Lizzyism

Tonight, Lizzy called her Dad to see when he would be home, what she told him when he answered the phone was "Dad, the meatballs are so not good"

Jesus is Coming

So last night when Adam was finishing up the bedtime routine with Lizzy she told him that Jesus was going to come to visit tonight. Adam said, no, I don't think that he will be coming to our house. She almost made it sound like she was going to go to bed and wait for Santa to arrive, but she would know when he showed up so she could talk to him. She insisted that her teacher at church told her Jesus was going to come to her house tonight. So Liz went to sleep and at 1am I heard her come in our room. I asked her if I could take her back to her bed. She said yes and when we got there she said, Mom, I guess Dad was right--He is not coming to visit. It almost broke my heart a little that she had such faith. I told her that Jesus still loved her and although he wasn't going to visit her in person, he was always with her. She seemed OK after that. I love her sweet testimony.

4th of July

It was nice to be back in the USA for the 4th of July. It was our first time to celebrate in 3 years on the home land. One of the best parts was that our friends, the Buhlers, traveled down from DC to celebrate with us. We were so excited to see them again and had fun doing some sightseeing, relaxing and playing cards.

Saturday we visited Boone Hall Plantation which is just down the street from our house. The plantation was very pretty—especially the entrance of oak trees.

That afternoon we hit the beach. The beach here is awesome—great sand, shallow and gentle waves for the kids.

On the 4th, we enjoyed church and then walked around downtown before enjoying the fireworks in front of the USS Yorktown. It was a great show that lasted 20 minutes. The kids were pretty excited.

We were sad to see the Buhlers go home and hopefully our paths will cross again soon!

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