Admin 'Appenings

I attended UTD's end-of-year party because I heard that there would be a flash mob for Brandon (the party landed on Brandon's actual birthday). Don't tell anyone I got it for you... but you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Q7eRcecoM On our first day of SICM (Sunday), they had us join the end of their first service so that their congregation could pray over us, our safety and learning. What a sweet congregation! Their church really reminds me of the congregation at Northeast Garland, people who have really invested in a shared vision - in their case, it's to support and train ministers around the world. If you see the little posters on the back wall, they had posters lining around their whole sanctuary of missionaries that their body supports around the world. On one of the sightseeing days in Seattle, a group of us took the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge. On the ferry, you depart from downtown Seattle across Elliot Bay, and get a grand view of the

As you may know, Peter, my brother, got married in April! We had a bachelor party for him with a bunch of guys who he has connected with from over his years in ministry and had a grand time playing games outside, seeing who knew him best through a Kahoot, and sharing some stories. At the wedding, Peter invited some peoples from our childhood in Washington come! It was really fun getting to reconnect with them and just spend time hanging out and pretending like no time had passed since we last saw each other (when in reality, it had been close to 10 years since I've seen some of them!) They had a photo booth at the wedding and we had some fun with it! Every time we have friends from out-of-state come in, we always  take them to Buc-ee's without telling them what it is. And it always happens to be on the last night too. I've had many farewells in the Melissa Buc-ee's parking lot. I mean, what else can sum up Texas as well as a trip to Buc-ee's? I help teach the pre-K