Life at the 100's

Hey y’all, we are going to start featuring special guest writers besides our designated blog writers! Read from this eager UW recent grad—Colten.

For the first time in my life I think I can finally distinguish good coffee from bad coffee. I’m learning that when describing coffee you must use vague terms like “this blend has a-lot of body to it” and “the fruity undertones stabilize the essence”. I learned gaping into the fridge for new food every five minutes will almost always end in disappointment, and learning to type as you are nearing the ripe old age of 23 is proving itself fairly difficult.

Our newest resident Alex has undertaken the substantial task of keeping young professionals and college students well caffeinated with a steady stream of coffee from his favorite Seattle bean shops. Our personal fitness instructor AJ has led daily post-lunch workouts plus nightly yoga, and the rest of us have stepped up to fill the need of chefs, bakers, musicians, video editors, grocery shoppers, hair stylists, and Youtube / TicToc / Slack / Instagram / Facebook influencers. The 100’s apartments have become a bizarre island of community and fellowship in the midst of uncertain times; where mixed emotions of fear and boredom are quickly replaced with gratitude for what we still have.

Transitioning to entirely online interaction with our friends and the rest of the world has been one of the many challenges mixed with opportunities that we have gotten to face. Several houses and apartments inhabited by members of Acts2Fellowship have morphed into low budget studios to put on the ever growing amount of services offered on Saturday and Sunday. Pastor Steve and Eunice’s (the leads of the church we are affiliated with) spare bedroom has transitioned into a film studio, and our own apartments have become recording studios and the editing hub for much of the content we put out.

But with these many changes several opportunities have been created as well. While having fellowship in person is preferable, we are now constantly attempting new ways to connect with others including: the first ever Zoom Wave, playing overly complicated board games online, writing a blog, and much more! I have grown in my thankfulness for how our community from the Freshman to Seniors are committed to putting in the hard work of connecting with one another in these unique ways.

Thinking about the uncertainty of what lies ahead, whether or not we will be able to meet in person again soon or in a distant future, I think it becomes just that much more important to lean on the body of Christ even when that body might be another zoom call after five hours of online class which has already fried your retinas like a potato chip. But it is during these hard times that history has shown that spiritual revival has taken place. Where a community, not based on the present realities, but a common hope in the truths promised in the Gospel giving us something to be thankful for even in the bleakest of times.

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