North Carolina - Staying with the Renfro Family

After leaving the conference, we had a 3-4 hour drive back to the Renfro's home.  They also had some other friends who came and stayed as well. We stayed from Sunday night to Thursday afternoon and had sweet fellowship, amazing fun, meaningful conversations, met some wonderful people, and ate delicious food (Brianne and Jenna are amazing cooks!). 

I'll stop talking about our time and get straight to the pictures...

 We arrived late in the evening and stayed up really late (don't ask how late! :) talking and playing games.  Jenna made hot chocolate as well.  It was delicious!

The next morning/afternoon, we went and played basketball at the YMCA.  I had never played before and was hesitant to begin, but once I started (after some prompting :), it was incredibly fun.  I can't wait until next time!

This is when it was moving slow.  It was so fun to watch!

The last game that we played was an all girls' game and I'm afraid that it got quite competitive and a little vicious!   :)  I was in the game, so there aren't any pictures, but it was SO fun. 

On Monday night, the Renfros had a whole bunch of people over for dinner and a whole lot more.  We had a time of worship and, since it was Reformation Day (the anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the church door in Whittenberg), we just had to sing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God".  It was so neat to worship the Lord alongside of so many brothers and sisters. 

For dessert, there were s'more bars.  It was AMAZING!  They had the giant marshmallows, coconut coated marshmallows, about 8 or so different kinds of candy bars, Hershey bars, nutella, Reese's peanut butter, and different kinds of Graham crackers.  They went all out and it was delicious! 

Later that night, we played Running Pictionary.  It is now one of my absolute favorite games.  It is hilarious fun and you just have to try it (whether you are a good artist or not!).

OK, so here's how you play:

Since we had so many people, we divided into three teams.  Each team has their own table.  There is a person sitting somewhere in the middle with a list of ten words or so (each list is categorized - Thanksgiving, Food, Kitchen Utensils, etc.).  Each team chooses one person to start them off.  That person goes to the list-maker, gets the first word, runs back to his/her team and proceeds according to Pictionary rules.  Once the word is correctly guessed, the person who guessed the word goes back to the list-maker, repeats the word that was just guessed and gets the next word.  The game proceeds in this way until one team completes the list.  That team is the winner of that round.  

The Renfro family's home. 

Daniel 

Jenna 

L-R (back):

Daniel, Gabriel, Josh, Jenna

(front)

Me, Baxter(the dog), Mrs. Renfro 

More worship. 

Thank you, Renfro family for your amazing meals!   

Playing Catch Phrase. 

Mrs. Renfro and Jenna took Mama and I to downtown Wake Forest and out for lunch.   

Lunch was delicious - thank you so much! 

Jenna and me. 

We went into some little downtown shops and I thought that this Norman Rockwell picture was way too cute because it looks as though it could be Elijah and me! 

Thank you, Daniel for playing the piano.  It was wonderful. 

Brianne and Jenna, you are wonderful cooks.  Thank you for all of your incredible dinners and all of the little extras that made life a whole lot yummier!  :) 

The sunrise on Thursday morning.  I missed it at its best, but it was still pretty when I got out. 

Daniel with one of his German Shepherds.   

Goodbye photos :(

Papa wrote Mama this text message before we took off.  I thought that it was really sweet.  :)

Farmland.  Isn't it gorgeous?