This morning I woke up to 15 texts, usually one would think the world is ending but I just sighed and looked at the senders and I found myself in a group text with these three sweet girls. I met the three of them early on last year (their freshman year.) I went to football games to watch them cheer, jv basketball games to do the same and spent a week with them at camp where each of them decided to start a relationship with Christ. These three girls are precious to me, I love their innocence, their love for each other, their desire to love their friends, but most of all their joy in Christ.
I woke up early to eat breakfast with the three of them this morning, as we walked up to Chikfila and the workers didn't give me odd looks because of how we interacted I realized the Lord had done it. I had somehow become a part of the tightly knit fabric of the Hickory community. I knew all the workers at the restaurant, I said hey to kids that walked in, I saw parents I had met. I dropped the girls off at Hickory HS and waved at countless students, they don't think its weird anymore that I'm there... its almost as if they expect it... maybe thats weird?
Jesus was the fabric of the places he traveled through, he knew people, knew their hopes, their past, their desires and loved them. Ever since the moment I stepped foot in Chesapeake that was the desire of my heart. He granted me that desire... I am thankful for Hickory I am thankful for Chesapeake and I am thankful for these three girls and the way that they have help mold my heart to be bold and to love the lost of this community
brooke and I at Lake Champion 2011
Connor <3
Katy <3
