Friendship Sweet

Saturday night always brings some sort of fun. I praise God for my friendships. They are so special when I remember that I am not alone in this world. Unfortunately sometimes friends move away, and like I've mentioned before, it's normal in Berrien Springs. And since we always need an excuse to throw a party, we decided to surprise Rueben with a 'going away party'. He will be leaving for the middle east to work with ADRA. Joelle made this awesome vegan cake. (Nice plane Joelle!!) It was nice to sing Christmas songs together and realize how good God is to us.

Of course, we played some fun games starting with 'mafia'. I'm not too sure about this game, especially after the mafia won because we never figured out who they were. ;( Then we moved on to bigger and better things....... PIT! I thought we were going to take a night off but everyone wanted to play. Elizabeth and I were actually in the car ready to leave at an early 11p.m. Then Rueben said we couldn't leave without playing one round of pit. I'm afraid it's impossible to play one round of pit and I was right. I don't know how many we played but it was 1a.m. when we had had enough. What a fun night and by the time I made it back to the ice box (my house) it was closer to 2a.m. Good thing that only happens once a week, if that. I believe that friendship is a special gift from God and I hope to cherish each time spent with them.


I have another friend... the orange neighborhood cat, and yes she was in my house ( only for 5 minutes of pat pat pat on the rug). When I first moved into my house she welcomed me to the neighborhood and we are friends.However, that friendship is not as close during the winter because I won't let her stay in my house. Plus, it's too cold to sit under my lovely green porch and pet her. So once in a while she comes over and starts meowing super loud. That's when I get out the tasty tuna treats. I've never tried them but they must be good or maybe she's starving. So after she has a treat she's ready to leave. I look forward to summer time so I can be outside with her again. Until then I hope all the flees follow her out the door....:) All the animal lovers think I am so cruel to not let her live in my house, but I don't really welcome little hopping bugs, inch long red hairs everywhere, or stinky litter boxes. So I will just keep it the way it is. Besides, I am pretty sure that the reason she is fat is because she has several friends.

Moral of the story... the orange cat and I both love our friends, and we think you should too!