Chelsea Stewart spoke at NewSpring today. She is an amazing person. Her story is one everyone should hear. Kristie and I arrived early because we expected a big crowd. And we were right. Packed full for the first service. Uncle Talmadge and Eloise came back and brought Alan and Gwen and Jessica. We just happened to see them in the lobby before we went in. So we all sat together. The band was hot today, and Perry did a great job with the first half of the service, setting up for Chelsea. She came out and Perry stayed at a table with her and the rest was told like an interview. Chelsea did a wonderful job, She is a brave woman. Not only to speak in front of a crowd as large as NewSpring, but to speak of the blessing her loss has brought while seeing her father in video. The Staff did a fantastic job putting together the whole thing. When we came out we ran into Anita and her family. All except Mark who was working at his church. Kristie was working the media team so we all just hung out a little.
While Anita and crew went to the second service the rest of us we to Ryan's. I had not been in a while. In fact not since they built the new one. I was pleasantly surprised. It was nice inside and the concept tweaked and very well done. And the food was great. It's not you grandma's Ryan's any more. May just put it back on my list. We all had nice visit and a good meal. BTW I had mostly Steak and Shrimp.
Kristie and I went to the Mall afterwards and picked up a few things more. Saw Diane Whitaker there at Belk and chatted a little. Then home for a quick nap after making dip and Brownies for Homegroup. Tonight was our Christmas party Homegroup and we had a gift exchange thingy going on. We'd set a $ 5 limit to the gifts and it was fun to choose or steal a prize.
I got a cool windup flashlight that also flashes so we had a disco party going on after a while. All the gifts were funny and we had a great time.