There are few things more precious that good friends and one of the blessings of this trip was catching up with lifelong friends.
The first catch-up was with a couple DH and I have known since a few months before our wedding. We'd started to look at churches together for when we would be married and living in a different town, and met this couple at one of the churches that we visited. We became good friends and remained at that church for several years. The friendship lasted much longer.
However, apparently this friend made White Choc Chip Pikelets for The Most Adorable Granddaughters#4, #5, #6 and #7 which they claim were even better than my Dark Choc Chip Pikelets (which, incidentally, for a while were my only form of bribery to get The Most Adorable Granddaughter#6 to stay at my house for any length of time without her Mummy and Daddy) so the friendship might now be in jeopardy.
We've been through a lot together: even down to being in hospital at the same time to give birth to our respective youngest sons (I still haven't forgiven her for jumping the queue - I was due first but my baby is four days younger than hers!).
When she heard we were going to be in Oz she invited - and catered - for all 18 of us. And what a wonderful night it was (so wonderful that we forgot to take group photos).
By the way, organising for us all to arrive at their house at the same time was a mission and as a result we got to enjoy some spectacular scenery that night (while waiting for those that had misunderstood my incredibly inarticulate directions and went to the wrong park to meet up).
The second catch-up was with a friend I have known since I was 11. We met at a Youth For Christ Rally - the same night I rededicated my life to the Lord. We lived in different towns at the time - in fact, have always lived in different towns - but began a personal correspondence that has been a blessing to us both. The correspondence has dwindled but definitely not the friendship.
This time we met up at the Australian Reptile Park (more of that in another post). While the rest of the family enjoyed everything the park had to offer, we talked and talked and talked. A day wasn't long enough to say everything we wanted to say.
There was also another catch-up with friends whom we met as a young family through church. It was great to see their grown family and catch up on their news but there's not a single photo to document the event.
With so few days in Australia, and with so many things to do, there were others that we just couldn't manage to see. Perhaps we need to plan another trip where we just catch-up with friends? Thankfully, even if we don't see many of them here on earth again in this lifetime, many we will see in Heaven. And then we'll have eternity to catch up!
The first catch-up was with a couple DH and I have known since a few months before our wedding. We'd started to look at churches together for when we would be married and living in a different town, and met this couple at one of the churches that we visited. We became good friends and remained at that church for several years. The friendship lasted much longer.
However, apparently this friend made White Choc Chip Pikelets for The Most Adorable Granddaughters#4, #5, #6 and #7 which they claim were even better than my Dark Choc Chip Pikelets (which, incidentally, for a while were my only form of bribery to get The Most Adorable Granddaughter#6 to stay at my house for any length of time without her Mummy and Daddy) so the friendship might now be in jeopardy.
We've been through a lot together: even down to being in hospital at the same time to give birth to our respective youngest sons (I still haven't forgiven her for jumping the queue - I was due first but my baby is four days younger than hers!).
When she heard we were going to be in Oz she invited - and catered - for all 18 of us. And what a wonderful night it was (so wonderful that we forgot to take group photos).
By the way, organising for us all to arrive at their house at the same time was a mission and as a result we got to enjoy some spectacular scenery that night (while waiting for those that had misunderstood my incredibly inarticulate directions and went to the wrong park to meet up).
The second catch-up was with a friend I have known since I was 11. We met at a Youth For Christ Rally - the same night I rededicated my life to the Lord. We lived in different towns at the time - in fact, have always lived in different towns - but began a personal correspondence that has been a blessing to us both. The correspondence has dwindled but definitely not the friendship.
This time we met up at the Australian Reptile Park (more of that in another post). While the rest of the family enjoyed everything the park had to offer, we talked and talked and talked. A day wasn't long enough to say everything we wanted to say.
There was also another catch-up with friends whom we met as a young family through church. It was great to see their grown family and catch up on their news but there's not a single photo to document the event.
With so few days in Australia, and with so many things to do, there were others that we just couldn't manage to see. Perhaps we need to plan another trip where we just catch-up with friends? Thankfully, even if we don't see many of them here on earth again in this lifetime, many we will see in Heaven. And then we'll have eternity to catch up!
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