Convention and My Birthday
On July 8th, I went with a group from my church to North Carolina for Mennonite Convention. While I was there I had a lot of fun exploring the expansive hotel/convention center with my friends. I rode the elevators and escalators everywhere, got lots of free stuff, and watched Bluey for the first time. Plus there were seminars to go, and karaoke parties, and hymn-sings in the Imperial Ballroom. (Yes, it was called the Imperial Ballroom. There were actually multiple Imperial Ballrooms, plus Victoria Ballrooms A B and C, and Guilford Ballrooms A through F. Or something. As one of the speakers at MennoCon said, "Don't quote me.") There were so many things to do inside the convention center that I actually didn't go outside at all for almost three days. And another thing: While I was in North Carolina, I had a birthday! One of the younger kids in my church youth group got the entire lunch room to sing to me, which totally caught me off guard. You’d think I would be mort...
