Christian Singles Dance?

So...it's been awhile since I blogged, but I'll blame it on my busy summer!  :-)

It's hard to believe, but in about a month, I will have been in Hereford for a year!  It has been an amazing year, and I have loved every minute of it (even the not so fun moments).  Hereford has become home for me, and I have met so many wonderful people!

I mentioned my good friend Briar before.  She is probably my favorite person in Hereford to spend time with.  We have a good time together and always laugh a lot!  Tonight we had quite the adventure that we will be laughing about for quite some time!!

Recently, Briar and I decided that we needed to get out more and try to meet new people.  Briar mentioned that she thought she had heard an advertisment on K-Love about a Christian Singles dance in Amarillo that was coming up, and that it sounded interesting.  I did some research online and discovered that it was going to be tonight.  We decided that we would go to the Saturday night service at Hillside (because I like to go to a worship service sometimes when I don't have any responsibilities to worry about), and then to dinner, and then to the dance.

The first part of the night was great and worth the trip we made.  The service at Hillside was wonderful, and Briar saw a friend of hers who even joined us for dinner afterward.

Then we headed to the dance....we both had admitted how nervous we were....We weren't really sure how this would go!  When we got to where the dance was being held, we were both close to giggles because we couldn't believe we were doing this!  And then we walked in, took one look around, and immediately ran to the bathroom to giggle some more.  When we decided to do this, we had pictured an event with people around our age...instead, we found this...

Ok...so it wasn't QUITE that extreme, but Briar and I were easily the youngest ones there, probably by at least 10-15 years!  We decided to go ahead and sit down and see if anyone closer to our age came.  No one younger ever showed, but we did manage to have fun in the maybe 30 minutes that we were there!  I was asked to dance after only about a minute, and Briar was asked soon after.  I will have to say that I've never been asked to dance that quickly at a dance before!  I didn't have to sit for very long at any point while we were there.  We each danced like 4-5 times with some very nice, polite, older men, but decided to dart out and go to Starbucks instead!

So...not quite what we were expecting, but I wouldn't have traded this night for anything!  We had a great time, and I was reminded again about one of the great friends that God has brought into my life this year!  I am truly thankful for moments to laugh and to just spend with other believers.  The time that Briar and I spent in the car talking and building our friendship was time I loved having.

And now we have a funny story to tell our other friends and family about!  And we'll always be able to say, "Remember that time we went to the Christian Singles dance?"  and laugh and laugh!


Sunday update:  Briar reminded me this morning that I forgot to mention HER favorite part of the night.  On the way to the dance, Wilson Phillips came on the radio, and Briar and I were transported back in time as we turned the radio on and belted "Hold On" as loud as we could!  Fun times!