Today has been legen...wait for it...dary.

Today has just been great.  This morning I got to lead worship for the quiz meet with some of my favorite people, the SFMC youth band!  It's always such an awesome time of holy surrender to such an astounding Creator God.  I also got to spend a lot of time with one of my youth group friends, Mikayla.  We went on a coffee run for a couple people, painted nails in the church parking lot, talked about the history of the church, personal faith journeys, and asked big questions.  Its so encouraging hearing about the amazing ways God is working in her life, her heart for service and her desire to know Jesus deeply!  This afternoon I've been barista-ing but it hardly feels like work.  The sun was blazing through the windows and for a few minutes, as I sat with my boss and her family, it felt like summer again.  Working for a family run business can be horrible or the best.  In my case it has been the best.  I was visited by Erynn and her friend Darin.  Later, a new lady came in and started talking about her godmother who is dying of cancer.  She asked if I had any experience with death.  What a privilege it was to chat with her.  We are so eager to avoid the reality of death, it seems.  She started crying while we were talking about how to better be present with people in the midst of such a hard reality of loosing someone.  My job at Cafe Aroma never ceases to heap blessings into my life!  As for the mouse picture, I told Kyle to put a picture of "the cutest animal" on the welcome sign for the quiz meet and since he didn't (sheesh) I'll feature it here. This has been a good day.