November 2, 2025 - Sunday



I know this is kind of lame, but I was really hoping to take today off of CT. Last night I was like, yes. I don't serve tomorrow and I am exhausted. I'm going to sleep in and chill allllll day long. Then Jenny Detloff texted to make sure Jonas would be there for drama tomorrow and I was like, damn. *sigh* I guess we're going after all. And THEN Matt, the other director, texted and asked if I could cover for him tomorrow, so I'll be serving too! It's okay. I got to have some good conversations with people that I never see outside of CT and that was awesome. I have come to cherish these relationships so much over the years. I love getting to spend time with people that I would not otherwise have any reason to see or get to know. It's super cool. I hope we never leave 4th St. CT. It would make me so, so sad to switch to Main Campus! 

The rest of the day was pretty relaxing. I got to update my calendar, which is very soothing to me. I also got groceries ordered, meals planned, laundry done, AND, most exciting of all, the Christmas list started. Maybe relaxing wasn't the right word. But it was restorative for me. I need that alone time to gather my thoughts and get organized or I feel like I'm thrown off for the whole month. Ben went to hang out with Alex this evening and said it was terrible when he got back. I feel really sad for him. He told Alex he wanted to start discipling again and Alex told him he didn't have the capacity right now. Although Ben was expecting that to be the answer, somewhere along the line miscommunication happened and Ben ended up feeling rejected and offended. So sad how tough a time these guys have figuring out their friendship. I wish I could intervene, but I know it's not my place. Praying they figure things out!

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