It’s so easy to just go to university and be too busy with homework and all the books and articles that need to be read. It’s so easy to get caught in the busy life that comes with living downtown here in Montreal, it’s just an attitude that does not exist in little Hepburn, Saskatchewan. Again I think of the fact that I am here for a reason and that I am to seek God’s Kingdom, not mine. Most people here seek their own little kingdoms, success in as many parts of their lives as possible. They make choices hoping that their lives will turn out in the way they want, whatever their definiton of success is. But really, it’s all about their own little kingdoms. And I am tangled up in the same attitude very often and I forget the real reason why I am here. Yes God probably wants me to get my B.A. but my first “care” is not my studies, but God’s Kingdom, His stuff. It’s tough to think that way and let go of my own plans and ideas to succeed.

I was “leading” our bible study today. We usually are three girls, but our “leader” was not there, so she asked me to “lead” for her. Why do I keep putting these “”"”" when I use the word “lead” or “leader” or “leading”? Simply because when you’re three people, there’s not much leading to do, since it’s a study, it’s more about sharing what we see in the text and answering pre-made questions than anything else. So it was kind of odd today just being two girls. The other girl is from Africa and even if we speak French together, we make use of the language is a very different way, discussions don’t have the same rules and it frustrates me a lot. In some cultures, people just interupt the speaker at any point of the conversation to state a new thing or say anything he wants to say about it all. In my culture, you usually wait for the person to be done speaking, and then you speak. We do cut people sometimes, but that’s considered rude. That’s what I felt for the whole time at bible study today. I couldn’t finish my thought before my friend cut me and added something, usually that did not fit (in my mind) with what I was saying. But I’m glad I know a tiny bit about this fact of language use. What is even better is that we were studying Ephesians 4. And we talked about the fact that we’re all different, but we are one in Christ and must be full of humility, patience, we have to bear with one another in love and etc. to keep the bond of peace… That was just perfect for me. Sitting with my sister who seemed to think and use language in such a different way.

Oh and the picture? This is a tradition that my friend and I have taken up. Whenever there’s elections coming up and there’s these signs for political parties all over the town… we find one called “Le Parti Vert” (The Green Party) and we take a picture with it. Neat eh? Oh well.