christie and i did a lot of things over about four days, and since she's just an awesome person, it was a great visit!
we went to one of her friend yuneng's house who was having a get together for a rooftop bbq.
it was quite a bit too winding though, so we just ate inside. i got to meet a bunch of lovely people including telisa and lucy and justin and um... um... hm, other super friendly people. : )
i watched christie and her coppi teammates liz, christian, and meg in a bike race.
christie is totally hard core. i mean, she already moved up in a category in a race the day before, so the race i saw wasn't even that critical, and she still got third place! not only that, but two of her teammates got first and fourth!
we biked to christie's church and heard a great lesson on how to share the gospel with humility.
we stopped by giant on or way home where christie got some groceries for dinner. a giant in dc makes for great people watching. at the house, christie whipped up a delicious meal and her housemate deb and friend melissa joined. mmm, good food and good people always go well together.
i went for a bike ride to check out the franciscan monastery. the little bit of the property that i saw was very pleasant.
i biked to another part of town where i met christie for a presentation by anthony bradley called 'christian charity and public action: what social justice really means.' he was an excellent speaker.
i can't reiterate everything he said, but it was a lot of good food for thought. to help the poor requires treating all people with human dignity, empowering all, being committed to the process with it's sacrifices for the long-haul... doing it all out of love. and more... but that's from my memory (which i don't have much of) and not notes (which i'm not good at taking anyway).
on our way home, some guy in a car at a stop light hailed christie's attention because he saw her bike and wondered if she would be interested in buying a bike he had. city's are always full of surprising encounters.
the night before i left dc, i finally got to meet annie, the third housemate who wasn't in town in november. yay!
so, my dc visit was a fun success. : ) i will again miss my friends there.
