Towards the end of Matt's time in the states to be with family for Maelee Day, the kids and I, and a super serving friend Megan, travelled to the capital to play with friends there and be there to welcome Daddy back in country. I didn't have a camera till the last day so I missed a hundred great shots... but here are a few.
The C family is absolutely precious to us. Their kids are boy, girl, boy, all just 3-4 months stepped up from ours. It is such great fun and such soul nourishment for us to be with them. We love you guys!
Our big guys, Isaiah and Hudson, have a depth to their pre-K friendship that is plainly visible and deeply admirable. We remarked how great it is to see the way they believe the best about each other, are (almost always) quick to forgive, and faithful to delight in each other. Such a sweet picture of friendship in a way that Christ surely delights in too.
The boys played hard together, fighting off bad guys with foam swords and fighting off sleep by telling stories. One of Isaiah's was about "two kings and two queens. The queens were Marian the Kind, and Gracie the Really Kind." Marian does have a way to go in learning the heart and skill of serving, loving, blessing others in friendship like this. She definitely has the fun-ness of child-play down.... Now for more of the kindness. We are praying!
We asked Isaiah this evening what he thought of Gracie and he told us "she's really kind, just like Jesus, and her face is a lot of smiles." We all love you too Gracie and sweet little wacky one, Titus. How fun it will be to see these two little boys play together next time.
What sweet pictures, Jill. There is nothing quite like good friends. I am so glad you had such wonderful friends to spend time with while Matt was away.
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