On my very first day of summer school Greek at Luther Seminary I sat near this really energetic, super funny girl named Jen Newsome. We quickly became friends and have always shared really exciting conversations about how God is moving in the church and where we see glimpses of the kingdom.
We went to a week-long conference in Arizona one semester with other seminary students and were roomies on that trip. Through lots of soul searching and conversation, it was on that trip that I realized I wanted nothing more than to marry Rory Groves, and Jen began spending a bit more time with another friend on the trip, Ben. Which basically left us as two giddy school girls giggling about boys all night as we tried to go to sleep. (And somehow, we fit in getting the flu on this same trip and were puking when we weren't giggling. This is how memories are made...)
Jen and Ben have been married one year and are serving a really incredible church in Tacoma, WA. We spent two hours with them, getting a tour of their church campus- FOUR buildings, including a brand new food distribution center. I have always been excited to see what they would end up doing...there are days when any girl in any church might think the larger church just isn't getting it. But both Jen and Ben always seem to redeem my spirits and remind me that God is very much at work in his church. I am so proud to be their friend.
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