Friday May 28, 2010

Instead of going out to colleges and universities as usual, we had a day of prayer at PLBC on Friday. As usual, breakfast was at 8 AM and devotions at 8:45, but then we had free time until 11 when we began our first segment of prayer.
We were to spend two portions of our day in prayer with one segment being an hour and the other, after lunch at 1 PM and lasting until 3 PM.
The first section went by relatively quickly as I spent some time in Bible study and prayer. After approximately a 30 minute lunch break, we all began our second session.
I personally found the time very rejuvenating and restoring. It was wonderful being able to spend some quality time alone and uninterrupted with God. I know spending that much time (3 hours!) with Him should be a must and a priority in my life, yet somehow I manage to fill my days with other things. Some are seemingly important and others possibly worthless.
At 4:30 PM, ten of us set out for the Place of Loving People (the Korean Church) for a night of intercessory prayer. We arrived around 6 PM and they were VERY excited to see us. They fed us Korean food (I wish I could remember what it was called) and it was very delicious. Because there were so many of us, we didn’t get to eat very much and were all soon very hungry.
The praise team invited Brett to join them in their singing and they very graciously put up the words of the songs in English on the projector so we could sing along too. After the singing, we began the prayer time. The lead singer (I forget his name ) led us to topics on which to pray and then we individually prayed out loud, some in English, most in Korean, or silently.
These people have some of the most beautiful hearts I have ever experienced. Their name truly and accurately describes who and what they are, very loving people. After the service, we stuck around for a short time and fellowshipped with them before heading on our way.
We made a stop at Metrotown Mall for frozen yogurt, but soon resumed our journey because it was getting late and the mall was closing.
Due to the weekend bus schedule and the late night, we had missed our bus back to PLBC. At the King George SkyTrain Station, Lauren, Jared, and Vu caught a cab and split the fare. However, Brett, Christina, Liesl, Laura, Sarah H, Sarah M, and I walked 24 blocks to Fraser Highway at 152nd Street where we came upon a friend who offered us a ride.
After using the washroom and purchasing candy and our day bus passes for Saturday at Safeway, we climbed in Chris’ car, reducing the travel time from an hour to 10 minutes. He had to make two trips, but we were ever so thankful for a rest and his kindness.