I went to my suitemate's house for Friday night and Saturday. Mostly, I was there to help with making invitations for her wedding.
Joy (the future bride) drove me and Kailynne to her house. That night, we went to her high school's football game. We watched Joy's fiance's brother (got that?) play.
The performance included clips from Dr. King's speeches being mixed together and played over speakers, mirroring one another (like you and me face each other and move our hands so it looks like we are looking in a mirror) and insane poses. People sat on the ground and there was a giant, inflatable globe. WIERD. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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| This one has a great view of the inflatable globe |
They also had really funny posters at the game. Check out this one of the cheerleaders:
And this one: It's a public high school, but they have Bible verses on their posters. Small town USA, I guess.
Saturday morning we saw Joy's brother play soccer:
They didn't win which was sad. The game went into two overtimes and then finally a shoot out!
That was pretty exciting for me. The referee made like 5 questionable calls, so the fans were pretty upset about that. It was interesting to watch it from an outside perspective. I had no allegiance to either team but I do understand the game. Also, the sun was all up on us, so I got a little sunburned. Boo.The rest of Saturday was spent assembling invitations. Three other girls came for just the day on Saturday so I got to chat it up with them. The 5 of us made about 250 invitations. Joy is having around 500 people at her wedding. WOW! Also, the Friday before she's having a rehearsal reception party with like 150 people. Her extended family is really big and her family knows everybody in town.
It was nice to come back on Saturday night and be in the suite with just Kailynne and me. Erin had gone home for the weekend too.
Overall, it was a good weekend of getting to see how another family does stuff and show Joy some love through that act of service.
2 comments:
Wow. So much I want to say about this post. Dance costumes = fabulous in their ability to stir lively conversation and hometown controversy. Pulling in the good Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.... edgy. Particularly in the state infamous for the birth of the KKK. Mean girls cheerleading poster = redundant. (And why ARE they in water?!) 500 people at a wedding = fun and $$$$. And finally, comparing a high school football game (or, any game for that matter) to the valley of the shadow of death may just get you a call and a stern reprimand from Dr. Dennis Magary, professor of Old Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. I cannot thank you enough for the vivid word picture of your weekend. This post made my day.
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