a strange stranger i met this evening

i always open to stranger i met. but a stranger is not always a friend.

i went to gramedia bookstore today for some good books my uncle told me about. i left the store with 3 novels by andrea hirata, "the relaxed home" by atlanta bartlett, 2 wooden photo frames, a green pen and a cutter. the last 4 item i bought are barunson's products with 75%discount. hehehe.

after that i sat in a green plastic chair for rujak -indonesian fruit salad in the pavement of the book store. a man who sat before me tried to start a chat. as i prayed for my rujak, he asked me where did i go this morning for church. that's how we started chat.

stranger : where did you go this morning for church?
ppiglet(with smile) : puspowarno baptist church
s : oh, where's puspowarno? im a new here so i dont know where is it
p : well.. somewhere, i cant describe it cos im also a stranger here
s : my church is X church, in salatiga. its not popular here but in papua (irian jaya island). the central church is in lawang (east java)
p : any X church here in semarang?
s : no. do you want to come to salatiga with me for church?
p : what??
s : where do you live?
p : i stay in a hotel here
s : where you come from
p : jakarta
s : so you go to baptist church also in jakarta?
p : no, i go to jcc (a.k.a bethany church) when im in jakarta
s : oh.. X church is very close to bethany church with pastor niko. we recognized the bethany church ...bla..bla..bla..bla..
s : have you get involve in church ministry?
p : yea, i do. indirect ministry
s : you need to join a ministry. you need to join a cellgroup. you need a counsellor.
s : if you need a counselor, i have a friend who can help you with your problem
p : what?? sorry, no thank you, but i dont have problem.
s : i can ask my friend to meet you in your hotel for counseling (he tried to find his pen and paper)
s : but you need a counsellor. i will ask my friend to meet you, my friend is a girl.

i left him.

he remind me to an aquintance who always think that she's the only one who is right. for her, everybody who is not with her are wrong. she thinks that everybody should follow her. she gave us a holy communion in pastamatrix the restaurant! does she have an authority to do that? she splashed "holy water" to a friend when she asked to pray for him in macdonald. and she said that she has a vision about me as a "lustful pig". :(

and the stranger i met today comes from the same church as this girl. it shocked me (*shudder*).



but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler