December 12, 2006

• It’s a WonderFULL Life

  What a great weekend we’ve had!

   
  FRIDAY:
  A very fun staff Christmas party for our church staff, plus spouses. We went to
  this really awesome house in Upland
  for the party, and it was incredibly fun to just sit around, eat tasty food,
  and talk with friends. Also, did I mention it was pretty fancy? There were
  people walking around serving Hors de Oeuvres, live entertainment after dinner,
  and delightful desserts. The best Christmas party ever!!

   
  SATURDAY:
  You heard about our great time at Dave & Mary’s
  apartment in Burbank.
  I hope we can become good friends. We loved hanging out with them, and
  Nathaniel and Noah loved playing with their baby—well, Nathaniel sure loved it,
  Noah doesn’t really engage in that much play, although he still had a great
  time.

   
  SUNDAY:
  Amazing services at our church in the morning. Our choir sang at both services
  (normally they just sing at the traditional service) along with the kids choir
  and handbells. It was a lot of stuff going on! Everyone pitched in the week
  prior to the service in communicating how the service would flow, and it
  worked. The services were nearly flawless in that respect…except when I forgot
  about one thing and jumped too early into a song…other than that, it was
  awesome. I was so proud of everybody that worked hard to make it happen!

   
  Then—off to San
  Diego. It was so fulfilling to see the kids choir
  performance that evening at Midway. Seeing how the kids choir ministry has
  flourished tremendously under leaders that we invested in and worked with for
  so long while we were there was incredibly fulfilling. In fact, I cannot think
  of something more rewarding. To see Hakim and Steffanie and all of their
  teammates and volunteers working together to continue carrying on the vision WE
  implemented---it was just wonderful. GREAT JOB to all of you in kids choir! You
  are changing lives!

   
  Also—we enjoyed spending time with our old friends. We love
  you all! Thank you for sharing your love with us whenever we come down! And on
  that note—every place we have lived and served, we leave, and generally cut all
  ties with our friends in that area, etc…It’s not purposeful, we just throw
  ourselves into whatever we’re doing at the time, and are not usually looking
  back a lot…until now. We hope to keep the friends we made in San Diego forever. There are too many strong
  bonds there to be broken. We will never forget you, you San Deigoans!

   
  MONDAY:
  Christy’s birthday. It didn’t have the best start (during
  the day) but we had a blast with friends at BJ’s for dinner and playing
  catchphrase afterwards. It was a grand old time…get it? A grand OLD time?
  Hahaha…although, Christy sure felt better that she was not the oldest person
  there (Joe came).  

  We all got Christy this leg massaging device from Brookstone
  for her present (everyone chipped in, it was so dang expensive). She says it’s
  the best gift she’s ever received, and you know what? It’s mine too…cause now I
  won’t have to give her the massages myself! Yahoo!

   

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