Sunday, October 12, 2008

LIFE [before and] AFTER FIJI: the swing of insanity

for those of you who don't know, i spent this last summer outside of routine; the basic routine involved with living in the same town with the same job for the last four years. oddly enough, i never quit my job, or moved away.

but it feels like i broke this routine, for this spring my good friend, and only other coworker for the last four years, moved away. sad times. but we hired two other good friends of mine. booya. then i took off to try and walk home from saskatoon with my brother. (whole other story). three weeks later i was home...helping the drop-in centre, where i've been working all this time, a whole new ball game with different staff.

a little later i left for fiji (another "whole other story"). three weeks later and i'm back. with both these excursions, saskatchewan and fiji, it's been so laid back, with a lot of time to think and listen and meditate. like a mental detox. now i'm back into the swing of insanity, so much good, hard and intense things. but these intensities drive me close towards God, which, i guess, only intensify the situation even more, because i'm learning (slowly) that God DOES actually answer prayer, especially when we're patient...and desperate, and when light goes into a dark place...there is an intense reaction!!!

i learned so much from the hearts of fijian believers, something so real that we're missing out on in our busyness...and in our wealth. i now look at our culture and see many many camels trying to fit through the eye of the needle...reading christian literature to navigate themselves. it's rather silly.

and....now my good man (mcmahon) eric is getting married. good good. and more busyness:) so, here's to a whole bunch of jumbled thought on my swing of insanity.

my walk through saskatchewan (check out "saskatales" in my posted notes on facebook for the full story)


my adventures in fiji (check out "the Fiji Experience" in my photo albums on facebook for the whole story).

3 comments:

bria erskine said...

I'd love to have some crazy adventures right now...something totally out of the norm. Fiji sounds like it was a ton of fun. Come over and tell us about it!

marklar said...

sounds like a smashing ideer. maybe next week?

Roo said...

MARKLAR!!! you are blogging again! so glad. it was an absolute blast cruising in your super sweet grandpa car. and chatting too!
you're a blessing mark. i'm so thankful to know you bro!