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I did something out of the ordinary today. I invited some girls I had just met 10 minutes before to dinner at our house for Easter.
I was waiting on Andrew to finish with tithing. (He's the executive secretary at church and sometimes has to help count up the tithing.) There were two young ladies sitting out on the couch. I found out they were 18 & 19 years old, from Hawaii, and were playing volleyball at the local community college. I asked them what they were doing for Easter, and they didn't really have plans. They said they were just gonna get together and cook some Hawaiian dish and maybe make a cake.
I thought back to when I was single and in college. I thought about how I went hungry a lot b/c I didn't have time to cook, and it was not fun cooking for only me. I thought about living off the chocolate bars that were on my boss's desk at the library. I thought about holidays spent away from family and how miserable it was. And then there were some people who would ask me to eat with them. They were so kind to me. I appreciated it so much.
So I invited them over.
I barely knew them, but I could see the young Jo in them. Not that they're anything like me, but I could remember what it was like.
It was really fun getting to know them, and they were so sweet and polite. I'm really glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and followed a prompting to invite them. It was great.
I love Easter Sunday. I love the reminder of the Resurrection. I love the feeling in my heart right now.
Happy Easter!
I was waiting on Andrew to finish with tithing. (He's the executive secretary at church and sometimes has to help count up the tithing.) There were two young ladies sitting out on the couch. I found out they were 18 & 19 years old, from Hawaii, and were playing volleyball at the local community college. I asked them what they were doing for Easter, and they didn't really have plans. They said they were just gonna get together and cook some Hawaiian dish and maybe make a cake.
I thought back to when I was single and in college. I thought about how I went hungry a lot b/c I didn't have time to cook, and it was not fun cooking for only me. I thought about living off the chocolate bars that were on my boss's desk at the library. I thought about holidays spent away from family and how miserable it was. And then there were some people who would ask me to eat with them. They were so kind to me. I appreciated it so much.
So I invited them over.
I barely knew them, but I could see the young Jo in them. Not that they're anything like me, but I could remember what it was like.
It was really fun getting to know them, and they were so sweet and polite. I'm really glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and followed a prompting to invite them. It was great.
I love Easter Sunday. I love the reminder of the Resurrection. I love the feeling in my heart right now.
Happy Easter!