Do NOT pick up my tissue

I love Butler friends.  I think there is something about living together that creates a deeper bond.  You see each other when you're gross, when you're tired and grumpy, when you feel overwhelmed, and when you just don't want to talk to anyone.  We eat together, we solve problems together, we go on adventures together, no matter what our moods.  I love how we just need to walk a little ways to be together.  

An incomplete list of places I've seen love this week:

1. Erika, Molly, Emma #2 and Kaylen went to Yatz.  One of my favorite restaurants in Indy.  I never really know what I'm eating, but it's SO good.  Especially compared to school food, Erika and I have been having trouble finding food that satisfies us.

2.  Whoops... we toilet papered Erika's stuff.  One of those times when she wished she could escape from us, but really all out of love.

3. Lester friends! I definitely miss unit 1E from last year, but am so thankful for the wonderful friends I made.  They never cease to make me laugh.  Between hearing the latest about the band friends, or getting attacked by nerf guns, I love being with them.

4. First birthday of the year! I love birthday's at Butler.  It always gives us an excuse to do something special.  Laura turned 19! I'm so thankful she is in my life.  I love how honest she is and how she can always make me laugh.  We went to the Monon Food Co., one of all of our favorites.  We might have almost ran out of gas, and got stuck in traffic, but we had such a great time.

5. Friday night we attempted to watch the Sound of Music on the IMA lawn, but it was sold out. We were not about to give up on our dream.  We tried to get a projector and The Sound of Music, and failed miserably. We did end up on the floor in Jordan Hall watching the Ugly Truth.  We got some ice cream from the vending machine and were set.  Such fun adventures.

6. I love being back at Young Life too.  I've missed Carmel girls and all my co-leaders a ton! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for all of this year.  They are such beautiful people!

7.  Kaleidoscope Youth Center is always an adventure.  I love those kids so much.  They are constantly teaching me more about life and myself.  I can't wait to tell you the crazy stories we'll have together this year.  

8. Two days after getting to Butler, I was a snot face.  My nose was stuffy, runny, and just annoying.  That's just life in a dorm, but I still felt bad for anyone around me (especially Erika). I was thinking this morning that I can pinpoint  multiple times this week that I have dropped my USED tissues on the ground.  I missed the trash can or accidentally dropped one and friends picked them up for me.  You might be thinking, "Well, your friends are just unsanitary", but they aren't.  They just love me through my grossness.  And isn't that what fellowship really is?  Loving each other despite our sin, despite our imperfection, despite our moods.  We love because we all have flaws and because we are vulnerable with each other.  The more real we are, the we can better pick each other up and hold each other accountable.  

Let's try to live like that.  Let's try to live with deep fellowship.  Fellowship that pushes us more toward God.  Fellowship that makes us more comfortable with how God made us.  Because frankly, we're all a little gross sometimes and we just need someone to pick up our used tissues.