2nd full day.

today was very similar to yesterday. we spent the first couple hours this morning finishing up the "book" part of orientation. we talked a lot about missional living the idea of planting seeds in peoples lives through every day interaction. its really an interesting concept. like..how often do we share what we are about and see what God does with that? i mean..you don't have to live on the mission field to plant a seed. i will say that it is much easier..having a purpose, as opposed to just doing it naturally..but i guess that is something that you can develop over time. one of my goals this summer is to learn how to live missionally..live life as a missionary (sharing the love of Jesus in everyday life) whethere i'm on the "mission field" or walking across campus. our visual goal for the summer is to plant 1 seed a day for everyday we are here. we actual have a vase in our room, and a bag full of sunflower seeds. for every seed we plant in someone's life, we add a sunflower seed to the jar. it is really exciting and motivating!!

we talked to several people on the bus transit today. one woman we basically talked about the whole bus system and gave her a little information on the church. a guy that was sitting across from me overheard me talking about church and moved over to talk to me. its actually really exciting to see that people eavesdrop (i know its weird) and get curious enough to start a conversation. we talked a little bit about what kind of work we were doing in canada, why we were here...and then he asked if i had a boyfriend or was looking for one. yes..i know..weird. and awkward..but God handled it for me. :) we invited him to church..and i really believe he might actually come! which is really exciting. he shared with me that he is trying to find the right religion. his name is andrew. so be praying for him as well..i'll keep you updated on whether he comes to church on sunday!

we talked to 2 other people briefly on the bus. one, a young muslim guy, we are going to try and actually go back to visit since he works at tim hortons, and pray that God would open doors there. the other was a girl, natzia, who was completely shocked that we would even want to come to canada for the summer. she was obviously unhappy in canada, and told us that she plans on moving to california to go to school for fashion. i think she may come to church also..which would be cool. :)

we finished up the day with exploration of the university of toronto in mississauga which is going to be a huge part of our mission this summer. one of our goals by the end of the summer is to have a bible study started on campus. when we went to the campus today, we realized its gonna have to totally be a God thing! which is great. i completely trust that He will do what He wants. the campus was pretty scarce. i'm sure it has to do with it being summer. it seems there is a pretty big muslim influence on campus (from what we gathered from the website), and that in the past christians have been nervous about starting anything for fear of opposition from the muslims. it seems they have a pretty big stronghold there.

we met brett, our field supervisor, for supper and had a mediterranean dinner..which was excellent! then we headed back home to rest up. my roommate and i are looking for a place where we can see moose..cause that is one of my personal goals this summer. :) so we spent some time googling moose in the toronto area. we plan on witnessing to the moose by the way!

God is gonna do an amazing work this summer..i can already feel His presence in all that we do. i can't wait to see what happens next!!