Feeling a bit more connected

We have lived in Merced for over a year and half now, and are finally started to feel more connected to people. We have built some good friendships and relationships with people from both of our schools, but we had been a little frustrated with how slowly we were getting connected to our church. We have been attending there for about a year, and have tried 2 small groups (they go 3-4 times a year for 8-10 weeks and then start new ones), one of which flopped after the first meeting. The second one we started late and started getting to know people, but then it ended. Now we have started yet another with mostly other young couple who we have started to get to know in various ways, but never got to keep going in those relationships. So we are very excited to get to know people better now! Despite how busy I feel like my life is, I also know how important Christian community is, and I feel like this is a much needed thing for us, even if it's just one more thing on my overflowing plate. The people around us are important and help to take the focus off of ourselves; particularly when life is full and busy and it feels like the focus is on myself far too often.