Texas for Thanksgiving

I'm in Texas now for Thanksgiving week. My g-rents were very kind and gave me some of their airline miles to make it back for some turkey and hunting. I feel like the trip has already been a success, and it's not even halfway over. I've been able to hang out with friends -- playing tennis, throwing the bee, watching movies, going to church...it's all really good stuff.

So my thoughts of the importance of community have not changed, they've only been reinforced over these last couple of days. Time with friends serves to renew me in a lot of ways, I'm not sure exactly how. Although I don't have to know how to appreciate the end result. I will say that living in another hemisphere helps me to appreciate the time when I can be with friends.