Jason had a surprise visitor this weekend! Erin, his girlfriend, arranged to get a ride from Moody Bible in Chicago to Cedar Rapids on Friday morning. She enlisted our support to help her pull off this surprise visit.
Sharon told Jason that we needed to do some Christmas shopping at Westdale on Friday morning and asked him if he would like to join us for lunch around 12:45. Jason, never one to pass up a free meal, was all over the offer. So we arranged to meet him at his Starbucks store and then go out for lunch.
What Jason didn't know is that before meeting him for lunch, we picked Erin up at the Lemstone store on the southwest side. She hid in the back of our van and we made the short trip to pick up Jason.
Everything ran like clockwork except one small hitch. The store was busy when we arrived and Jason couldn't take his lunch break right away. That left Erin huddled in the back of our cold van for over 15 minutes! But it was well worth her wait to see the look of surprise on Jason's face as he open the back of the van. Jason's first comment was, "There's a person in here!" And then he realized that it was Erin! You can click on the picture above to see a short slide show of the surprise meeting.
We enjoyed a great lunch at Pancheros, retelling the whole story. And of course, we have enjoyed having Erin with us this weekend. She's a joy to have around. We will miss her when she returns to Chicago tomorrow. It's been a weekend to remember; a weekend full of surprises!
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