A Lovely Weekend.

Hello again.

This is a blogpost dedicated to the lovely weekend that I had. It was very relaxing and fun! On Friday night after all the crazy weather, I headed over to stay the night with my boyfriend's sister/ my good friend Hailey while her parents were out of town. We had lots of time for girl-talk! The next day, I got 4 inches cut off my hair, then I went back over to hang out with Hailey and we had a picnic at the park-complete with a man wielding a metal detector-then we baked cookies, attempted to make iced coffee, and watched a Chick-flick. It had been a while since I had gotten to have girl time like that, so it was quite refreshing!
This morning, I woke up, ran home and got ready for church, swung by Second to pick up curriculum for Engage Weekend this coming weekend, and then headed to Bolivar to go to my church there, Freshwater. I tried out a new hairstyle that I saw on Pinterest and that several of my other friends have tried. It's called the "sock bun" and basically entails putting a cut, rolled up sock over your pony tail like a scrunchie almost, and then wrapping your hair around it in a bun. I think it turned out pretty nicely. Worshipping at Freshwater was incredible like always. Today we talked about the body of Christ and how every person plays a role in the body. Just like if your arm were cut off and you wouldn't be able to function as well, so is the church when it is missing someone who isn't serving in the capacity they were made to serve. Every person in the Body is important and serves a specific function.
Later this afternoon, I met up with some of my good friends in Randolph Chapel on campus, which is a beautiful little chapel (with minimal air conditioning) where students sometimes go to pray and spend time with the Lord. Three of us brought our guitars and two girls came with just their voices. It was a fun time of fellowship with great friends, harmonies, and singing to the Lord. Then this afternoon, I got to skype with Hayden, who made it to Las Vegas safely last night around 11 or so. Definitely a blessing!
Tonight was my first night of helping out in the youth group at Freshwater, and I was quite nervous! When I walked in the doors, I felt as if I was the new 6th grader coming into youth all over again. I tried socializing with and getting to know some of the girls there, which was a trial and error process. Two younger girls didn't talk hardly at all, but I was able to ask them several questions to get to know them better. It was a blessing that there were two other girls who were there as first time leaders as well. I stuck with them! The lesson was on Adam and Eve and the creation of the world. The youth pastor did something called "storying" where he basically just told the Bible story in his own words, and then told us to read the chapters on our own. He presented the Bible as "the ultimate love story" to the girls and "a book full of adventures" to the guys. I thought this was a great touch! Afterwards, me and my suitemates and roommate all went on a sushi date. Ashley and I tried deep-fried California rolls, and they were amazing!

Hailey at our picnic!

Sock Bun hair for church today

Music time in Randolph Chapel!

Love these ladies

Andie eating wasabi?

We ate it all.

Suitemates Date!

Good times.

Anyway, that brings us to the present. I am thankful that I had such a great, relaxing weekend, and I am ready for a new week!

Until next time,

Jess