"I think we might be kindred spirits after all," said Anne of Green Gables. I have read the book and seen the movie and every sequel. It is absolutely one of my favorite movies ever. I will have to admit that the first movie "Anne of Green Gables" is my favorite for sure of all the Anne with an "e" movies. I've seen it so many times I can say a lot of the lines right on time. And exactly word for word.
Many of you will remember my VBS experience this past summer as I wrote about it on this blog. You can look in June 2013 under the title "VBS" and read about it. My little class let balloons go up into the sky and one was found 136 miles away by a Christian woman who sent a note back here and encouraged me on a day when I needed something. I wrote her a note back and said in that note, "I think we might be kindred spirits." When she replied to me via email (I had given her my contact information), the first sentence was "You had me at the Lucy Maud Montgomery quote." Well, for all of you who might not know, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the book, Anne of Green Gables. Uh huh.
We talked back and forth via email for the months since then and got acquainted. There are so many things in common--the first and most important being that we both worship the same Lord and Savior and he is equally precious to the both of us. Granted, I am old enough to be her mother, but that's okay, too. We have formed a friendship that is a blessing to me.
Last week, The Balloon Friend made plans to come to my fair town to spend the 24 hours prior to the grand opening of our newest favorite chicken restaurant and she let me know of her plans. Now for all of you unfamiliar, this fine chicken restaurant chooses 100 people to stay in their parking lot for the 24 hours prior to their grand opening and the 100 people who succeed in their camping experience are given a prize of a year's worth of the delicious chicken meals. Uh huh.
Well, The Balloon Friend is very experienced in this "experience". I went to the parking lot of the new restaurant and met her. I was sooo excited on the way there. We had seen photos of each other and she was watching and met me as I walked up. What a delightful person she is! I was able to meet some of her family members there also. We talked, got acquainted more, and just enjoyed the fellowship time. I went to my favorite pizza place and brought pizza back and we shared lunch before I came home. One can only eat so much chicken at a time! We both had cameras to document the moment and I will share the photo. Yes, I am actually IN a photo.
I heard from her when she got home the next morning that she had arrived safely and didn't experience a great deal of our southbound early morning interstate traffic. I was glad of that. We again talked about how the Lord had worked through both of us to bless each other. I am thankful to Him for that blessing and to The Balloon Friend for following her heart to return that balloon in the first place.
Kindred spirits certainly involve a sweet spirit and in this case, the Lord directed His Spirit to make it so. Yes, it was a very good day!
Many of you will remember my VBS experience this past summer as I wrote about it on this blog. You can look in June 2013 under the title "VBS" and read about it. My little class let balloons go up into the sky and one was found 136 miles away by a Christian woman who sent a note back here and encouraged me on a day when I needed something. I wrote her a note back and said in that note, "I think we might be kindred spirits." When she replied to me via email (I had given her my contact information), the first sentence was "You had me at the Lucy Maud Montgomery quote." Well, for all of you who might not know, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the book, Anne of Green Gables. Uh huh.
We talked back and forth via email for the months since then and got acquainted. There are so many things in common--the first and most important being that we both worship the same Lord and Savior and he is equally precious to the both of us. Granted, I am old enough to be her mother, but that's okay, too. We have formed a friendship that is a blessing to me.
Last week, The Balloon Friend made plans to come to my fair town to spend the 24 hours prior to the grand opening of our newest favorite chicken restaurant and she let me know of her plans. Now for all of you unfamiliar, this fine chicken restaurant chooses 100 people to stay in their parking lot for the 24 hours prior to their grand opening and the 100 people who succeed in their camping experience are given a prize of a year's worth of the delicious chicken meals. Uh huh.
Well, The Balloon Friend is very experienced in this "experience". I went to the parking lot of the new restaurant and met her. I was sooo excited on the way there. We had seen photos of each other and she was watching and met me as I walked up. What a delightful person she is! I was able to meet some of her family members there also. We talked, got acquainted more, and just enjoyed the fellowship time. I went to my favorite pizza place and brought pizza back and we shared lunch before I came home. One can only eat so much chicken at a time! We both had cameras to document the moment and I will share the photo. Yes, I am actually IN a photo.
I heard from her when she got home the next morning that she had arrived safely and didn't experience a great deal of our southbound early morning interstate traffic. I was glad of that. We again talked about how the Lord had worked through both of us to bless each other. I am thankful to Him for that blessing and to The Balloon Friend for following her heart to return that balloon in the first place.
Kindred spirits certainly involve a sweet spirit and in this case, the Lord directed His Spirit to make it so. Yes, it was a very good day!
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