I love surprises

I love having friends to go to church with. Growing up I always went with my family. In college I went with different people every year. Now I go to a church called Common Ground with my friends Sarah and Kaylee. I know that God created us to live in community and it's good to have community here. Today as I was walking out a woman caught my eye and said, "Sarah?" I stopped in her row realizing that she looked familiar but I couldn't place her name fast enough. Turns out it was Katie Hershey, a family friend that we used to go to church when I was really little. She said she remembered when I was born. I remember her later being a counselor at Tecumseh when I was in elementary or middle school. Crazy how we never know who we'll run into.

Then I was walking into Target and a car door opened and out popped Ana- a Tecumseh camper that I've known...forever. I used to go to camp with her older sister when we were little Braves and Warriors. The sister eventually stopped coming but every summer I was so excited to see Ana. She is going to be a CILT this summer which means she'll finally be my camper! We got to stand in the parking lot and get excited about camp. So great.


This is my friend Ellyn. I don't know anyone else who spells this name with a "y" or anyone else quite like this girl. (Some of Ellyn's favorite things include Goodwill, Will Smith, her black North Face backpack, intense friendship bracelets, Camp T, and side-ponytails.) She's fantastic and I love hanging out with her. Today we went and surprised our friends at their Dad's Club Soccer game. It was 90 degrees and we were very content to sit on the bench and cheer them on instead of actually playing.