stories

So i have been helping out at the mosaic offices for the past couple of days, staff have been pretty thin so yesterday and today i just grabbed lunch by myself, yesterday it was all about “in and out burger” the best fast food place in the world!! But today i didnt fancy driving in the chaotic LA traffic, so instead i walked across the road to the City National Bank offices were rumour had it there was a good cafteria. I would go so far to say good but it was lunch! In the foyer of the offices they had this fancy indoor patio, and a really cool water feature, an area of the floor had these jets of water shooting up and then landing in a different pool, causing these cool arches to form about waste height.

As i ate lunch i was overcome with a desire to run underneath the arches, i tried to pass it off as stupid but it just wouldnt go away so! I began to tell myself “come on andy that is ridiculous, look were you are!” my response…”so what i will prob never see any of these suits ever again” the internal debate went back and forth for my entire lunch break, till i ended up with a realisation that there was no good reason not to other than its nt really the done thing, screw that! As i was leaving to the shock of the well to do bankers i ran unerneath those jets, the freedom i felt as i walked calm down the corridor, out the door and then burst into fits of laughter with myself was incrediable, really i was nothing more than fear of man that ws holding me back, and fear of men that i neither knew or would probably ever see again. I have been liberated, it was uncomfortable and embaressing and absolutly wonderful!

Life in all it’s fullness…the adventure continues

So it has been a great week…i think. I finally got mobile, i bought a car on wed, i dont know what i preffered, the stress of not having a car in LA or the stress of having a car and thinking it may break down!! I have spent the last week studying Joseph, i have found so many parralells in what he went through to how i have been feeling out here (his circumstances much more extreme though!). I have been asked to trust God maybe more than i ever have before, so much of what i am engaged in out here is utterly unknown, exciting in the sense that i love adventure, but i am having to really discipline myself not to worry and lean in to Him rather than my own understanding, it is pretty much nil here!
I will continue to press forward as i wonder what is around the corner, God has been so good in providing me with some really great people to journey with, my room mate at the mo, Russ from Australia has been a huge part of this, hopefully if i upload it successfully there will be a picture of us beneath this post! Still strugling with technology, i am learning though!!

So the past week has been pretty intense but good…i think! I have laughed so much with my australian friend as we have cruasaded to get ourselves cell phones and we achieved breakthrough at 18:47 Thurs 10th August 2006, or last night!! I on the otherhand am still in the fight, we just got Russ’ going. Continued the car hunt toaday, slow but there are a few possibilties.

We have spent the last 2days attending the willow creek leadership summit here in LA, it has been god, today much more so than yesterday. Bill Hybills did an interview with Bono today, possibly one of the most incrediable things i have ever listened to/seen! It was just great to here him talk about Jesus and God’s heart for the poor and the sick, his knowledge of the scriptures was huge! It was truly inspiring!

This week i have felt internally very unsettled with regard to what God has me here to do, i feel like i am on the verge of something but i dont know what, pray that God would bring clarity to what is He is saying to me at the mo.

I am still very excited about being here and relationships are building steadily
To the journey!

Man i am chasing a life long dream of mine at the moment…buying a car in LA!!! Just kidding about the life lon dream part but this is such an adventure when you no absolutly nothing!! Yesterday oz and me were on our daily pilgrimage to starbucks when we passed a 1996 Ford Windstar for sale at the side of the road, it looked perfect and was pretty cheap. I then began wading through the montains of web pages about things you need to no/do when buying a car, that process took around 24hrs and by the time i called the lady about the car it was sold, lesson learned…call quicker! Back to square 1, craigslist.com

The adventure continues!!

So here i am in the big smoke of Los Angeles California, what i ride it has beeen!! I have been living with a couple in North Holywood for the past few nights and will stay here until the 1st of Sept. Life here is definately different but i think i like it, on Tuesday night we went out to a couples house for dinner, we were sitting outside when i got up to use the bathroom, little did i know they had a bugnet over the open patio doors, i walked/ran straight into it, totally wrecking it!! oops, sorry seth and danielle!! Hopefully headig to the beach todat, much love.