Friends

God is so good... I mean, He NEVER waits too long to send those provisions does He?

Last evening we had the privilege to meet 2 families who are like-minded in SO many ways! It was a cool drink of water. Much like our visit with Chris & Dawn, we laughed, shared some of our testimonies, snacked, prayed a bit, sang together. Oh my... THIS is what we have been longing for! It is so hard to be on the proverbial "deserted island" when you know or hope there ar other survivors out there somewhere!

We were impressed with their children. Not that they were out to do that. Not at all. We felt So comfortable and at ease in the Norris' home! Their older 2 sons were sitting there in a participatory fashion... Gordon shared his tesimony with us and we were just floored. Non eof the children were in a hurry to get outdoors and play, they didn't sit there and sulk like they were being punished to be asked to sit in on a fellowship. There were no hollow-video-game eyes staring back at us. They set up straight, looked us square in the face and SMILED and talked! Teenagers CAN be great! I was beginning to think we had the only one! LOL

The Norris' have 4 sons and we met all but one of them. Their "eldest" has an awesome testimony and he's just 17! He will do great things for the Lord. The Richardson's live about 11 miles from us and we never knew they were there! They have 4 children and are waiting on a visa (I think!) to bring home their Tabitha from Liberia. Abigail & Hannah (the Richardson's oldest daughter who is 9) hit it off immediately. Hannah came up to Abby and introduced herself. She is a sweety! Shawn commented on her being a good wife for someone someday. She is so pretty too!

Shawn and I are on a high this morning... we didn't leave their house until about 11:30 or so and talked all the way home about all of the good things we see and reiterated the fact that fellowship is so lacking in our lives. Their visions are much the same as ours, their homes are set up similarly and from what we can tell they are looking for just we are in a "church".

It is such a blessing to have met these families. Whatever happens from this point on, we have received BLESSINGS from the Lord to have met them all.