Moving In...

My room at college is great! I am feeling very fortunate right now!

I know the tradition for people moving into college is to complain about the size of the room, but I really can't. My room is quite spacious - I could swing a cat in it. I do feel very fortunate because I got a great room: 2 x windows, overlooks the college green , 2 x wardrobes, near to the kitchenette and bathrooms, and on level 1 so not too many stairs to climb. Only problem is I am yet to have a mattress. Lucky I still can sleep at home!

Plus my family has been super generous getting me some noice luxury items: pot plant, pink computer chair, new bed sheets and doona covers, cushions, lamps, bathroom supplies, and my Dad helped me move all my junk into the room today. Everything fits quite nicely, I'm just trying to work out the best way to store my shoes!

Only4 more sleeps till it starts! OH! I started CBTB on Sunday night - where I was commissioned, interviewed and prayed for. It was a nice start to my fellowship and ministry there. Connect Bible Study starts next Tuesday!

Summerfest...

This year on Summmerfest we are not staying in the school and instead billeted out in our sections to family homes. My section "XTREME" of 17 or so leaders are staying in an awesome home with wireless and with really generous hosts!!

This week in XTREME we are going BLACK & WHITE - get a fix on the truth

Day 1: The Truth about God... we had about 72 youth today with lots of non-CCEC youth. Had great time mc'ing, lots of good conversations, lots of fun and games!

Praise JESUS!!!!

Please pray for the rest of the week.

Day 2: The Truth about People
Day 3: The Truth about Jesus
Day 4: The Truth about Life & Death
Day 5: The Truth about Heaven

Also this is the first year XTREME has been running out of Erina Youth Centre... so pray that we would get heaps of kids walking in off the street, CCEC youth bringing friends and that we would make the most of proclaiming Jesus from an awesome location!

I Am Legend...

If you like to think and like thriller movies then this is a movie for you. It has a really heavy themes that pushes a unapologetic Christian view of humanity admist scary zombies attacking:

• Destruction of society/creation is not caused by God but by man.
• Humans are created for community and relationship.
• God's plan can't be thwarted or trumped.
• The degenerate and evil community live in darkness and are allergic to the sun light.
• Remnant saved who are immune to the Darkness Eaters/Vampire Virus (although can be physically killed by them, just not infected to jump over to the dark side) , who live in a protected idyllic setting.
• All the intellegence, physical strength, knowlege of a man with authority, power and integrity accourding to the worlds standards cannot save you... then contrast with the humility and hope of a woman and child who see life.
• Doubt: how could a loving God allow this to happen? The fact they are alive and the hope of others alive shows some kindness of God or God's faithfulness to his plan.
• Death is the sting of the virus - those who die are not saved from its grip and death seperates us from those we love.

I liked this movie. Besides it starring my favourite piece of eye-candy, it scared the living daylights out of me any my friend Lisa but scared in a good way. There was great beauty in the suspense and terror, it held me throughout the movie and made me think all at the smae time. It was not overly gruesome, had some very funny moments, some to-be-expected singing/music moments by Will Smith... and just not sure if I buy it that Robert Neville (Will Smith) didn't know about the remnant of people when he was in the army intellegence and had everything to cure the virus but maybe that was due to his self-righteousness that he had to stay at ground-zero as he is sure he can fix this... nonetheless it was an intense and thrilling movie.

I think what I like the most about this movie is that it is putting Christian ideas on our culture agenda, giving us a vocabulary to see, engage and discuss the true God who saves.

And it was a joy to walk out of the movie and for Lisa to ask: what did you think of the story line, bit more indepth than the average vampire/zombie movie don't you think?

Anyone read the book? I think I might aim to do that this year!