In Honor of One Year.

September 24th marked my one year anniversary at my new job. The job I acquired also happened to involve switching churches.

This past summer, as I was gearing up to attend one of my first all-church ladies event, the women's ministry leader and a new friend of mine said, "Are you coming? It is SO much fun. And I mean like real fun, not church fun!" I immediately told her I was. Honestly, I had already planned on going, but I wanted to make her think that it was that factor alone that made my decision. To be honest, I had no idea what she meant! Here are some of the questions that were running through my head at that moment:

1. What IS church fun?
Honestly, I grew up in the church. The only fun I think I knew how to have was church fun. What kind of event is NOT church fun but real fun? Have I even experienced real fun?

2. What does real fun entail?
Read: Are we going to be sinning?

3. Are we all going to be experiencing real fun?
I knew some older ladies in the church who had already signed up. Did they know this was going to happen? Are they going to be participating? Have I completely missed something here?

4. Is the pastor's wife coming?
I immediately had to look for her name on the sign-up sheet. If she was coming, well, I just was at a complete loss of what to expect.

5. Can I still bring my fruit salsa?

As you can see, I had many questions. I was curious. When the day came, I was ready. I might have even woken up early (pry not.) I was ready to go and have myself some real fun.

Turns out, real fun wasn't too much different from all the other fun I have had in my life. We took boat rides, sat in the sun, rode the jet ski, floated out on the lake, played some fun games, had a few adventures, and ate a ton of good food. Yep, pretty much what my weekends look like every summer, but needless to say- the mystery was solved, and I was pretty glad I hadn't been missing out all these years.

I was thankful for a day in the sun, getting to know part of my church family better and on a different level than Sunday morning small talk. I am thankful to be a part of this new family and am looking forward to experiencing more "real fun" with them all! :)