I've recently joined a small group at my church. It is a co-ed group, with a mix of foreigners and Koreans. Over the next three months, we will be reading the book, Crazy Love, by Francis Chan. Some of my friends have read it in the past and had only good things to say about it, so I'm really excited to start diving in! The leader of my small group is Peter, and he's awesome! He works as a translator, and he speaks English, Spanish, and Korean fluently. Pretty impressive, huh? From day one, I could tell that our small group was filled with really awesome people. We have teachers, computer geeks, programmers, traders, and buiness people. The jobs are all over the map, we all have different backgrounds, but we're all in this group for the same purpose: to learn about and experience first-hand the enormous amount of love God has for us!
My small group meets every Tuesday night at 7:00pm in Gangnam. It's really convenient for me to get there by subway, and I only have to transfer one time. Exciting! Last week, I was given another class at school, which forced me to stay at work until 6:00pm. That gives me JUST enough time to get to small group on time! I told Peter that I might be late every week because of this extra class, and he said it was fine. It's just my own personality that's frustrated by this. I HATE being late places, so I knew that every Tuesday night I would be running to small group. And when I say running, I mean it. I bolted out the door when my class finished and headed for the subway. Along the way, I ate a protein bar and a banana, since I didn't have time to stop for dinner. (I'll definitely have to figure out something else for next week, because that's not gonna be substantial enough for dinner.)
The subway takes 42 minutes, and then it's about a 10-minute walk from the subway station to the building where my group is meeting. I hopped off the subway in Gangnam and ran to small group! Fortunately, I strolled in the door five minutes before 7:00pm, and only Peter and one other guy were there. GREAT!! I didn't mind that everyone else was running behind. I was just thrilled that I was on time.
Small group discussion was great, and I'm really looking forward to more deeper discussions in the future. I think they will be good. A lot of people were really willing to share, and I heard a lot of unique perspectives, so that was interesting. Our small group time focuses a lot on prayer, which I really appreciate. I find that in my daily life, I leave little time for just sitting in silence and listening for God. My quiet times are all about praying for specific people and needs, and rarely do I stop after I pray to listen for God. So, I really appreciate the time we're devoting to praying for one another and just listening. It's really refreshing, actually.
After small group, two girls, Amanda and Kayla, invited me to go with them to McDonald's to get McFlurries. Obviously I wasn't gonna turn THAT down!! I had never had a McFlurry in Korea, and it was quite good! They didn't have the M&M one, which I always get, but it forced me to try to Oreo ones. What a tough life. :) It was great to hang out with Amanda and Kayla and get to know them better outside of small group. Hopefully we'll hang out a lot more!!
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