Joanna's birthday :)

I had an interesting experience trying to get to church this morning. I looked up FM churches in the area, and decided to try a new one called New Vision in the City. I got the address and found the location....but no church. I was running a bit late as it was and wasn't sure what to do. I decided to look up the other ones on my phone, and luckily one of their services started 15 minutes later than the one I was planning on attending. After I drove across town to go to it, I was about 20 minutes late, but the sermon hadn't started yet, so it wasn't too bad. (What would I do without modern technology???) In all my driving around this morning, I passed the stadium where the Washington Nationals play and took a picture.

It was a small welcoming little church (probably about 80 there), and they were having a meal at the pastor's house for 20-somethings after the service. One of the active members there was someone I overlapped with for a year at Greenville College and we remembered each other! It was a really nice time to meet people I have something in common with. They were so friendly and I felt right at home there.

Yesterday I found a music store that sells sheet music for violin and viola. I bought a couple of books with popular solos in them and CD accompaniment. I probably played for a couple of hours straight--I didn't realize how much I missed playing!

I'm sad not to be around to celebrate Joanna's birthday with her, but it sounds like she's seeing plenty of friends and family. Love ya Jo!