Friday Night Lights

by Ruth

Exhausted is not a strong enough word to describe how I felt after two days of Summit craziness.

We headed to Kyle’s for dinner after the Summit ended on Friday.  We didn’t know who else would be there.  Some of the promotional strategy team was.  Others we knew came in.  And some we didn’t.

But we looked at each other in disbelief when a certain couple walked through the doors.  A couple we didn’t know, but very much wanted to talk to.  They had spoken at the lunch Pastor Kyle had that afternoon at the Summit.  They are the ones who run “Families of Promise” – an adoption ministry at our church.  They had shared about that ministry at the lunch.  And we knew we needed to touch base with them.

Not for a minute did we think it was a coincidence they were at Kyle’s house for dinner the same night we were.

We were able to catch Jodi after we had eaten, and shared our story with her.   We learned some valuable information from her, and she gave us her thoughts on some good steps to take next.  One of them was watching a video series – one they use for an adoption class that is sometime offered through the church.

And guess who happened to have the videos?  Kyle.  He was going to be watching them as part of his preparation for the upcoming sermon series.  Jodi & I went in search of Kyle to see if there was a chance we could borrow them.  We found him, and Jodi asked if he had them at home or if they were in his office.  They were at his house.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Kyle looked at me with a bit of a smile and asked “are these for you?” What’s going on?” He might not have asked that had he known he would get a tearful jumble of incoherent details – but I think he got the jist of the story.  Kyle prayed for and with us, right then and there.  I love a pastor that will do that.