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Katie and me, about an hour before my wedding this past May!

My best friend turns 23 today!

Here’s a few reasons (both silly & serious!) explaining why Katie — my best friend and a friend to many — is so loved:

1. The morning of my wedding, she prayed for me, made me hot tea and toast and held my hand as my “day-of” anxiety spiked around 6 a.m. Oh, let’s not forget to mention that she was a maid of honor two weekends in a row — her best friend from home was married the Saturday prior to my wedding!
2. She makes gorgeous paper flowers.
3. When she has a good mix CD playing in her car, she’ll often snap her fingers, do a little dance and take her hands off the wheel as she drives!
4. She’s gifted in sharing the message about Jesus with others.
5. Her handwriting could — and really should! — be made into a font.
6. She loves learning about other cultures and always wants to the bigger picture of how God is working in the world.
7. Her family is sweet, funny and supportive.
8. She will — at any time of day — share mate with you. Oh, and stay up all night because of the caffeine in it.
9. She wants to simplify her life.
10. God is softening her heart toward His plans for her life. And she’s responding, “Here I am, Lord.”
11. She is beautiful!
12. Her time in Argentina was a period of growth, memories and trusting God…
13. …and let’s not forget that she is fluent in Spanish!
14. 90′s country is her favorite.
15. She invited me on a road trip to visit her family in Tennessee a few summers ago before both of us headed off to our summer projects.
16. When she gets excited about something, she talks reallyfastandyoucan’treallyunderstandher.
17. She’ll go far and wide to be a good friend.
18. Woodworking is a skill of hers!
19. She’s smart — a really good writer, communicator and well-read!
20. She can’t really sing, but she sings loud anyway! (And she’ll readily admit it, too.)
21. She’s honest about her desires — to be married someday, to partner with God in reaching the world, to live outside her comfort zone and the “American dream.”
22. She makes some mean ethnic food.
23. Quality time speaks volumes to her — and a day with Katie is well-spent, to be sure.

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