nicoleeckenroth - SUPRISE!!!

WOW.... so last night was quite the night! It made me realize even more how amazing the community im apart of is!!!! I love my friends! I love their giving hearts and I will miss them so much!

So this is what happened:

One of my friends, Talia, picked me up from my house so we could go get THE OFFICE SEASON 4 on DVD because it just came out.... ITS MY FAVORITE SHOW, and we wanted to watch it. So we drive to wal-mart, then to Starbucks to get coffee, and then back to my house. As I walked in, it was just a little too quiet to be normal, and the next thing ya know... i hear "SURPISE!!!!!!!!" and all my friends jumped out from behind the couch and counters and from the other room! They threw me a surpise goodbye party in the middle of the week, and really just let me know how much they care, and that they are going to miss me!

Well everyone, i want you all to know how thankful I am for you, and how blessed I am to be apart of this community! I AM GOING TO MISS YALL SOOOOOOO HONKIN MUCH! There is nothing like this group of people, and it's hard to explain it until you are apart of it. I hope that I am able to take to South Africa a little bit of yall and bring it into my team that i will be with for the next 9 months. I want to share life with them the way i do with you!

So continuing on with how the night went... we ate delicious brownies and ice cream, we danced salsa until our feet fell off, had a wood chopping competition, a marshmellow fight, played catch phrase with a little over 20 people, layed in hammocks, sat around a bon fire, roasted marshmellows to make smores, sat around the fire with a guitar and worshiped the One who made all things, and shared life by giving ourselves away in community! Later on, when the number dwindled down to about 6 or so people, we went inside and made some delicious craft mac and cheese, and sat down to watch the office! Oh how I love that show.... it just makes me laugh!

So to say the least, I had an incredible night hanging out with all these people who I care about so much, and who let me know how much they care! I love you all and thank you soooo much for being apart of my life!

Well that's all... I'm out!

-Roth