oh community. As an Azusa Pacific Student, this was a word that you kinda grew to hate. You heard it everywhere. APU has such great community. Come to APU for the community. One of the four cornerstones of the school is Community. Community, Community, Community. Students would joke about this word, as it appeared so cliche to us. It was hard to hear a sentence about APU without the word community. But now as an APU alum, I have come to truly love that word. Especially since my time at APU has blessed me with such an awesome community. I have a group of friends from college that are just SO solid. They are such a great group of people who are truly living their lives for the Lord. The only bummer is that after college we were all taken away to different areas. We are spread out over Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Southern California, and Colorado.
The one thing I truly love about this group is how intentional we are with the time we have together. We try every year to get together around christmas time for this event we started while at APU called Christmativities - a fun filled weekend where you do every christmas activity possible. Decorating cookies, watching any and every christmas movie, white elephant gift exchange, and anything else we can think of. And since we know we only have a few days together, not much sleeping happens since we want to soak up all the time we can. Staying up late watching movies, catching up, and reminiscing about the times when we only lived 15 minutes away from each other. The countdown to that weekend in December starts as soon as we all leave and cant wait until next year's. But let me tell you those 363 days until the next Christmativities is just too many.
That being said, weddings have become one of my favorite things because weddings have been such a blessing for our group. Not only are they exciting because the bride and groom become husband and wife and we get to celebrate that. But also because we all fly into town for the wedding and get to spend another weekend together. Another weekend of no sleep, staying up until the wee hours of the night sharing stories about life, things we are struggling with, or crazy cool stories of what God is doing in our lives. They always seem like the fastest 48-72 hours, but when I leave I am always just so filled. My heart is so happy and thankful to know such a good group of people. I feel so blessed to be a part of a group that values friendships that much. Each time we separate, it gets a little harder and harder for me. But then makes me more excited for the next time that brings us together. Only 135 days until Christmativites, but hey who's counting? :)
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| The Last Breakfast of Chrismativites 2012 |
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| We have WAY too much fun! |
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| Christmativites 2012 in Seattle, WA |
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| Christmativites 2010 in Pasadena, CA |
