Hi @nwengerd, welcome to our community.
I would like to take a moment to offer you a message for all newbies to
learn more about our community which you can find here.
We always run contests so be sure to do them for a chance to win gold bars.
This community does not offer you a way to add friends to your games. As @keke98 said, you can only get friends to send you lives on Facebook or through the Kingdom.