Heidi and I have been adopted!

So recently at church we have started a program called Adopt a Buster. Basically its an older couple who "adopts" a younger couple to mentor. Heidi and I signed up but we really didn't know what to expect and to be honest I wasn't looking forward to it, it seemed like a program that would get going and then lose it's momentum as so many can. So a few weeks after we signed up we were given our assignments and we were given Lloyd and Mary Cain. We knew Lloyd and Mary, atleast who they were, I had been in a few of Lloyds Sunday School classes but we had never really spent any time with them other then at church and that wasn't much. So the day we got our new mentors we all went out to eat at Golden Coral which I wasn't looking forward to because I try to stay away from the buffet type restaurants. We spent about an hour talking and just getting to know each other and it was nice. So we planned our next meeting, which was dinner at their house on a Friday night. So a couple week later we arrive at their house around 6 p.m. We figured it would last an hour or two and we would go home, little did we know how much fun and how interesting the night would be. After a fantastic dinner we all sat in the living room just chatting, and chatting, and chatting. We learned so much about Lloyd and Mary, all the places he has preached (he is a retired minister) his mission work, all the places they have lived and their thoughts on God, church and the world we live in today. We ended up chatting until 10:30 and we had to make ourselves leave, I think the Cains would have let us sleep there. After spending so much time with them I can honestly say they are our friends now and I look forward to spending more time with them. I think all churches should have some kind of program like this. The knowledge and friendships you might gain are well worth the time. God has blessed Heidi and I with this relationship, it can only help us grow in the church and with God. After this month we actually are suppose to switch mentors and I am looking forward to it because of the opportunity to get to know more people and we get to maintain our friendship with Lloyd and Mary. Just because we will be switching doesn't mean we will stop having dinner with Lloyd and Mary.