Wow, this term has went by so fast…End of term sharing night.  I took notes of people's sharing, so I'll just put them up this post.  They aren't as short and concise as I would want them, but I got lazy to shorten them.

I actually didn't share this term.  And I might post a response to tonight in the days to come.  But here are the notes.  I made them as close to the original speaker's meaning, excuse any discrepancies…I also left a little early and got too tired to take notes near the end..so…..

• LC
  • Don't compare with other people
  • It's stressful to compare yourself with others
  • Ex. In school, it's not the point to just try to do better than other people in school
  • Romans 9, God is the potter, He's made us for different purposes
• Tim
  • God has compassion and a big heart for the lost
• JC
  • How great of a family CCF is
  • When first came to university, newly baptized Christian
  • Didn't go to fellowship first year or 2A, not until 2B
  • Best thing to happen in spiritual walk
  • Even in past year, has learned a lot and matured a lot
  • What you put into this fellowship is what you get out of it
  • Not necessarily serving, but just involving yourself in this family (studying together, hanging out)
• DT
  • Mind blowing term
  • Everything that I do/accomplish, it's God who does it
  • Biggest problem à high expectations, overachieve (pride in this area, especially in school)
  • Relying on own abilities to do things
  • Humbling term, situations where couldn't do anything, only by Spirit was I able to do them
  • Downtown experience
  • With God you can do anything, not by own works but by His grace and power
  • Don't deserve anything, but He gives freely as His children
  • Created to do great things that He prepared in advance
  • Be open to what He wants you to do
• RC
  • CCF has been hospitable ever first time going
  • Everyone is nice
  • Grew up not being open to Christianity and thinking that needed to strive for success (ie. Cars, house, etc)
  • Now he knows that's not everything, there are people who are in need
  • Perspective has changed
  • Blessed to have good friends
  • Stressed with academics/finances, but God has given me the opportunity to pursue new life
  • Lots to learn about God
  • Thank You all to CCF
• SH
  • Noticed God has been very good shepherd
  • As a science 4^th year student, after undergrad, if you don't do anything, it's useless
  • God has been directing me into what I want to do
  • Slim chance of seeing lots of people from university after you graduate
  • Through CCF, God has been helping me to distinguish between friends, acquaintances and "homies"
• S
  • God has brought me back to Him this term
  • Originally came here as a proud person going into Mechatronics (came in with 97%)
  • God has ways of breaking down people
  • Started to rely on own abilities to do things
  • With pride started to look down on other people
  • God put me to stay longer in my program, break down my pride
  • God loves you first, before thought that I could just love Him more
  • Thank God that He allowed me to serve in worship
  • Teaching me humility
  • Prayer is to continue to walk with God and to experience Him, experience what it means to depend on Him
• AT
  • God breaks down your pride
  • When first came to university, wanted to read the Bible before doing homework
  • Was good for a little but then started losing motivation to read the Word
  • Starting to become addicted to doing homework
  • Need to ask God for strength to desire to read His Word more, spend more quiet time, etc
  • Still struggling with that (prayer request)
• MW
  • Something that has been on my heart à constant bout with depression
  • We always have a constant workload (different than high school)
  • Put yourself back to old comforts, lose sight of why I am here
  • Always something (someone) there that takes him out of these stumps à God
  • He's done it before, has asked Him many times to show Himself and push me forward, and He's always answered
  • God touches those who are willing to hear His Word
  • Ask Him sincerely
• GC
  • Tough term academically
  • 2B Mechatronics (hardest term for program)
    • "2B or not 2B"
  • Project after project
  • Simple truth: heart of thanksgiving
  • Coming into term, knew it would be tough term, braced myself for the worst
  • Realized only by grace of God that I am so far, only by His grace that I will pass
  • Through trials and storms, have been able to say that it's not only by own efforts or strength that I am getting through
  • Helped to have a greater appreciation and thankfulness for everything else in life
    • Classmates helping me get through assignments
    • Realization of parents' love for me (drive to Waterloo)
      • Treating them more as friends
    • Simple things, like food
  • Be thankful for the things you have and not be focused on the things you don't have
  • Look at how blessed you are, count them
• D
  • How God has impacted my life
  • Second day of school, found out need to rely on God
  • After class, freaking out on distance from Davis Centre and Hagey Hall and getting from one to the other in 10 mins
  • Looking for French class, freaking out, 10 mins late for class
  • A girl stopped to help me find the room
  • Thank for the girl who helped me to her room
  • God has showed me how to be more dependent on Him
• LF
  • Learning to trust in Him
  • Average wasn't really at cutoff for first year
  • Prayed to God and got in to Waterloo
  • Not sure what I want to do
  • God hasn't told me what He has planned for me
  • I don't need to know, just knowing that He knows what He's doing =)
• A
  • Only knew one other friend from high school in the same program at Waterloo
  • Felt lonely, separated from most friends
  • Got to know interesting, creative people
  • Never alone, always people to come around to help you
  • Thankful to God that I was introduced to all the new friends
• MC
  • Term has been a term of transformation; changed more in 4 months than years in high school
  • In high school, was an emotional person (still am)
  • Had to be in "cliques", conform to groups of people in high school (otherwise was outcast)
  • Felt left out, constant state of paranoia (are people talking about me? What if this person left me? Etc etc)
