Day 206: Christmas In July

That's right. Since we're in the Australian winter, July 25th replaces December 25th as the proper Christmas (since the real Christmas out here is blazing hot). So it wasn't surprising to see people in a Christmas spirit. I woke up nice and early for choir and served in the 8 and 10 a.m. We had such a great time, since the stage was re-arranged and we are now in the very center of the stage. Apparently, the choir was supposed to acknowledge birthdays after the 8 a.m. (including mine), but since I voluntarily went to get a couple friends coffee I ended up missing it. But I'm okay with that. It's all good! The afternoon was made up of chilling with the flatmates, listening to music, and watching Josh go through the final battle in Kingdom Hearts 2. Alright, confession time: the ending of this game was SO epic and SO good, it actually made me tear up. You know those movies that have the dramatic emotion to do that to you, Like Seven Pounds, the Notebook, Titanic, Monsters Inc., and Up? Well, Kingdom Hearts has those moments as well, as pathetic as that sounds. It's the truth. Like when the main best friends return to their long lost home, the main girl is there waiting for them; that part, cool. Then Donald, Goofy, and Mickey show up, also waiting to greet them. Tear. Then Sora, the main character, opens his hand to show the little charm that the girl gave to him in the first game. Tear again. Then he says, "We-we're back." Another tear. She follows up by saying, "You're home.", and therefore ending the game. Like seriously, wow. If you saw it, fully understanding everything they went through leading up to that moment, you would probably tear up as well. I give major props to the guys that wrote the storyline to these games; they are genius. Anyways, Robert Fergusson gave an amazing message on the future; the point that really spoke to me was when he said, "every moment you worry about the future is a moment of God's grace that you lose." Have you ever looked at worry that way? I sure hadn't. But I feel inspired now. Afterwards, a massive group of people went to the Christmas in July party; let's just say, that's the most crowded room I've been in this whole year. It was a lot of fun, but I need a break from being in a room with THAT many people. Tomorrow is the last day of break. Let's hope it's a good one.

God bless,
Steven