Membership Interview! (and the story of how I got to church...)

OK, so before I talk about the Membership Interview, I gotta mention about the trip from school to church. It was probably one of the worst TTC trips I've ever taken...probably because of how long I had to stand in the freezing cold! But anyway, here is my story for tonight:

So the plan was that when I end class at 6pm, I would take the usual 75-minute ride to church via subway, RT, and then Midland bus. But because it was snowing today, I estimated an extra 15 minutes, meaning I would get to church at 7:30pm, just 10 minutes late, which is still "on time" in terms of Chinese people! hahaha Anyway, I get to Kennedy station at 6:50, so still pretty good in terms of time because I still have 40 minutes to get to church. But then the problem came: RT was shut down because of some signal problem. This is what happened starting at 6:50pm.

6:50pm: I come up from the subway and hear that RT is out of service. I decide to just take the Midland bus from Kennedy station all the way to church. I approach the Midland bus platform and miss the bus because it was filled to the max. I begin waiting for the next bus.

7:00pm: 10 buses pass and still no Route 57 Midland bus. I start to worry about time...

7:15pm: Another 10 or so buses pass...now I'm REALLY worrying about the time...

7:20pm: Mom calls to see where I am. I tell her I've been waiting at Kennedy for half an hour for the 57 bus.

7:30pm: I think probably 30 buses have passed, and yet no 57 bus. I give Albert a call to tell him I'll be late to the interview.

7:45pm: Some bus that says "Check MW" comes by the Midland platform and because everybody's pushing to get on, I ended up on the bus. Luckily, it was the 57 bus.

8:20pm: I get to church...ONE HOUR LATE for my interview.


Anyway, that's the trek from downtown to SCAC. Standing outside at Kennedy station in the freezing cold is not good for your body or your frozen toes. Anyway, so I arrived at church and did the interview! It went really smoothly, so that's good. Then went to my Grandpa's 83rd birthday dinner! Man, Chinese food is so good...especially on a cold winter night!

OK, so seriously, the membership interview went well! Pastor Tim, Charles, and Albert were there to ask me questions to pretty much make sure I knew enough about membership, the church, C&MA, as well as just my overall thoughts on various church issues. In the end, it was nothing more than just a plain old conversation with church friends, and so it was a great experience! To top off the night, I had chinese food with my grandpa and family! ON A WEEKNIGHT! How special is that! It's always great to be with family, and I'm pretty sure my grandpa enjoyed the meal in the presence of his children and grandchildren! What a way to end off the day! =)