  • Felt church was getting really dry at end of HS (criticizing church)
  • Came into university with expectations to change things or to become a changed person (start with blank state)
  • God has done it, can't explain how it happened (feel greatly changed, and different, unexplainable)
  • Many people to thank in CCF for making me who I am
  • DG has been good, been able to connect with people
  • If you don't know where you are going? Feel like something is wrong?
    • What you put into CCF is what you get out of it
  • Keep going for it, no matter the hardships (had more emotional and academic hardships than ever before), but going to prayer meetings, CCF, DGs, Frosh Cell has been great
• MP
  • Before university, not that many close friends coming into Waterloo
  • Asking God who she'll be friends with
  • Learned about Frosh Connexions and Frosh BBQ
  • Didn't know what would happen otherwise
  • Got to know roommates (like similar things), God put them there, taking care of me
  • Been blessed at CCF
  • God showed me I can trust in Him
  • Still looking for co-op job
  • 3 interviews on birthday, didn't get any of them
  • CCF got me a cake for birthday during member's meeting, thankful and blessed
  • Can put trust and hope in Him for good job
• J
  • In Grade 12, when applications were due, scared that I would not get into accounting (one program I wanted to get into)
  • God has put a lot of amazing people into my life, that I admire, shows me what I can strive towards and become
  • Can see how far I've come from even last year
  • Usually don't really step up and talk, not very outgoing, but as this term has gone by, have gotten more outgoing to meet new people
  • Gone out of comfort zone
  • God has blessed me by showing me acceptance, results in risk of going out of comfort zone this term
  • Lots of people coming into Waterloo say it is boring
  • Glad that I can disagree with that, thankfulness to God for that
• H
  • At end of term, have hardly realized how amazing God, how He has put everything together
  • Wanted to go to McMaster before coming to Waterloo, but couldn't
  • Was disappointed and didn't want to come
  • Thankful for being here right now
  • Kinesiology in Waterloo has been such an amazing experience
  • How great God is
  • Interested and amazed in lectures
  • Gave me so much confidence to talk to other people about my faith
  • Never really serious before to talk about faith before university
• B
  • From high school to university à big transition
  • Need to depend on God for guidance
  • Thankful for food (caf food isn't the best but it is food), bed to sleep on
  • Thankful for getting to know new people (not that outgoing)
  • Gotta be thankful that we have opportunity to learn
  • Was doubtful about passing (
  • need 75% average, they dropped it to 70%, feels like it's God's plan
  • can trust Him to get to destination with His help
• HL
  • Wasn't a Christian coming into Waterloo
  • 2^nd year tough year
  • Dad passed away from strokes
  • Financial problems
  • Drop out of school for a year
  • Came back to Christ
  • Before coming back to break, deacon from church told me to come to CCF
  • Danger for froshies: transition
  • 1B is harder than 1A
  • 1 Corinthians 10:23
  • Heads up: beginning of fight for career
  • Pray hard, sleep well, get food
  • Don't just study, take breaks
  • Christmas coming up, end of decade, personally 10 years coming to know Christ
  • Middle school to high school, teachers say count your blessings
  • Started counting blessings (a lot)
  • Genesis 2:7 (gift of breath, life)
  • Count your blessings this Christmas and be thankful for them
  • Don't take anything for granted
  • Matthew 6:33
• BL
  • 4^th year, feel lost in life
  • Don't know what to do after graduation
  • Prayed to God about physiotherapy, didn't hear anything
  • Instead God gave another option, stay behind another term
  • Staying in summer, graduate later
  • Blessed this term, in everything
    • Financially, academically
  • Got lots of OSAP =)
  • Best term of university life so far in terms of work
  • Frosh Cell Leader this term has been blessing
  • Didn't know what to expect
  • Still don't know what I did this term as FC Leader
  • God is showing other opportunities to serve other than worship (been doing worship all my life)
  • Don't know what I will be doing next term in terms of sharing
  • Excited to see what God's plan is for academics (playing around with schedule)
  • Do more productive (like find a job) with time free
  • Pray and there will be answer, might not be answer you're looking for, but there will be one
• P
  • Every year is different, in fact every term is different
  • Meet new people even in fourth year
  • Introduced to CCF by Steph Hadi, it has been a blessing
  • Used to ask questions about God in first year
  • Household, parents, Muslim and Catholic
  • First year, roommate was religious, shared his experiences to me, couldn't experience them personally
  • Chose to come this year to learn more
  • Thankful for Gabe and Jacky (IBS)
  • Didn't know anything about the Bible (just thought it was a regular book), but a lot of stuff I can relate to
  • Looking forward for more
  • Aunt has inspired me a lot, she has been through a lot
  • She went through a lot of hardships but always had smile
  • Starting to go to church
  • Hearing stories are giving me hope
  • Hardships are easier to go through
  • Great to feel more peace after praying
• DM
  • Summer, working, softball, DG, every night was planned/busy
    • Only two/three days that weren't booked (looking back in summer)
  • Parents didn't see me much even, didn't' sleep much (6 hrs average)
  • Hardest term in university career (even counting future terms)
  • Always busy
  • Chair of CCF
  • Looking for future job
  • Always had trouble with jobs with not that good marks
  • Looking for full time jobs seemed harder than co-op jobs, was worried
  • God blessed me with a job after school already
  • Life is hard in university
  • Christianity is harder
  • Started reaching a really broken state
    • Didn't show to many people
  • God is always there, He is constant
  • It won't be easy (life, Christianity), but it's worth
  • See how God is moving and working in your life
• JT
  • Got into Pharmacy (will be in Waterloo for another 4 years)
