7 Quick Takes Friday

Happy weekend everyone! I can't believe next week we'll be in March already! Where did February go?? Yikes! Here's the latest from our corner of the world this week!

**1**
My dear husband lost his phone Monday night, which has launched us into much conversation about whether or not we have the best cell plan for us. We feel like we are paying a ridiculous amount of money with Verizon, so we're working on shopping around. Or rather, I have been working on shopping around. I have been to a ridiculous number of cell phone stores this week and we still don't know what exactly we are going to do. But he's still without a phone, so we'll see what we do tonight at the Verizon store and how that plays out. I'll be glad when we have made a decision!

**2**
We had a college student over for dinner last night because he had wanted to have a conversation with us about some theological stuff. It was quite the conversation, which got a little heated at times, but we were honored to be invited into his life in this way--he mentioned Chuck has made a big impact on him in the past year, which I know was so encouraging for Chuck to hear. We have been co-leading a small group at Cal Tech all year of a group of guys (yes, it's kind of strange being the only girl but still fun!) and it's been great being part of their journeys.

**3**
The job hunt is going, slowly, but it's going. I applied for several residence hall director positions around the west coast this past week which was great, there are even some openings at both mine and my sister's alma maters, which would be amazing and so fun to be back in the northwest--so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I also have a couple church positions in the works in a couple locations throughout the country, so we'll see what comes of those conversations.

**4**
Trader Joes has their first batches of beautiful spring tulips out! I bought some incredible orange/yellow tulips on Monday which have been making me smile all week!

**5**
Our church has been doing a Wednesday evening Lenten Eve series, which is going to be wonderful! We had week 1 this week, and each week is going to center around a particular character who encountered Jesus on his way to the cross. This past week was the Samaritan leper who Jesus healed, and our friend George gave a monologue in full costume as the leper. It was wonderful, and I can't wait for next week.

**6**
Bragging moment--my husband is awesome :) He has so much work to do between now and spring break, he works so hard, he does such a good job, and he still insists on taking me out for date nights even in the midst of his busy time of the quarter. I really love him :)

**7**
Tomorrow I get to go to the installation of the Reverend Becca at her new job! So proud of her, she's officially a pastor!