What a Day!

It has been an awesome day.

Desi and I had our first gathering with the core/launch team for Sojourn. It was great! I led a little worship and we celebrated Brad's b-day and we talked about small groups. It was the first time Desi got to meet any of the core/launch team so I don't expect her to remember any name, I know I didn't after the first time.

After that we went to this Mexican restaurant here called Monterrey's, not Monte Ray's. I had a chicken quesadilla that was made with some really strange tasting cheese. And the reason I'm writing about lunch is beause Toby asked me if I was going to blog about lunch, and I told him yes. So this is just to fulfill my obligation.

After lunch we did something really special. Mindi, Toby's wife, has a friend where she works at Starbucks who just got her first apartment and literally has nothing. She was given a bed and a TV. She didn't have hardly any food; she was given a matress; and she only had one skillet to cook with. Our core team got together to give her whatever we could. It was awesome! We gave her a least a full weeks worth of groceries, along with papertowels, tp, and other stuff like that. Desi and I were able to give her a full set of pots and pans, eating utensils, cups, bowls, plates, towels, washcloths, dishcloths, cookie sheets, and some decorative stuff. We also have some extra end tables we're going to give her. When we surprised her with it she was really grateful. She cried, Mindi cried, Desi cried, and I almost cried. It was awesome to do something like for someone who was so grateful. It was a true blessing for me to be able to be a part of blessing her.

So after we got all emotional, Desi and I walked around Uptown. Uptown, for those of you who don't know, is like downtown Charlotte only it's actually on the north part of the city. So it's not down, it really is up, thus Uptown. Uptown is awesome. It's beautiful and filled with some really cool architecture and art. There's sculpture's everywhere! And there was a play going on in the park that you could watch for free! It is such a great city. I can't to see what God has in store for us here.

After walking around Uptown and worrying about our car getting towed, we came home and ate sloppy joe's. Now, we're going to sit around all night and all morning until I have to go to work. Then Desi will sit around without me.

So that was our great, crazy, busy, fun day. I hope you had a good day too.