That being said I was especially sad that my camera disappeared that night because I documented an awesome night at the Young Life banquet. We had a fake wedding, played some games, got our spirit animals, ate pizza, and talked about how God is using Young Life to change lives. So great.
That Young Life banquet and this North Face shoe box reminded me last weekend of the importance of exploring. There is SO much in this beautiful world to explore whether it is nature, new restaurants, the Bible, an idea, or people's lives. Life is worth not settling for the usual, and the norm. God created a world that was meant to be explored. This week was definitely full of exploring. It all started Saturday morning..
Tony, Eshan, and I chased Mark down all over Indy to cheer him on during his marathon (he is an AMAZING runner.. learn something new everyday). I thought it would only be about a twenty minute venture after he passed through Butler, but instead we decided to weave our way around the city to find him. It was raining and sleeting, but seriously so much fun. Turns out Mark's whole family ran the marathon with him! How cool is that?! They were so inspiring and wonderful to hang out with. I've never watched a marathon and was truly amazed by the audacity of the people to run 26 miles. Crazy. At least they get foil and grey hats at the end...
My fam also came up for 24 hours. I love them so much and so blessed to have them in my life. They always know just what I need to feel at home. I got news on Monday Drew made the 7th grade basketball team... SO EXCITED FOR HIM!
Monday night we made journals at Campaigners. I LOVE crafts. It was so great just to sit and learn about what each other loves and dig deeper into our lives. I'm so excited to continue to explore life with these girls. And I'm just really glad that they love crafts too. 
Tuesday night was our YL Clubble Rave! Young Life is just a great place to explore. I never knew I could have so much fun in a bubble. Mark told us about his life and the importance of choosing joy and then we rocked out like it was 1985. Seriously, such a great night of laughing, dancing, and new experiences.
I've spent the past two afternoons trying to explore with the kids at Kaleidoscope. They love discovering new information or games or crafts or dance moves. They've been showing me their dance skills and I've been teaching them how to make friendship bracelets. Seriously, the coolest kids in town.
Yesterday was Emma's and Kelsey's birthday and I just love birthday's at Butler, so I had to give them a shout out. I'm so blessed to have them both in my life. I loved getting to celebrate (especially flying cupcakes with Emma and Erika).
Today though, was just such a great day. After the dreaded Anatomy exam, we had roomie bonding. This has been planned for weeks, we ended up at a pretty sketchy movie theater, all to ourselves I might add, watching "Here Comes the Boom". It was amazing, we laughed, we cried, it was just great a great movie, highly recommended. Afterwards we wanted to get some dinner and decided we needed to go somewhere new. It's been on my bucket list to go to SoBro cafe, so that's where we ended up! In case you were wondering, it was awesome and we made a suitemate bucket list for the rest of the year to make sure we continue to explore Indy.
Little did Kara know... there was a surprise (early) birthday party awaiting her back at Resco. I love surprises. Seriously though, she was in complete shock. It was so fun getting the whole gang back together and just getting to be with each other. It was exactly what we all needed..
So... I lost my camera. Sorry if I stole any of your pictures, the blog was in desperate need. I love the true life that God has set before us. To explore the amazing things around us. To not settle into the norm that is so easy to go along with. To find Him in the people and places that are right in front of our noses. To discover the eternal hope that is only found in Him. That's real life.
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