This morning we joined the Bridgetown Inc. Team as they spoke to 2 different churches about the ministry. Long story short there are 2 different churches that meet in one building and the churches we went to are the ones who helped initially start Bridgetown. For the first church we did an omelet breakfast. The bridgetown team made the omelets while Josh and I manned the ham on a griddle. It was fun to be a part of a church breakfast- and the Bridgetown team is pretty fun. After the second service we all went out for lunch at Red Robin for one last hang out together. We learned so much in Portland- we have a lot to chew on and think about.
After lunch before heading back to WA we decided to check out a HUGE outlet mall- the Woodburn Company Stores. Seriously- it is huge and has an outdoor feel. It reminded us of the Woodbury outdoor mall but much bigger. Our goal was to find Josh a good rain jacket and some surprises because...another fun fact.....there are NO TAXES in Oregon?!?!!?!?! How or why I don't know- but on anything you buy- no tax. Unfortunately we did not find anything (within our price range) so we walked away empty handed.
The ride back to Renton did not seem to take as long as getting there but was difficult because of miscommunication during car ride conversation. Josh and I are both sensitive people which can sometimes make conversations a little harder to navigate without getting some hurt feelings. We resolved our disputes, pulled into the drive way and walked in to hear, "Welcome Home!" Oh man did that make us melt.
Renzelman's have another family staying with them currently- good friends from the past. They had had a bunch of people over tonight from their old small group that used to meet with Chris every thursday morning at 5:30am! So when we had gotten back there were still a few here and also so yummy food leftover...yum. It was nice to sit down with the Chris and Rebecca and share about our week- it truly felt like home.
After a warm welcome, good conversation, yummy food and a hot shower I said to Josh, "I'm sorry I forgot that we are a family...you and I are in this together...we're a team!"
the hunt begins tomorrow- but for now we're going to sleep! Good night good ol' washington :)
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