A couple of weeks ago, Marilyn was privileged to attend a conference in San Diego for pastor's wives. It was held at the Shadow Mountain Community Church, where David Jeremiah is the lead pastor.
It was a very informative conference and so enjoyable to hear from fellow PWs, sharing about their joys and sorrows in their ministry roles of the church. We heard from a variety of speakers, including Jani Ortberg and Lisa Chan, and also met many new friends from several different states.
The best part of this conference was being able to spend two whole days with my long-time friend and colleague DL. Our paths in life have been so similar: both born and raised in MN; we went to the same school in France, one year apart; while attending school in France, we both gave birth to our firstborn; we served together for many years as missionaries in Africa; our children grew up together (we both had four kids!), and now we are serving neighboring congregations in SoCal. The time of sharing and praying together those two days was awesome!
Last weekend, we were invited to spend a wonderful afternoon with some more missionary friends. We first met this young lady while she was attending high school in Nigeria. What a joy to visit her home and meet her family, and to renew friendships with her parents and her brother and his family.
Two more colleagues from our years in Africa! And, as always, these lovely women are spending long hours in the kitchen preparing delicious food! What a treat to have African Groundnut stew again, YUM!
Good friends, great fellowship, wonderful memories!
Our sons grew up with this young man, enjoying many hours of hunting and exploring together.
And many years ago, this young man told us that he was never going to get married...
...twelve years ago we went to his wedding, and look at him now!
Lot of cousins, lots of toys, lots of fun! We had such a great time together and so appreciate the spiritually rich friendship that we have enjoyed with this family for so many years. Thanks for the invite!
After we visited our friends, we drove to J&K's to spend the night. Little brother was in bed by the time we arrived, but big brother was still awake, and quite excited to see us and also to show off his trophies from his summer sports.
"Grandpa, did you see my trophies?"
What a thrill for us to visit our boys in their homes and enjoy their family life, close-up and personal!
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