This morning, I took the subway to Gangnam to meet Reuel and Shannon for church. We always meet at 11am to get Mexican food for lunch. We've decided it's going to be a tradition. :) We ate lunch and went to church. The church service was incredible, just like last Sunday. Pastor Doug talked more about small groups and encouraged everyone to get involved. Last Sunday I signed up for an all-women's group. Earlier this week, the leader sent out an email to all of us, confirming our spot in the group. Our first meeting is on September 18th, so I'm definitely looking forward to that.
After church, we grabbed some coffee and jumped on the bus. We headed to Costco, where Shannon and I became official Costco Gold Card Members. Thank you, thank you... :) We split the cost of a membership, so we only had to pay $16 each-what a deal!! It's definitely going to benefit us to do some of our grocery shopping at Costco. Prices are really good, and they sell some things that you can't buy anywhere else. For example, they sell cheese, a lot of other dairy products like cream cheese and sour cream, pretzels (you can't find those ANYWHERE!!), fresh fruit and meat, a lot of bakery items, etc. It's pretty much awesome.
After Costco, we went on an adventure. There's a small group that Shannon and I heard about through our Recruiting Agency, so we wanted to check it out. I've been talking with the leader, Ashley, over the past few weeks to find out the details. Basically, it's a group of foreign teachers who all meet and share about Jesus and worship and pray together. Their first meeting for the semester was tonight, and they were having a BBQ. Not a Korean BBQ. An American BBQ: Cheeseburgers, kebabs, pasta salad, chips, cookies. So good. They asked everyone to bring a side item to contribute, and they would take care of the meat. At Costco, Reuel, Shannon, and I had each bought something to share.
According to the bus system, we had to catch a bus near Costco, ride it for about 40 minutes, and then we would be in the area where the meeting was being held. (It was in Ashley's apartment in the next city over.) Well, we waited for the bus for about 45 minutes, and almost gave up when we saw it coming around the corner. We took the bus for awhile and got off one stop too early. At this point, it was after 5 p.m. already, and that's when the party/meeting officially started. We jumped on another bus to get to the next stop, but apparently took the one going in the wrong direction. We ended up even MORE out of our way, so we settled for the subway. At this point, I called Ashley and told her that we WERE still coming, but that we were having some transportation issues. She assured me that it was very informal and to not worry about being late. We caught the subway and went two stops, where we finally caught the correct bus. Whew! After that, we found her building, and took the elevator to the 20th floor and walked the last floor to the roof where the party was. Needless to say, we were exhausted when we finally got there.
The small group was really fun. There were 11 people there altogether. We grilled out on the roof of Ashley's apartment. There's a nice set-up up there, with covered areas and tables. There was a nice breeze and beautiful weather. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect night to be up there. After we finished eating, we headed downstairs to the apartment to worship and pray and share with one another. It was really good. Everyone was really genuine, and I enjoyed the time there. I'm going to give it another week to decide if that's somewhere I want to continue going or not. Once small groups start at church, that's going to make for a very busy Sunday. I don't know if I'll be able to make the commitment to the small group we went to tonight. I'll just have to see how it all works out. :)
I can't believe the weekend is already over!! I did so much, but I still feel like it flew by-good grief! I'm going to get to bed at a decent hour so I can go for a good, long run in the morning. Quick shout-out to the UCF KNIGHTS!! 62-0 win over Charleston. Woot! Thank you to my big sister, Jena, for keeping me updated. :)
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