This is Why I'm Glad to be Here

I'm glad I'm in Tri-town because: Friday evening, I got to spend five hours hanging out with an amazing group of middle schoolers.

There were 190 kids at the outreach event, and a chunk of them knew me for one reason or another, so it was a cool chance to just hang out, play BS, watch them sumo wrestle, and make sure that no one lost an eye to a nerf dart. One of the seventh grade boys looked at me at one point and asked, "Can we take them [nerf guns] to the attic?"

Haha. Glad to know that you remember at least something from 4th and 5th grade Sunday School!

I'm glad I'm in Tri-town because: my baby sister and her friends let me chauffeur them around during Homecoming.

Benefit of Mariah going to Homecoming with a group of freshmen: the older sister gets to drive them between pictures, dinner, dessert, and the dance. Not a bad gig, all in all. Apparently, riding in a mini van turns opening-the-door-for-your-date into a sporting event to see who can get to the door the quickest.

I'm glad I'm in Tri-town because: God is working in the High School youth group, and it's just as amazing to watch from up close as it is from far away.