Hugs from Jesus

Last week was a true blessing for me. This last Sunday I was thinking about all the ways I've been blessed by God. I realized how blessed I truly am. Last weekend I had my best friend fly up from California for another friends wedding. At this wedding were tons of friends I met in Hawaii while doing a DTS in Hawaii with YWAM, most of them were on my team to India. I was so encouraged, uplifted and motivated by all of them. It seems that Jesus was sending a hug to me through all these friends.

On Friday I got a call from a great friend, Beth who said she had Tracey with her and they were wondering HY 217 trying to find the hospital I work at. I left work early and met them. After that we sped to airport to pick Jen up. While waiting for her to arrive I had a great chance to catch up with Tracy, whose in nursing school at UBC....Tracy you looked beautifull, as always. Your genuine love for Jesus is so evident in your life. ( I was very encouraged by you)

Then Jen finally got off the plane! We went to dinner at the Melting Pot and ate tons of Cheese and Chocolate fondue!!!! It was great! (Jen, can you dip the mint in chocolate??? heheheh)
After that we saw Miss Congeniality 2....which we decided should have been a renter.
After that we chatted for a while then Beth and Tracy drove back down to Salem.
Jen stayed with me, and we stayed up for a while catching up.

The next morning we got beautiful, and drove down to Salem for Marks wedding. As soon we got to the church is was raining super hard...we were so glad we did our hair and makeup! We walked into the church and saw all of our old buddies from Hawaii! Jason, you looked great in that Tux! We saw Jason, whose also getting married in May in Louisiana (I'm gonna try to go to that one too), we saw Phil whose now in charge of the Base in HI, we saw Daniel Parsons, Jake Fisher....I loved the mini mohawk you sported!, we saw Mike Watson, whose helped start a new church and is preaching!, We saw, of course Mark Smith. We also got to see Dave whose now touring with Kutless, Go Dave! It was so random that he was at my church! You guys all sounded awesome!

Seeing and catching up with all these people was truly a blessing. I really felt like Jesus was giving me hugs all weekend long. And the funny thing is, all these people were just being themselves. But they all LOVE Jesus and it shows. It was such an encouragement for me.
Thanks to all I was able to see this weekend. It was wonderfull, and I'm still on a bit of a high from it. I can't wait to see you all again. Hopefully soon.