so the random encounters continue...

on saturday i was about to start class at nanoom, and in walks jerry, from the good ol' days of kupc and knhpc (youth group - from 8th grade and on). i probably haven't really talked to him since high school/early college besides quick run-ins, so this was definitely a surprise. i had plans to watch chicago with lydia (which, by the way, was an excellent movie...i saw the musical twice in nyc w/bebe neuworth - once in the nosebleed seats and the second time in the 5th row...it really does make a difference - and i thought the movie did an excellent job), so we arranged to meet up for coffee later on that night. it was really good to catch up with him...he's the same age was me, but he's gone through a lot...we caught up on some other kids from youth group, and a lot of it was actually pretty sad. one guy is in jail for life, another committed suicide this past year... it's crazy.

on sunday at mosaic, we ran into pastor eugene. he was down for a retreat, so he got the weekend off�haven�t seen him for a while, but it sounds like things at kcpc are going well. it seems like those days were so long ago.

the not so random encounters that occurred last week...han was visiting, so i finally made semi-good on my promise to take him around la (while i was in michigan back in september, he was thinking about visiting his brother in socal, and i told him i'd totally take him around...didn't do that until the day before he was flying back to michigan...good one, ev) so we went to hollywood and highland...kodak theatre, chinese mann...then to k-town where we spent 30 minutes looking for a restaurant that was open (it being new year's day) until we finally had to settle on hodori (figures). then we drove around westwood and saw a little bit of the ucla campus and on the way back, drove down rodeo drive. i always have a hard time showing out-of-town visitors the city...what is there really to show them? i feel like la doesn't have the quirkiness or special landmarks that other big cities have...