Treasure Hunting

Today, for our men's group, Alex, Jesse, and I went treasure hunting at UTC Mall in San Diego. Basically, we prayed for God to give us "clues" describing people He wanted to bless today. I prayed in my prayer language/in tongues before asking God for clues, because I was learning about how praying in the Spirit can help us be more sensitive/discern what God is saying. I got "couple in Sears walking with a stroller and a baby", "single man with a bright white t-shirt and a dark striped/checkered blue/black shirt", "parent with lots of kids", and "woman holding Starbucks and a handbag, who smiles when you look at her but is broken inside". We went all around Sears, but no one really stood out to us, and I was getting frustrated. After already passing a woman with a Starbucks cup, Alex and I ran into a second one. We looked hesitantly at each other for a while, before Alex ran after her and I had to follow. Alex introduced us to the woman, named Sarah, and asked if there was anything we could pray for her for. It turns out that her dog had died the night before, and I got the chance to pray for her that God would provide and be her comfort during her time of need. I really hope she was blessed, because I was super blessed to have prayed for her.

Friends

When I was in high school, I remember ranting to God "if you would bless me with fruitful friendships, I could deal with [this]"--whatever I was struggling with at the moment. I thought, "yeah, you're going through a lot, but at least you have friends to support you."

I have the best friends anyone could ever ask for through InterVarsity--in my dorm team leaders, the freshmen in my small group, the freshmen in other colleges. And even though my bubble has been burst, and the one thing I wanted, to serve God as a dorm team leader, is probably not going to happen next year, I know I'm going to be okay.

Because I have God, family, and an incredible community.