Weird.... going to church and knowing NO ONE.

Well, quick post to just update you on whats going on here. Today we had our first sunday in Louisville so we went church visiting. We visited a multisite church here called "Highview Baptist." In light of whats going on at HHBC i thought it would be intersting to see how this panned out for just a normal - nonstaff - visitor perspective.

First off all - I got lost (idiot) and we ended up getting there about 10 minutes late (perfect we dont have to talk to anyone - right?). We slipped in and really enjoyed our time there. We met the middle school pastor on our way in and he was really nice. All of their greeters wore red shirts with the church name on it - which was actually pretty neat. And their staff members wore white shirts with their church name on it. Boring information to you probably but very interesting to me... it actually made me feel a bit more comfortable because I knew this guy approaching us wasnt as esther would say a "creeper."

The service was good - the pastor said a couple things that were just very much 'on.' We really did enjoy our time there. The music time was good. It was different but very much so good. One thing that the pastor said that i liked was that humanitarian organizations are all very good but basically all that they are accomplishing in and of themselves is making peoples journey to hell more 'healthy' and 'comfortable.' Dang! Thats intense but definitly true. Also, he was trying to make an illustration of belief - and depicted it by fully standing on a stool - saying that its not just putting part of 'your weight' on it - but its fully and completely putting all of your weight on it. I really liked it.

The invitation was neat too - he actually encouraged everybody who felt led to come up to the front and pray for a specific person that they know who isnt a believer. I really enjoyed it. I actually teared up when I saw all these people go to the front - because each and every single one of them was a represenation of a lost person....... WOW. It was a good morning for us.

We enjoyed it alot - but we definitly plan on trying out some different churches before we land on one. You can check them out at http://www.highviewbaptist.org/ . They also have a site dedicated solely to the hispanic community. Cool! I would love to go visit and see how they are reaching out to that people group!

After church we ventured to Big Lots to buy groceries and toiletries...hahaha. thats an experience in and of itself.

Then this afternoon i have listened to FOUR hours of mandatory online lectures about being a baptist. WOW. What an overload.

OH AND BY THE WAY! We switched banks right before we moved because our previous bank wasnt here. So, we switched to Chase. We got here to Louisville and a couple days ago we drove to the bank to deposit some checks. Normal business. Well, that night i was watching the news (which suprisingly is even worse than edmonds - no offense lance) - anyways i was watching the news and THAT VERY BANK THAT WE HAD BEEN AT got freakin robbed and two bank employees were shot - THAT VERY AFTERNOON! Can you believe that?

what else????

- oh yeah, one of our computers basically imploded when we got here. hahaha.

- i've been to walmart more in the past week that in the past three years (honestly).

- i bought a cacti to put on my desk to remind me of my pops.

Anyways - thought you might enjoy my ramblings. We miss you all terribly. Andreas job starts tommorrow morning - and i have one more day of freedom before class starts on tuesday.

love yall.

CHREEEOS.

and yes.... these are all my books... for just one semester.