"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most, live the longest."
-Larry Lorenzoni
Usually every year people say 'this year is the best birthday ever', but I can honestly say that my birthday this year was THE BEST EVER!
I woke up with 12 people telling me happy birthday in the most loving way..along with hugs (which I was honestly happy to receive on this day only haha).
I spent the morning with our contacts Michelle and Kevin where Michelle made the best homemade muffins and an excellent cup of coffee. Before breakfast she asked to pray for me (I thought to myself, what for?) but of course I agreed…as she began to pray (I only knew her a week at this point) began to thank God for my having a birthday and what a joy it was to spend the day with me. I honesty had never had anybody pray like this over me and it touched my heart more than I expected.
My birthdays are not normally super extravagant and compared to my birthday last year…having somebody pray over me with such love already set the tone for the day = AWESOMENESS
After helping Kevin in his backyard, Michelle fixed us a lunch that was absolutely spectacular and made me just a bit homesick…meatloaf,mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and homemade bread..WOW!!(and might I add there was barbeque sauce and texas pete on the table)
The best part of the whole day came when Leah confined me to the kitchen until further notice. Little did I know, my team had planned an awesome surprise and mini-party for me.
I was told to stand in a chair…dress up in all kinds of crazy clothes…and my team proceeded to read a "poem" that they had written for me.
26 reasons why we think you are special… even though majority of these reasons were beyond goofy (true) but goofy..it meant a lot to me that they noticed so much about my personality.
The party was then redirected into the next room where we had a
TWISTER PARTY!!
With dance music in the background…we had a crazy, goofy, and just ridiculous time playing twister and enjoying our time together.
The very last thing of the night was a SPECTACULAR birthday cake. A Chocolate cake with some kind of Nutella icing and candles for me to blow out…I can honestly say I don't think I've blown out candles on a cake since I was 5 years old and I loved every minute of it.
Thank you to the two teams (and squad leaders) who made this birthday a beyond special memory. I love you all more than you all know!!
