Flickr… however, I think this was a positive, as it gave me more time to focus on meditating upon God and less upon taking pictures for the sake of capturing moments.

Anyways, I’m back now.  So hopefully, after I get some rest, I’ll post something more meaty ;-)

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  1. pear-i

    hey Alex, — just dropping you a link to a few of the pics you took w/ my camera ~

    *cheers*
    thanks for sharing the word with us/me this week mmm yummy! :)

    Aug 20, 2006 @ 11:16 pm


  2. C Luk

    Whoa! You guys got to hear Roger speak!? Wait .. how does that work out?! You have to tell me the whole story! How did you steal our counsellors away from us?! Isn’t it amazing to hear Roger speak? So challenging :) I have the amazing privilege to hear him speak every Sunday night at his house — ACF has an intimate get-together, affectionately known as “Pam and Rogers” on Sun nights :D

    Aug 21, 2006 @ 1:29 am

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