  • Applied last year, didn't get into for first interview
  • Many of friends got into what they wanted, but I was left alone in Waterloo
  • Volunteered in a hospital pharmacy, lots of volunteer, put effort in applying
  • Was lost, didn't know why she didn't get in
  • God built my faith during the summer
  • Lots of friends and family supported me during these hard times
  • Blessed to have CCF and to be in Waterloo
  • Need to be trust and faith in God that He would show me His plan
  • Praying continually has helped, He answers prayer, small things, big things, talking to Him as your Daddy
  • Really stressful with school, midterms
  • Interview didn't go as well as first one
  • God broke my heart down,
  • Proverbs 3:5
  • Jeremiah 29:11
  • James 1:2-3
  • Felt joy during those time
  • God is always there to look after you
• JW
  • Being able to plan the programs and working with other people
  • Seeing the passion that other people have
  • Short tempered, worked over the littlest things
  • Been trying to fix that
  • Trying to look at bright side to situations
  • Don't know what I want to do after graduation
  • Trusting in God that He has a plan for everything
  • Teacher's college?
  • Like kids
  • Need to be patient with them
  • Learning patience this term
• DC
  • Reminder to have faith
  • Want to pursue that
  • Christianity is all about faith
  • Finding co-op job was really hard
  • Only 60% of students could find job
  • Started to get worried about it, doubting if I was in the right program
  • God takes care of His children, He never loses sight of us
  • Google'd for a clinic to look for jobs outside of jobmine
  • First result, emailed, got an interview and got the job
  • The urgency of the times, we don't know when Jesus will return
  • We don't know how long we have to live
  • Our lives are fragile and delicate, a gift
  • Wanted to try harder to reach out to friends
  • Need to make the most of every opportunity and not back out of one because you're afraid, etc
  • When you put your faith in God, and your friends see it, that's when you can reach out to them
  • Living a faithful life, people will see that you are different à opportunity to witness your faith
• AT
  • Want to see revival
  • Sing songs like "Hosanna" , but we don't actually see those things happening
  • Saw video about Christmas "Advent Conspiracy" viral video
  • We have to have action and not just pray about it
• JC
  • Last winter sharing night, shared about being waitlisted for optometry
  • James 1
  • During summer, instead of working, just studied for MCAT and optometry test
  • Got depressed, didn't think did well on MCAT
  • Didn't really feel like studying
  • After softball game, team prayed for me, felt sudden confidence
  • Got good on optometry test
  • One prayer from softball team lifted me up
  • October, got an email for an offer for interview
  • November, found out needed a reference letter to get into the school
  • Didn't have much time to get it in, prayed to God, and lifted it up to God
  • By God's grace, mother checked email really early the next morning, and faxed in the letter
  • Trust in the Lord
  • Proverbs 16:9
• RB
  • In first year, CS course was stressful
  • Thought second year would be lighter, but this term hasn't been the smoothest with school, marking and jobmine
  • Felt overwhelmed during whole term
  • Started doubting God, didn't know what to do
  • During joint fellowship with LCCF, someone prayed for me, and told me to keep seeking after God
  • Got back to reading the Word consistently
  • Psalm 46
  • You need to be still and believe in Him
• KU
  • Returning student
  • Started off in systems eng
  • Always struggled with depression, thought he could do it
  • Got crushed in university, did everything you can do to get kicked out
  • Got into York, God was showing me to move forward again
  • When everything is always changing, wait on God
  • Don't waste your life, do something
• MC
  • Change from high school to university
  • Didn't expect a friendship to change between a brother from church this term
  • Used to have this synergy and be able to know each other's thoughts
  • Served together in fellowship
  • In summer, a lot of tension between us
  • Made a mistake applying to residence
  • Got into MKV, had to opt out of it because of financial issues
  • Couldn't look at each other anymore without being with someone else
  • Happened again here in university
  • Same schedule, saw each other all the time
  • The way we saw each other changed, stopped hanging out and talking with each other
  • Came to a point where I wanted to let go of the friendship
  • Asked God to show up
  • Decided to meet up regularly and we are talking again
  • Really glad, felt like it was all darkness before
  • God is good, God of reconciliation, we were prayer for each other without even knowing
• MW
  • Normally an easy going guy, and like to chill
  • If you're upset with something, just say it
  • "When you put the thought of community above community itself, you destroy community."
  • Came into 2^nd year expecting the same community as in 1^st year
  • Disappointed in lack of community
  • I felt like I was idealizing the idea of better community
  • We all need to make the effort of building more community and unity
  • To be able to walk this walk with each other, not just by yourself
  • Christian faith not designed to be walked by yourself, need brothers and sisters to keep you accountable
  • Feel like we are missing unity in the fellowship
  • Feel like we are all segregated, the fellowship as a whole can't do anything without all the parts
  • Acts 2, early church would meet up everyday and share possessions
  • People came and God added to their numbers daily; we are missing that as the body of Christ
  • "If you want to see change, you have to be the change you want to see." -Derek Yau
• MW
  • Found CCF really beneficial
  • Pushed myself to go more in 2^nd year
  • God also hammered pride this term
  • Bombed on interviews
  • Looked at interview list, only saw one English name (the rest were interviews), thought could get through interview easily and would ace it
  • God humbled me in a big way during the interview
  • Still don't have a job right now, nor interviews
  • But am happy, feel humbled

