Euchre

My phone rang today with a MI number I did not recognize but I picked it up because someone was calling from "home". It was a friend from church who I had not spoken with since maybe November or December. She explained that her and her husband where looking for another person to play Euchre tonight and that they had not seen me in awhile. I laughed as I told her I was in Texas and that I was actually living here now. We had a good chat catching up and promised to talk again soon.

The truth, I would LOVE to play Euchre tonight, more than anything. 1)I love Euchre 2) last night I had planned on hanging out with 20-30 something people from church after our twice monthly worship meeting but was not able to 3) I still only have one friend in Texas who is my age (actually 3yrs younger).

So, about last night. I had been looking forward to Axis for three weeks (since the last time we met) and was excited to make more friends there and meet new people. Well, God's plan is never the same as mine and I get reminded of that all the time. I met one girl before the worship/message portion and then when it ended we were told we needed to not hang around like usual but just go to the restaurant. Every time after Axis meets they go to the same Tex Mex restaurant.

How no one but me ended up there I am not quite sure. I helped move a couch back upstairs (funny how they bring the comfy furniture down just for our meeting;) and then saw people putting chairs back out. I quickly went the bathroom and when I got out no one was around. I hurried to the parking lot and saw everyone heading to their cars (it is a big parking lot and has several different areas to park). So I hopped in my car and started to drive, then realized I needed a refresher on the directions. I called my one and only friend, found out she had a date that night, and got directions. I ended up a couple minutes behind everyone because I had to turn around and wait for traffic etc. At the restaurant no one was there, I walked all through the inside, looked around the parking lot, and waited a little bit. NO ONE. I was SO bummed. I still do not know what happened but the only thing that got me through the rest of the night was a talk with my mom on the phone while I tried not to cry and a borrowed funny DVD from my aunt and uncle.

Yes, I will admit I am lonely. If I had 18 hrs until the Euchre game started I may just have decided to go. No, not really, it would not be practical. So here I am hoping I can find people at church tomorrow after I volunteer as a sub in the nursery again.

I have always known how much friends mean to me and it has been reinforced over and over ever since I began having goodbye lunches and dinners with friends before I left. Thank you all for your wonderful friendships and know that I think of you all often. In fact when a friend asked what I missed most about MI I said friends. I do miss my parents but I do get to talk with them frequently on the phone and get frequent e-mails which helps.

Totally on a different subject: I love the pastor bible studies on Wednesday nights. We have been going verse by verse through Psalm 23:1-6. This was the first chapter of the Bible that I ever memorized verses from, my mom suggested it and I will never forget. Now after each Wednesday night study I understand each verse on a deeper level. God speaks to me through Pastor Bill every time. God is awesome!

Concerning my job interview: It went well. I think it may be a couple of days before I hearing anything back. There are several other people interested in the position both within the company and outside from what I understand. And I am still not sure if God is leading me back to working at a child care center or not but I have been most excited about applying for this job than any others. I applied for an Assistant Director position, even though I was trying to stay away from working in a child care center again. It is a long story as to why but centers are definitely run differently in TX than in MI.

Love and miss you all!