What a weekend!

When I got out of my last class of the summer term at 4:00 on Friday, I hurried back to R apartment to meet Ebay and head to the Corner House. Claire, Joanna, Ebay and I took off Friday evening for a long-awaited road trip to Seattle for Lindsay's birthday! The drive over was fabulous...it included a stop at Taco Del Mar and Starbucks of course. After listening to mine and Ebay's favorite song, "We are the World", we felt inspired to make signs to hold up in our windows. One sign read, "World Peace" and the other said, "Everybody's gonna love today". Our hope was to bring simple smiles to people's faces as they passed :)

After 5 hours, Sabrina (Claire's GPS) helped us safely arrive to Lindsay's humble abode in Burien, Wa...an eclectic house situated right on the Puget Sound. Not surprisingly, we had a loud welcoming that involved a GAGA 'RA RA' huddle in the middle of the road. Typical of the Corner House. After settling in and catching up, we got some rest before the weekend festivities began!


Saturday morning we took off for a hike at Wallace Falls State Park, located in the middle of nowhere (passed Sultan and Startup, WA). The hike was beautifully situated in the mountains and had the most scenic views. As usual we had our goofy, girly conservations but also found peace in the wilderness and sat on a ledge with the most breathtaking view. Feeling God's presence around us we had a wonderful talk about God and his greatness.

The hike ended at some waterfalls where we ventured down to the rocks and played around! So fun! After the 5 mile hike, we headed back towards the city, stopping for $1 cherry baskets along the way and at Alpen Drive In for some good ole hamburgers and fries! We also stopped at this little chapel situated on the side of the road. It seemed to be a place for passersby to stop, pause and worship the Lord...so cute :)
Once back in the city, Ande showed us around Edmonds, her Aglow International office and her house. It was so special being able to see her temporary home! The evening with the girls concluded with a lively meal at Thai's Corner and a bonfire on the Puget Sound full of smores and wine. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSAY!

Sunday morning we had the blessing of attending Lindsay's church in Burien called Taproot. It was a small but happening service with amazing worship and an awesome word. WE LOVED IT! After church, Joanna, Claire, Ebay and I headed back to the East. Driving into Spokane we experienced less appreciation for our World Peace sign (some man shook is head and said, it's never gonna happen). He definitely smashed our young, optimistic outlook! However, he smiled and gave us a thumbs-up for our, "Everybody's gonna love today" sign :) Overall the weekend was amazing! Looking forward to Tumwater in a few days :)