Where am I going? Where will I be in a year? 2 years? 5 years?

Where do my true passions lie? What do I really really want to do and like to do? What has God called me to do?

Picking courses, I don't want to take any courses that will be useless (it feels like a waste of money). Not knowing what I want to do or be, it's so hard to judge on what courses I should be taking. Especially after last year, when I was in Physics, I don't know if it's the right thing for me anymore. I took some bio courses this term..but should I be doing that? First lectures are done, I find it interesting so far (and it's not as hard as physics ahah), but still, I don't know... Do I want to be in the medical/bio field?

From high school, I've always liked science and computers. For the latter, its the reason why I'm taking a CS course this term, but science...even in high school, I like all 3 disciplines (bio, chem, physics). sigh..

I'm trying to find a course to swap Calc 3 (MATH 227) out of, because it's useless for me if I don't plan on getting back into Physics. I've been planning to just stay in Honours Science. But then it gives me so much options..I duno which courses to take. I dont want to just take a random bird course, because last year felt like i wasted so much time already, I want to just get into it and take the courses I need for whatever I need to go into...

I know God has a plan for me, and that all this, everything that has happened, is to develop me and guide me to where I should be...I'm going to work hard in whatever I do...

=/ I STILL DON'T KNOW WHT COURSE TO TAKE!!! (swap calc for whttt)...i shud do it asap..

EDIT: swapped it for HLTH 101..seems interesting, and more useful..