Ever been on a double date with a couple that wasn’t calling themselves a couple yet?
Jacqueline and I were in South Korea for a conference, and our friends Clyde and Jenn were there as well. We wanted to get away or the afternoon once (don’t tell anybody, but I skipped meetings at conferences when I was on staff with CCC) and we decided a restaurant across the street from the conference center would be a good place to grab lunch. They had rice-bun hamburgers there. I don’t know if that’s the technical name for them, but it was a burger with rice patties in place of the bun, so that’s the best I’ve got.
Thanks to the awesome power of the internet, I found an example image to showcase what I'm talking about. Mine was a burger, not a chicken sandwich, though. Tasty image courtesy of N22YF.
Clyde and Jen were not dating at the time, but several times throughout lunch that day, Jacqueline and I gave each other looks as if to say, “did you see that? they should totally be dating!” Later when given a moment by ourselves we discussed the topic at length and decided that they were dating, they just hadn’t told themselves or each other yet. That was 2007.
Last night we had Clyde, Jenn, and their daughter Katelynn over for dinner. They are the local leaders for the Eastern NC team reaching students all over our area with Campus Crusade for Christ. Shortly after we left the conference in Korea, they started dating and a little more than a year later they were married.
Last night at dinner they told me they didn’t even know I was writing this blog. They live in my neighborhood, so that was eye-opening. I have readers in India whom I’ve never met, but my friends whose mail I check when they go out of town haven’t seen my blog. This post is my shameless ploy to get them over here to check it out.
Plus, they really do deserve a shouting-out. If you’re interested in seeing more about their ministry, check out their website (that I designed!) at http://enccru.com and tell them I sent you. To support them financially, check out the “Be The Change” link on that page. Go on now. What are you waiting for?
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haha! i skipped sessions at conferences when i was interning.
mental health, ya know? 
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We were leading one of the craziest summer projects ever together so there hadn’t been a really appropriate time to define the relationship. During that “double date” I remember having the similar thoughts as Jenn bought my lunch because I couldn’t get the Korean ATM to give me cash. As we ate a meal from our tray and Benn and Jacq did from theirs I thought this is kind of like we are dating. Thanks for the shout out.
Thanks for commenting! And was the extra “n” in my name intentional?
Oh. I skip meetings all the time. Is that bad? LOVE LOVE LOVE the Comers! I secretly wanted them to date from 2005 so glad they are together now!
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There were several of us who figured out before they did that they should have been dating!
And no, it’s not bad to skip meetings, I think. I take the philosophy that the conferences are designed for my spiritual growth, and as long as I am walking in the power of the Spirit, and sensitive to His leading, and not skipping out of a sense of entitlement, it’s OK.
I was with them on that crazy summer project of 2007. DEFINITELY not the time to have to DTR talk…
But I also knew that Jenn liked Clyde… had no idea if Clyde liked Jenn… he has a good poker face…
It’s all that Lady Gaga he listens to.