Saturday:
So, we had a retreat this weekend in Lynchburg with students from Radford, Virginia Tech and Lynchburg schools. The theme of the retreat was "The Pursuit" and Joe Naramore was the speaker. We stayed at a place called Eagle Eyrie, it's a retreat center in Lynchburg and it's beautiful - mountains everywhere!
On Saturday we played a game of "Amazing Race." Students had to figure out a clue and go to a station where they would get a task (or a question), which they had to complete before getting their next clue. I was station #3 and the task they received from me was to take a picture of four different fire hydrants and bring it back to me so they could get their next clue.
After the game a couple of us went apple picking! I had never done that before but it was AWESOME! I didn't really want a lot of apples, but when I saw a beautiful one, I just had to get it...so I left with a bag full of them!
Sunday:
After hearing an awesome message from Matt Bradner at
Rivermont EPC, I left Lynchburg and drove to Charlotte, NC. I got here around 5pm and was exhausted, but I really wanted to go to Christ Covenant to see some of my friends who were visiting from South Africa - so I went.
MY HEART WAS SO FULL OF JOY as I began to see all these faces of people that I love so much that I haven't seen in so long.
I got to see Jamie Smith, who has been on staff with CO for 16 years and who I just loved being with while I was in South Africa. I got to see Haley Miedema who is a dear friend of mine and her baby Abby, and Brandon Paschal who I went to school with and who is a great brother in the Lord. I got to see Joel, Michelle and Christy, who I went to South Africa with years ago. I saw Neal Gooch and his wife and Tim Byrd and his BRAND NEW wife. I saw a lot of the staff that I haven't seen in a long time and that overflowed my heart as well! Every time I saw someone else, that I haven't seen in a while, I just got even more excited!! I kept thinking "Lord, what a privilege I've had to serve alongside these men and women whom I feel so honored to know." It was hard to leave, I feel like I could have stayed for a week in that room loving on people and getting loved by them! Which led me to think: Heaven is going to be UNBELIEVABLE! I will see so many people that I will want to be around and talk with and hug and listen to their stories, no wonder its eternity, it will take us YEARS AND YEARS to just catch up with people and to hear their stories!
My heart is full! What a great weekend!
