We had a great time visiting with the team from our church in MD. It was such an encouragement and so uplifting. We have had it a bit rough lately and it was just what we needed. I’m sorry it was such a short visit. But the team was gracious enough to bring a suitcase full of goodies from our friends and family. These suitcases are so precious to us and they’re always filled with stuff that makes us so happy. Thanks to everyone that helped make this a month to remember!
It’s the little things, like Peppermint extract and Old Bay seasoning…
All of us get pretty excited about junk food especially beef jerky, slim jims, OREO cookies, Goldfish crackers and candy like Starbursts and Candy Corn. We can’t get stuff like this here.
For Makenna, it was crazy socks, shirts, crazy gloves and trail mix that really made her happy!
Even the cat’s liking it’s chops… probably for the beef jerky…
Jenny loves Hello Kitty ANYTHING.
Pokemon and LEGO ANYTHING (even books) are a huge hit!
I got some great books from my parents, along with my Dad’s famous snoopy drawing!
The HFC gear was so amazing! Jonathan sent a bunch of USB sticks and drives, each loaded with RACHEL downloads for our classrooms and WSUS updates! Tim sent us laptop batteries for our netbooks and Rob sent all sorts of swag from DEFCON. The IHC handmade bag is so cool and was filles with CISCO Aeronet PC cards for our laptops. Cool!
When Jenny came she brought real Korean ramen! What a treat!
It’s good to be missed and loved. =)
I see Stephen Lawhead books! Nice!
It was so good to hang out with you guys. I was very disappointed that we couldn’t find the time to meet back up and get the full tour. One more reason for me to come back I guess. I had a very interesting dream the night we met. I’ll email the details.
The Keep is incredible. What a beautiful place. I posted some pics on facebook. They weren’t that great due to user error, but I’ll get some better ones next time.
Met a neat girl at the Amsterdam airport. Her name is Carolyn Zacharias. She should be in to visit some time soon. She was returning to stay for a couple of years. I’m sure you’ll welcome her.
GOD bless you all and stay encouraged.
Sounds like everything went well and i’m glad smiles were enjoyed and fun/useful stuff was delivered to you guys :)