friends

The last few days have been full of creative fun and good friends...we're thankful!

Molly and Trish were dear friends in high school and I'm so blessed to still have them in my life and to finally meet little Sammy!  PLUS they made us dinner and had lots of Ben and Jerry's...Hard to believe how time flies and how sweet it is to be with girls who knew you before everything!

Then today we were off to Finday, Ohio, which DID prove to be half-way, but also proved to be a truly bizarre place to entertain children.  We finally ended up at this pirate-themed bouncy house place (yikes) which the girls enjoyed, nonetheless, and gave us time to catch up!  

Sofie's picture taking skills, though she adores practicing, are still greatly lacking :)

For now, it's still gonna be Lily.

Rick and Carol are dear friends we met and lived with in Haiti forever ago (it feels like) and Carol is the CFO of Emmaus....which basically means she helps me understand (and fix) all of the financial stuff I'm doing there day to day.  Better, they have become such dear life and ministry partners, and head into Haiti in just a few weeks to stay at our house and to wrap up our books for the year and to help Phil and Em...so thankful!  

It's amazing to look at the community around us and marvel at how the Lord has brought so many different people from so many different places into our lives and made them family.