best day

so i am 100% positive that Jesus just wanted to bless my little soul on february 13th, 2008.

i don't know why but it was seriously an absolutely, incredibly, amazingly, fabulous day!

first i did NOT sleep in. always a plus right?!! i rolled up to the annex for prayer...i got there after everyone had left (except barton- who was chillin on the couch eating his breakfast:). so i got to just sit in the silence of the annex. ahhh!

after that!!!!!!! a bunch of elevators got together for a beautiful VALENTINE'S day outreach. we handed out tons of roses! (thanks to everyone who helped de-thorn!!!) and guess to where...oh yes! most definitely to that huge yellow place on jefferson- the sunshine nursing home! oh my oh my- how i love to visit with elderly people! they're so cute and so sweet. they just want to someone to visit with- so easily cheered. i do believe i met the man i'm going to marry! (many of you know about my fetish for cute, sweet little old men. they're so adorable) well, his name is harold and idk...he's just my favorite! so yes...this was the most amazing outreach. i quite enjoyed it.

on a serious note though, these people really are forgotten. they don't get many visitors. not many people to just listen to them and love on them. what gets me is the amount of life they represent. i mean like 90 plus years of life- think of all the wisdom in that place. i wish i could just sit and hear their life stories.

hannah actually got to lead mrs leona (who is 97 years old) to Jesus!!! how amazing is that?!!!!!

so needless to say...that was one of the best experiences of my life! haha!

so after that, we rolled to lsu to hand out some more roses. i loved the surprised and sometimes confused looks we got. how much fun! and the lovely leah skipped her last class of the day (shhh) to help out, too.

THEN!!!! dustin, leah, katie, and i got hungry. so what else would we do but chill at katie's grandmother's???!!!!?? right? haha. hot chocolate and red beans and rice gumbo! yeah man!

such an outrageous day. but not even close to the end.

after lunch leah was going to take me back to the annex to help jp...but we made a short stop and the business report office to see the beautiful nancy clary! (which by the way, this is her birth-week. it's a friedrichs/clary thing) so we chilled in her office for a bit...ate some valentine's chocolate. this kit kat says "best buds" on it!!! aw!





and leah got herself a nice warm diet coke from this ancient coke machine!!





then mrs. nancy kinda kicked us out cause we were too distracting. lol.




i love mrs nancy!

so then, we finally made it to the annex. did some work with JP!! leah and chris "did homework"



AND!!!!!...katherine sharkey brought some awesome jewelry donated from ted and daisies. i got a nifty little bracelet and leah got a necklace with a twig on it!

after that- the only down part of my day...i attempted to drive with my dad to bethany. yeah...i believe i yelled and cried and stressed out big time! we argue a lot when it comes to driving- i think he fears for his life. so he's on the edge of his seat the whole time and then freaks me out to where i can't concentrate. joy! i'm never gonna drive. but what's wrong with walking right? jk...one day- maybe when i'm 37. that might work.

anyway, we made it- ALIVE. (sadly, i found out that pastor dino and mrs delynn were behind us the whole time. lol. fantastic!)

anyway, the service was really a beautiful thing to be part of. such a trying time- but the unity and love God is bringing from it is amazing.

after service a bunch of refuge leaders went to chili's to celebrate mandi ash's move to china this sunday!!!!!! how incredible is it that she's stepping out and truly chasing after the dream God gave her.

and to top off this spectacular day, i got to spend the night with leah! we stayed up way too late but were still able- somehow- to force ourselves out of bed so we could go to spend valentine's day breakfast with rev. al and all those great homeless guys!

what a lovely day!

i love Jesus!!!!
He's pretty much my sunshine!
oh yes!