There are those people who are like a breath of fresh air. They refresh the heart and the spirit through laughter and long conversations. Instead of depleting, they fill us up. We've just spent four days with friends like this, Shannon and Kenny, and although I am tired (lots of late night conversation), these days have been like taking a deep, cleansing breath. I love our friends, and feel it is just not right that we live so far away from each other. We have both prayed that God would allow us to live closer together, but God has kept them in Phoenix and we will stay in Tulsa, and so it is not the season for them to be Okies, or us to be Arizonans (we've been there and done that). So we cherish the snatches of time we have together, and wring all the best out of the moments. It was a great four days. We did a little moving, some home improvement projects, they watched our slide shows of Ethiopia and Azerbaijan trips (only true friends would do this), ate at Cafe Ole, sat with Mom, had dinner with Dad, and they made our kids laugh. They are treasures, and we are blessed.
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There are those few friends in life, like Timothy and Epaphroditus, who will travel great distances to put the interests of others in front of their own. From this point forward, I shall refer to Kenny as Timothy and Shannon as Epaphroditus. I think they'll like that.
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