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I don't remember when I last wrote in here, but I think it was Sunday afternoon. Anyway, so after that (I think) I wrote out Pastor Chris and Lisa's card that I was gonna give them Sunday night. I started to cry when I was writing it. I was expecting that Sunday night I'd be bawling for a good part of the time and the party would be really really sad. I was wrong, though. The party wasn't quite what I expected. First there was a service and I had to do the whole working with the kids thing. Then after the service, Pastor Chris and Lisa jsut sat on the altar and people got in line to say bye to them. They were both crying a lot...I had never seen Pastor Chris cry before, other than when his eyes got watery on Thursday. The line was huge and went on forever, so Becky and Amanda and I decided we'd join it at the end, so we could be last. Well it was just taking way too long...we joined it later on in the night, but we weren't last. Pretty close, but not last. I surprised myself and didn't cry all before that, nor did I even feel like crying. Well when we got to them to say bye, Pastor Chris hugged me and told me he loves me, and I said "I love you, too. A lot" and then I started crying. And it made him cry. And then I went to talk to Lisa and she got all mushy, talking about how great it's been watching me grow and stuff, and that made me cry again. And then I hugged them both a few times more and thanked them for everything they've done. Then Becky and Amanda and I left the room and just hung out in the game room for a little while. I had a really bad feeling about leaving...I didn't want to...it felt like as soon as I left I wouldn't see them again. It was just not a good feeling. So we hung out for a few more minutes, found out that Roxbury thought we were only 16 or 17 (yay for acting mature), and then went back in to see Pastor Chris and Lisa when the line was done. We were there with a few other people (mostly some of the teens) and we just talked for a few. I got a picture with Pastor Chris, and one with Lisa, and then one with both of them. When we were really leaving, I went to hug them again and Pastor Chris said "You've been awesome to me"...that made me really really happy. I didn't cry that time, but I came pretty close. Then I hugged them and thanked them and told them I loved them again. It was sad. After I came home, I started to cry a little bit again, but I was okay. I don't think it'll hit me that they're gone until they're not at church every Sunday anymore. Lisa told me that I need to go visit them soon, and I really really want to. It's really expensive, though. I'm hoping I can go with a group of people so that maybe it'll be cheaper or something and I won't have to go alone.

Anyway, camp started yesterday. My group is so adorable. I love them already. They're great. Yesterday there were 10 of them and today there were 14. And today we got our first couple of the summer...hahaha...gotta love it when the 5&6 year olds hook up. ^_^

Becky's coming over tonight. We're gonna (finally) order our Soul Fest tickets. Mighty fine.