Michigan visitors, yeah

Today Vern & Dianne Meyaard and Vern & Mary Bosch from our church in Zeeland, arrived in Lesotho. They are here for about a week and it was so good to see familiar faces and give them all a hug. I told them that it almost doesn't feel real to see someone from home. I am so happy they are here because I have been missing home pretty badly for a few days now. We enjoyed a nice big dinner and then we would have spent some time talking, but they were overtaken by my children. Elijah was busy telling one of the Verns all about what he has learned in school and showing him his collection of Magic Tree house books and Jigsaw Jones books. Faith was having Dianne read a Christmas blizzard book and then one chapter of one of her Puppy Puzzle books. She said my mom usually reads one chapter a night to me..."how many days are you going to be here?" And at the same time both of them were chattering away, Mercy went and grabbed a few books of her own and showed them to Vern and Mary. I think my children have been missing their grandparents quite a bit so they held in everything they have been wanting to share and then let it all loose in a 2 hour period. I can't even begin to quote all the crazy things they were saying, but Bryan and I had a huge laugh over our kids, especially Faith who is usually more shy.

So after we had them brush their teeth and get in bed, the adults were able to get more talking done. We were able to share about our time here and about the time they were here 5 years ago. So much has changed and developed, yet so much is still the same. I am looking forward to tomorrow when they will have more time to play with "all my kids" aka my 3 and the 50 other kids here at BG. We got to introduce them to several of the kids today, but they will have lots more time to hold babies and play with kids. We are excited to share our journey with them and know that they will be blessed by Beautiful Gate.