Sunday, August 3, 2008

Friends...Community...Life

Normally on Sundays, Jon and I lead music for both the 9:30 and the 11:15 gatherings. Then, we’ll see who’s around, and who wants to either join us out for lunch or, like last week, come over and hang out at our place and share a meal, and a little bit of life together. This week was different. Jon and I went to the 9:30 gathering, and since the gathering was just a video today, we didn’t have to do any music, and therefore didn’t have to stay. Our normal lunch crew wasn’t around yet, so we left…alone…and came home…alone. It was sad. As we were driving away, we were saying that it was weird not leaving with anyone else to go hang out. We’ve really come to love being in community with so many friends, neighbors, family, other moms and dads, etc. It’s been great having 3 or 4 days a week spent with these people, and we miss it when we don’t get the chance to do that. So anyway, thank you, friends, for being our friends. We love you, and cherish our relationships with you…and we miss you when we don’t get to be together.

3 comments:

Chel said...

We missed you too! We came late to the 11:15! Our family has been really blessed to continue to have a friendship with you guys! The Austins Rock!
Love,
The J fam

Chel said...

PS
Luke is a total goof ball! Thanks for loving him just as he is (a goof ball)! Love the pics!

Dave and Betsy's Blog said...

Living in community rocks. I'm thrilled to see you two embrace it and are reaping the rich rewards of being with people, living life together.