Church mix-ups

The grown-ups (my parents) slept in the hotel last night and the kids (us young adults) slept in the fifth-wheel.  We got up and showered in the hotel before putting on church clothes and getting ready to experience a brand new church in North Dakota.  We headed out, following my dad's GPS, which was a bad move.  It took us all over Fargo on a wild goose chase for the elusive church.  Finally we tried out using Jonathan's phone, which got us to the right address, though once we were there we saw warehouses, a police station, and a residential area, but nothing resembling a church.  Finally we decided to go to another church in the area and the GPS got us to that one fine.  Just as we were walking up the stairs to go into the church, I noticed their signpost hanging beside the door: Church 9:30 a.m., Sabbath School (which I will hereafter refer to with the initials, SS) 11 a.m.  Yep, you guessed it.  This church had their services backwards.  So we went in, broke up a SS class, introduced ourselves, and settled into the class as best we could.

 The group was super friendly and it turned out that the SS leader for the class we were in was the father of a Southern graduate and another Southern student, Jessi and Krista.  Both Tyler and I knew Jessi from classes, and Bryn and I both knew Krista from SM class.  Wow, the Adventist world really is small.  When SS was done, many members talked to us and the SS teacher invited us all over to his house.  So we went back to our hotel, changed into comfier clothes, and drove out to their farm.  His wife made an amazing lunch and we got to know them better.  Their girls weren't back from Southern yet, since they stayed an extra few days to do some fun after-school activities.  They were planning to get home the next day.  After lunch, we talked a bit longer until we realized we had to continue our journey.  We took pictures of each other and then drove back into town.  Now we're just about to check out of our hotel room and leave.  Wonder how far we'll make it this afternoon and evening.