surprising

So when I would "do ministry stuff" last year (like going to whip out a soularium http://www.campuscrusade.com/WSN/soul.htm with Philip) we had to make pretty serious decisions about where we were gonna go. We would say things like "are you feeling the commons or the cafeteria?" or "Do you want to go talk with strangers or just hang out in the dorm?"

Finding the WHERE has been significantly more difficult here in this city of 28,000,000 people (depending on how you count). We have 400 universities to choose from, and only some of them are on a map. Less of them are within walking distance, so finding out how to get within walking distance is half the fun. We tend to say things like "Hey do you want to go try to find that campus at the end of the orange metro line, huaxta... whuxta... whooksta... yeah that one."

I took this picture as I was waiting for my freind to meet me at the metro - it was really cool how the mass of humanity surged out of the doors simultaneously along the whole line. The picture doesn't really do my fascination justice, but so far, my attitude toward new and exciting places has been really good - pray that God will give us the grace to keep trusting him to get us where we need to be.