Man, this weekend was amazing.

I fell in love.

Yes, I, Sarah Sonke, fell in love.

I fell in love with Seattle.

I loved the busyness of the city. The niceness of the people. The cool, crisp air. The familiarity of everything around me. Everything.

It was so great seeing my best friend Emily in her stomping grounds. She was so confident and knew where she was going. She just looked so comfortable. That is encouraging to see your best friend doing so well.

Friday night, we got to go to the Colbie Caillat concert! It was so amazing!!!!! She was honestly so great. She was chill and down to earth! It was the perfect concert.

After the concert, we went to menchies, which was this very tasty froyo place… yum!

Saturday we slept in and then toured Seattle. It was such a nice day. No clouds in the sky. Chilly. Perfect.

We went to the Smith Tower, walked around Pikes Place and got Starbucks coffee (salted caramel mocha-YUM), sandwiches, soup, and salad, flowers, went to the gum wall, saw them throw fish (I even had one of the workers come up to me and point to my head band and ask what it was then pull the head band over my eyes. It was hilarious.), went to Kerry Park and looked at the Seattle sky line, went to the Seattle Public Library, and sooo much more!!

Here are some pictures!

Among it being such an amazing trip, I just felt like this was a mile stone in my adult life. This was the first vacation I have gone on that wasn’t organized and paid for by my parents. I decided that I wanted to go. I bought the tickets. I went. It was one of those moments that it hit me that I am an adult and no longer a child. I am responsible. It was a good feeling.

Also while I was there, I got the opportunity to see another one of my best friends, Sarah. She was my RA my Sophomore year and then on staff with me for RA my Junior Year. I just love her to death and I am so thankful for her.

This is a picture of her and her boyfriend, Brian. I went with her to Mars Hill Church where Mark Driscoll preaches. I was blown away. The church is doctrinally sound. They preach the gospel. They have ministries that are based off of biblical principles (I am mostly talking about their biblical counseling ministry). It is a large church, but they want to promote community so they have community groups of 10-15 people that foster growth in a smaller context. They also have a 14 month internship program that sounds absolutely amazing. Anyways, back to Sarah. It was so amazing to see her. She is doing well living in Gig Harbor, WA. She is growing so much in her faith, trusting the Lord, and surrendering her life to him. It made me so proud to see that she is doing well and growing up and being an adult. After church, we went to a Pete’s coffee in Freemont and just got to talk and chat about life. It was great and much needed.

Sunday afternoon, I went back to SPU and had lunch with Emily in Freemont. We went to this amazing and tasty restaurant called Jai Thai. It was soooo tasty…Oh My Goodness!!

  

 

Sunday night, we went to Emily’s church. They had a night service geared toward the college age crowd called FM1. It was such a fun service. They had a gospel choir from SPU come and sing and then a message from her pastor and then after free dinner. It was super tasty and I got to meet some of the people emily is closest to in her church family. It was nice.

This huge, long post is, yes to share about my lovely vacation, but it is mostly all to talk about how the Lord is just slowly directing me into who he wants me to be and where he wants me to go. Seattle really is a place that I would love to be. I have NO idea where the Lord will take me in May, but I know that after seeing Seattle, my fears and anxieties about A.G. [after Graduation ;)] were stilled. The Lord gave me so much peace. He just reassured me that His plan is great! His plan is perfect! AND He already has it all figured out. I just need to follow His lead and seek His wisdom.