It's great to have friends, and that's one of the things Pam and I most appreciate about Anchor Community Church. We've got plenty of them. People we can get together with on the spur of the moment. Not that we do that a lot. But we could.

Like Sunday night. After church that morning, Mark and Tami were talking to Gary and Hop, and I walked up. "Wanna come over?" Mark said. They were throwing together an impromptu Super Bowl party, and wanted to know if Pam and I would join them. Sure we would.

So we showed up at 5:30. Gary and Hop (who was among the Vietnamese boat people) were already there, along with some of Hop's egg rolls, the best I've ever had. She made them one Friday night at the youth center, and I couldn't get enough of them. Brought an immediate smile to my face and an eager rumbling in my stomach. Then Tom and Kathy arrived. Just the eight of us. The guys and Kathy ended up in the living room watching the game. When a commercial break came, Mark would yell out "Commercial!", and the gals in the kitchen might--or might not--come watch.

I guess we liked the Fedex dinosaur commercial best.

It was an enjoyable evening. None of us were emotionally invested in either the Steelers or Seahawks, so we could just watch the game without having any hopes and dreams dashed (they were dashed three weeks ago when the Colts bowed out).

So that was our evening. Nothing fancy. Just Christian friends getting together in a nice, cozy home to enjoy each other's company. Meets a need for Pam and me.