camaraderie

So, we (the team) just got finished hosting a Family Movie Night at Crossroads complete with free popcorn. Not many people turned out probably because, hey, honestly there are more exciting things to do on a Friday evening than hang out at church with your kids and watch Madagascar 2. But we did have free popcorn. And 50 cent drinks. That gets us some points, right?

There's not really much you can do when things don't go exactly as you plan, so we made the most of it: played some dodgeball and volleyball, watched Madagascar 2 (ha--the penguins...), and hung out as a team. Honestly, time can't be considered a waste when you are spending it with wonderful people. Which brings me to well, the team...

It is incredible how God puts together the perfect team for every trip. This being my third year going to South Africa, I've tended to compare each year to the year before and wistfully think along the lines of, "Ah, but it won't be the same." No, it won't. It never is because each year the situations that the team is put into are different. And God is faithful and puts the right people in for each trip. That being said, I'm excited to see what's going to happen this year because this is a pretty awesome group of people:

Yeah, so there's no good way to name everyone because we were all tired and standing in some weird formation. So, from the left here we have Michael, Wilson, Chandra (green shirt), Alice (the one who looks super excited in the back), Lindsey, Ansley (in the soccer jersey), Richard, Grant, Kevin (the one who is standing like five feet in front of everyone else), Crawford, Billy, and me. That's everyone except Lowell and Craig. These guys are our senior pastor and associate pastor respectively. They deserve to be introduced seperately because we love them that much (Lowell, at least...):

Lowell

Craig

Isn't it really convenient how everyone who wasn't here had pictures on the staff page of the church website? I thought it was convenient. Anyhow, that is the Crossroads Church 2009 South Africa Mission Team.

ps, thanks to everyone who came out to support us tonight--we appreciate it so much!