Here is a quick update of my current life - recent past/present/future. :)
Jenn came to visit last weekend (see pics)!! She flew into Dallas during a tornado watch and it took me 5 hours to go the 80 miles to the airport. I was worried she'd have to wait 3 hours in the airport for me.... but actually, she had to wait 2 extra hours in the plane just for it to land, and then another hour on land for me to finally show up! Texas drainage is not that great (at least not on the interstate) - but I'll give them credit - they aren't afraid to just drive through deep water. I however, was a little nervous in the tiny Saturn, but we both (me and the car) survived the drive up, and it was a lot better to drive back with Jenn in the car!
Friday... more rain. It was raining hard enough we decided to skip the campus tour for the day and go to a movie.... we saw "Blades of Glory" - ok, it was funny. lets just admit it - FUNNY. and then rented the Holiday and got Pei Wei to go - went home and hunkered down for a good rainy day afternoon. Sarah came home and we were watching the flick when suddenly Jenn says, "is that a siren? can you hear it?" (I couldn't at first) Yes, folks - we were having a tornado WARNING. Redic. So we watched the news for a bit (Andy Wallace on our ABC affiliate - we love him!) after about 20 minutes it was clear that even Andy wasn't going to convince us to give up the movie to go huddle in the bathroom - the storm wasn't going to hit Waco - so we turned back on the movie! :) Later we played Wii with the Schwartzs and "Train Ride to Europe."
Saturday was a BEAUTIFUL day - amazing - and because of the rain the day before, everything was super green and vibrant colors. This is why they call Seattle the "emerald city" because the rain makes everything REALLY green! Anyway, we decided to take a walking tour of campus, grabbed a starbucks along the way and then got in the car to explore Indian Springs Park and the suspension bridge (the first in the US) downtown. Because my church was having an outdoor service the next day and we wanted to get familiar with the area. And because the suspension bridge is pretty neat. The river was REALLY high - even yesterday, 4 days after the storm it was still pretty high - crazy. We went to Rudy's BBQ for lunch and then explored Cameron Park (the second largest municipal park in the country - second only to NYC's central park!). We went to Lover's Leap and looked down, hiked around a little and enjoyed the sun. Saturday evening we had a fundraiser at Pizza Hut for our Kenya trip and then Jenn and I went home and watched a movie together.
Sunday came too soon! It was Palm Sunday and another beautiful day. Church was outside and it was a great, great time. We had about 7 baptisms, communion, great music by Crowder and the band, funny announcements and I really felt the Lord's presence with us as we worshipped him from that beautiful setting. As we sat down after communion, there were still really long lines and they kind of formed around where we were sitting - so people lining up on either side of us, and joining in the middle ahead of us. I was really moved thinking about how that is how it looked when Jesus was doing ministry - people were just lined up, waiting to talk to him, swarming him - young and old, healthy and infirm, dressed up and dressed down. That was really neat to be in the middle of that and think about how people still come to him that way and in no situation is that more true than when we line up to get communion.
Jenn left on Sunday afternoon - we had a nice stop at a crazy Texas-style southwestern truck stop and got her to the airport really early... only to find out here flight was delayed - yuk.
I had a Kenya meeting that night and have been working on homework ever since. In fact... I need to get back to homework right now! I have a big paper due in a couple weeks and another smaller one due next week. Then we also have a group project due in 3 weeks - yikes! Add to that this weekend is Easter and we'll (sarah and I) be headed to San Antonio on Friday morning, not to return until Monday lunchtime and you can imagine I'm a little stressed out!
My brother turned 30 on Saturday. My parents had a big garage sale and then took him out for lunch. I'm really proud of all he's accomplished in his 30 years. He's a neat man, kind and gracious, and really funny (and fun). Happy Birthday Ben!
My dad turns 58 this Thursday. I wish I could be home to celebrate all these birthdays, but I'm looking forward to moving back toward the West (in theory) after I graduate so that I can be with my family when my dad turns 60 (what!?) and get to spend some valuable quality time with my family members on days like their birthdays. I haven't been home for birthdays in about 7 or 8 years, I think, so that will be great when its possible!!!
So that's the news for now. Make it a great day, friends. I'm going to be typing for a while now. :)
For a look at the pictures, check out this link to the webalbum!
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