Highlights of the Weekend.

So this weekend has been a really nice one. On Friday evening, I went with my parents to a family friend's house for some food and chatting. Every Friday they open their patio for their neighbor friends to come over and enjoy time eating good food and spending time together. It was fun meeting some of their friends and drinking tea outside. They had adorable lanterns lit and everything...it was so summery and perfect.
Yesterday morning my mom and I woke up early and went for a morning walk. It's always so neat just to talk to her about life and Christianity. She definitely is full of wisdom and I look up to her for council because of that.
Today, we had a fantastic church service. The worship was lead by Joseph Pfeifer. He is such a gifted musician and It is always a treat when he visits. We're really looking forward to diving into the book of Mark for 40 weeks! Can you believe it?! I just love when we do real, in depth studies of certain books of the Bible. There is so much in every book...it's going to be really good.
I went to Panera Bread for some study time, since this week is my last week of school which means finals! I got a cookie and just sat in a corner for a while. It was quite nice just to get away and focus. It's always so pleasant there. I decided to sit outside for a time after and I met a really interesting man! He was a tennis pro and just last week he was in Paris for the tennis tournament. He showed me some lovely pictures of Paris and he also shared some neat stories full of exciting details! It made me want to visit Europe even more...But the coolest thing was the fact that I got to hear a little of his story. He was from Canada and he moved out to California years ago for a change. He loves teaching kids and teens tennis and he loves to encourage them with just life stuff as well. Apparently, he offers a course all about tennis and their dreams pertaining to the sport. He spends a lot of time talking to them about character building and life lessons...how cool! We talked for about 20 minutes and it was really neat! I was amazed at how the Lord can totally put people in your path for just a moment and you could have gained so much from the conversation. I probably won't ever see him again, but I was blessed with his company today :)
I hope you've had a lovely weekend as well! Mine was simple, but simple is always good.