Hello everyone, this is Gio writing. April is a special month for Andrew and me, as it’s the month we first met online, the month we first met in person – and my birthday is this month. But it’s most important to me because of the first reason – it’s when I first met Andrew. When we first started talking, we asked each other very many questions. Here’s a list of some of the questions we asked each other, copy+pasted directly from our text messages.
- What’s your biggest breakthrough and your failure that you had experienced?
- How you handle your free time?
- If you are sad, what ideas make you happy? 😁
- What’s your favorite time of year?
- How do you handle anger? Have you ever been violent, or do you raise your voice when angry?
- Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In 20 years?
- What is your most embarrassing memory or experience? (I don’t mean something you did wrong. But a memory you can laugh at now but was embarrassing when it happened) 😆
- What do you like most about yourself? What is your favorite attribute that you have? 😄
- If you could live anywhere in the world (not counting Indonesia) where would you want to live?
- What is your favorite book?
- Have you ever played any sports?
- If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
- What makes you laugh the most?
- What was the last movie you watched? What did you think about it?
- Do you like or dislike surprises?
- What is the best gift you have been given? (Not spiritual. Like a present from someone.)
- What’s your favorite animal?
- What’s your favorite holiday?
- Does your family have any traditions?
- When you were in school as a child, what was your favorite class?
- What is your favorite song right now?
- What was your first job?
- Do you have a high standard of excellence?
- Do you read regularly, and if so, what?
- Do you have any personal habits that might annoy others?
- Do you prefer to live in the city, suburbs, town, or country, farm, seaside, mountains, or desert? Why?
- Which meal is your favorite: breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
- What’s your most favorite possession (object you own) and why?
- What does a perfect day look like for you?
- What’s the first thing you do after coming home from work?
- What is one thing you like about your job? And one thing you don’t like about it?
- What would a fun date look like for you?
- What is your favorite miracle Jesus did in the Bible?
- If you could interview anyone in the Bible, who would you talk to? (Besides Jesus – we can talk to Him anyway. 😂)
- What is your favorite Bible verse right now and why?
- Do you want kids someday? If so, how many?
- What was your favorite year of grade school?
- What helps you after a stressful day at work?
- Do you believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit – and are they available to us today?
- Which of the Gospel books is your favorite?
- If you had to help Noah put animals on the ark, what animal would you stay away from? 😂
- What is your favorite restaurant? And your favorite food from that restaurant?
- What’s your favorite memory with your sister?
- Do you prefer to ride: train/subway, planes, cars, or bikes?
- What qualities do you look for in a friend?
- When your dorm project is finished, what will you call the dorms? 🙂
- What is your least favorite chore / cleaning job in your house?
- What skill do you not have that you would like to learn?
- Do you prefer coffee or tea?
- How many pairs of shoes do you have?
- If someone made a movie about your life, what would you want it to be called?
- Have you ever ridden a roller coaster?
- If you were a superhero, what power would you want to have? 😆
- What are you passionate about in life?
- What short and long term goals do you have for your personal and professional life?
- Would you consider your values more traditional or progressive?
- What is the strangest food you’ve ever eaten?
- If you could meet any person in history, who would you meet?
- What app do you use the most?
- Is there anything you’re curious about American culture that I could try to explain?
- Do you know how your parents met?
- What activities did you love to do with your family growing up?
- What is the scariest thing you’ve ever done?
- Are you a spontaneous person or a planner?
- Do you tend to focus more on the big picture or the little details?
- Do you prefer going out or staying in more?
- Do you enjoy traveling? What’s been your favorite trip so far?
- Is there anywhere you would like to go one day?
- Do you have a favorite holiday? Why is that your favorite?
- How have you felt love this past week? In what ways have you seen God demonstrate it in your life? 🙂
- Have you ever received a prophetic word about your own life?
- How do you usually respond when someone has hurt you emotionally?
- Do you prefer to dress up in nice formal clothes or more casual, comfortable clothes?
- Do you like dancing? 😆
- If you could visit the moon, would you go?
- If you received a lifetime worth of any food, what food would you want? 😆
- Do you notice a person’s eyes first or smile first?
- Do you have any strange stories? Something odd that has happened to you?
- Do you have a favorite quote?
So when people ask how I came to know Andrew so deeply so quickly – it’s because of all these question-and-answers, haha! The questions began in April of 2023, and way Andrew responded to each question, and asked his own really blessed me a lot. I wanted to share this, so that maybe it would give you some inspiration for questions to get to know your own friends more.
Andrew & Gio 