Church is Like a Box of Chocolates

So, we have tried our best to attend church every Sunday, wherever we are.  In the words of my friend Erika, after all we do each week, shouldn't we spend a couple hours focused on God on Sundays? We've been fairly successful and have attended 4 out of the 5 Sundays in the mainland.
It's been a very interesting part of our trip. Each Sunday has shown us a new town, type of church, and each church has had it's own personality or style.
The first Sunday found us in Tacoma.  We attended a church that happened to be having a breakfast and though we were late, five different people offerred us food.  There was a guest speaker and he recited entire books of the Bible, acting them out.  It was amazing and interesting.
For the second Sunday we were in Ashland, Oregon.  It was a beautiful building with a very slow paced service.  There was slow hymns and a long long message.  The people were friendly but we lost Kealia to slumberland half way through.
The third week we went to church in Monterey and that was the funniest of all.  It was SPEED church.  So fast! The music was fast and loud and like a rock band.  The message was spoken by a speed talking preacher.  The welcome of guests was a quick spin around of, "Hello, Hello, Hello."  The closing and departure were the funniest of all as everyone was half way out the door before the preacher could be done.  Don't get me wrong we liked it, we were on our way to the aquarium...it was just funny.
We skipped the fourth Sunday, but we attended today, in Phoenix Arizona.  Actually, I think the church we went to was outside Phoenix in a smaller area and it was a Methodist church. It was our first traditional service in a giant church with everyone all dressed up and organ and piano music with a choir.  I think it was my favorite church so far and I loved the message.  It was about how suffering leads to character...
I'm so glad we went.
Over the years I've discovered that for me, there's no perfect church.  There always seems to be parts you love and parts that are a bit different than you are used to.  The main thing is...at church, you find yourself amongst fellow believers.  It's a comfortable place, if you let it be.  You truly never know what you're gonna get, but like chocolate...it's gonna be pretty good, no matter what.