Life Group Amazing-ness

I was just rereading some of my older blogs (since I'm SUPER bored during prep and don't want to start typing study guides yet) and saw the one about my apprehension towards Life Group. That is GONE. Tuesday's Life Group meeting was incredible and I'm so excited to see what God starts to do in this group of ours.

It started with a mess of us meeting in the Ralphs parking lot to caravan down to Lake Forest. I ended up in the car with Garrett, Mike and Trenton while the Amys, Beth and Breann followed. We almost died in a crazy u-turn maneuver by Amy (which occurred WHILE I was on the phone with Mrs. Hassig) but otherwise the car ride down was hilarious. Of course, I got stuck in the car with all the boys and thus our conversation revolved around boy stuff. We talked about (OK, THEY talked about) fast cars, audio systems, audio systems IN fast cars, buying versus leasing, etc. I just sat and listened, absolutely amused.

We only had 4 people missing from the meeting, which was really nice. We talked about some expectations and ideas for the group (although Trenton forgot the epic suggestion box) and then went onto Life Stories. Man alive, I learned some things that I hadn't ever expected- I don't want to write them down just to be respectful to those who shared but man, it was crazy. These are things that you never expect when you meet someone and it reveals so much about the person. We are so lucky to have a group that comes from so many different backgrounds. I'm so excited to see that God is going to do with all of us.

After group was over, we arranged to all hang out at Panera on Friday (I'm so craving their food right now I cannot wait until 7 and a half hours), then go to a Costa Mesa community event and then deliver our Thanksgiving in a bag to our families. I'm stoked to just go and hang out with these people and I hope it's a great night. After we left Tim and Wendy's, my car, plus Chuck, Casey, Kendall and Heather stood outside talking for a good twenty minutes before we realized it was late and we were kind of loud. The drive home was again filled with boy talk but it was all good- I adore all of them.

I'm so glad that I kept going with this life group thing. I hope it continues to bless my life abundantly.