A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Bison

Some background before the story:

I’ve been thinking about who I can reach out to this semester, and I’ve been drawing a blank. No one came to mind. In essence, I had a question. Yesterday, God answered.

I was in the Caf getting takeout to eat lunch in the Bison. A former classmate got up from his table and came up to me. This was our conversation:

Him: “Hey David.”
Me: (surprised) “Oh, hey Foster!”
Him: “How was your break?”
Me: “It was good. What about you?”
Him: “Not bad. Can’t complain.”

I would’ve kept talking, but he slowly drifted away back to his table of friends. For seeing him for only 15 seconds, he seemed bummed and gloomy.

No big deal, right?

Not really. The more I think about it, the stranger it is. We sat next to each other in class and didn’t speak until about halfway through the semester (I was really shy and quiet in this class and only in this class; no idea why). We occasionally made jokes and small talk. Never hung out outside class. The first time in class he called me by my name, I was surprised he knew it.

Therefore, I was caught off guard when he approached me like that yesterday. I guess a little love goes a long way. It never came across my mind that I would have any impact or lasting effect on this kid. I thought we would go our separate ways after class.

However, I feel like God is calling me to reach out to him, if only being a nice friendly face. That’s cool. I’m excited to see where this leads. Hopefully I’ll have updates on the matter. Finally something blog-worthy in my life!

Thanks for GPT!

I want to give a shoutout to J.C. for protecting my boy Garyn on his mission trip to Haiti last week.

If you've turned on the news today, you know about the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti that killed thousands of people and wreaked serious havoc.

I'm thankful for Garyn's trip and the awesome experience he had. But I'm especially thankful he's back safe in the good ol' US of A.

Pray for Haiti!

P-A-R-T-YYY!

As finals are almost done, I want to say thanks for the party, guys. It's been real...really real (you're welcome FF5 freaks).

I'm excited for next semester: new classes, getting to know my friends more, meeting new friends, serving on the Large Group Team, and seeing the amazing things God's going to do on campus and in our lives.

I'm looking forward to this break and letting God work through me to share his love with my family and friends.

So what I'm sayin' is that I'm ready to bake some cookies.

Greetings Blogosphere!

And by blogosphere, I mean the four other bloggers that will read this: Liz, Garyn, Sfekas, and Matt.

I have some exciting news folks: I got punched in the face by a girl! I'm telling this against my better judgment (you may view me as less of a man) to bring laughter and good cheer to all. Besides L. Mac of course because she was the puncher. And what a punch! A right hook, if I correctly recollect (and I always do; I have the memory of an elephant). My nose bled profusely for the next half hour (as in, not at all).

Anyways, this blog stuff is pretty exciting. I think it's going to be lots of fun.

My first semester at Bucknell is almost over. It went fast, but it feels like I've been here forever. I've met lots of cool friends and had lots of fun times. The fellowship is awesome too. Basically, God has blessed me with an amazing home here, and I'm very thankful.

I have to get my Astro on, so I'll blog later.