In college, my Public Relations Media professor forced us to write a daily journal about something in the news. Her recommendation was that as public relations professionals we needed to know more about the world than the bubbles we would and do live in. It helps keep us connected and marketable in conversation; that we knew what we were talking about and how to reach those in that audience. Hmm, bubbles.

It has me thinking more about this world - Fuller. Is it a bubble? Tonight I sat on one of our couches with 9 friends watching The Office which is certainly my favorite show. Thanks to TIVO, Thursday nights is my roommate's and my time to gather friends from different pockets of our world to laugh, talk and de-bubblize.

Tonight on our three couches I had roommates, friends from old housing complexes, a friend I met 5 weeks ago in my apartment for Lost viewing party (also on a Thursday!), a new friend who has been sleeping on our couch since Monday night, and friends I've known since day 1 at Fuller. There's this unique story I share with each of them, and it's certainly entertaining to see it all come together.

It's funny how that works. All of those stories are unique and funny. It's funny how I got to watch a 5-minute video a group of friends have produced. It's called The Sold Project and it's devoted to raising awareness of and fighting human trafficking in America and abroad. It's an amazing project that has brought together amazing people from different parts of the US. One of those new friends' just moved to Pasadena 6 weeks ago to join their team and do their marketing. He lives with Fuller students, is not one, yet he's in my world and the Fuller circle. His heart and passion for the gospel bleeds through his work - incredible!

Another friend - sleeping on the couch momentarily - is connected to a friend from Fuller. He called my roommate last week and asked if his friend could crash a few nights while she's checking out the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller and the LA area. In her stay, she's connected with The Dream Center and made connections for her own job in Michigan, which happens to deal with - yup, human trafficking. Crazy. She met my friend from here, not in college, but in Europe while he's backpacking. When her world starts sending her towards LA and Fuller, again their worlds can connect. Yet her connections don't stop - she's connected to a friend who is living with the people who started The Sold Project - they were college acquaintances. She's got this amazing intuitive and caring heart - seeking justice and really seeking God's path. Amazing.

Is it just that world is so small? Or is it that God is so big? Do these connections in my world happen just on a fluke? I certainly can't say a definitive "yes" or "no" to either question. But God has this incredible way of humbly reminding me that Fuller isn't just Fuller. It's about making connections, networking, and realizing that this world isn't meant to be lonely. Graduate school isn't meant to be without people or without community. I laughed hysterically tonight watching Jim's fake proposal. But I beamed deeply inside at the little version of community I sensed for an hour in apartment #5.