God's little surprises

That's little Jackson Beach. He's the son of my friends Andrew and Sarah. He was just one of the little bright moments I had this past weekend. I traveled to Memphis this past weekend to see Andrew and Sarah and their son Jackson. The reasons were sevenfold for visiting.
1. I lost a bet and owed Andrew a rack of ribs because UCLA lost to Memphis in the Final Four.
2. I wanted to meet Jackson.
3. I wanted to catch up with Andrew and Sarah it has been ages since I have seen them.

It's so amazing how all my different experiences intertwine and somehow all of my different Christian circles collided in Memphis this weekend.
I was there to visit and Andrew's sister and fiance Charles were in town as well. It turned out they were there for a wedding for someone in their Fellows class so I got to see a bunch of old friends.

I'll try to explain the tangled web...

I went to college with Andrew and we also worked at camp together at Summer's Best 2 Weeks. He met Sarah there and eventually they got married. I then did the Fellows program in Charlottesville, Virginia, which Andrew's sister Katie and now fiance Charles did as well. My friend Cambria from college also did the Fellows program with Katie and Charles. Cambria now lives in New Orleans with Mary who also did the fellows program. Mary also worked at camp for a year.

Still with me? It's still not over. On Sunday I went to church with Andrew at First Evangelical where he works as the Junior High Youth Pastor. I was getting introduced to the head pastor and I was explaining what I was doing when someone overheard me say Covenant College. It just so happens that my Vice President who served on Senate this year Christian, goes to First Evan and his mother recognized me and came up to me.

So in less then 72 hours I had met people from or somehow related to Gordon College, Summer's Best 2 Week, the Trinity Fellows Program, and Covenant College.


Ok, I'm done for now. I'm leaving on Friday for my road trip and I don't know if I will be studious enough to write on the road...we'll see.