Okay ~ so it's been TWO months since we last posted a blog......BUT - as most of you know, our daughter, Stephanie, came to visit for almost 3 weeks!! We had much preparation for the visit, a completely non-stop amazing time while she was here, and then have been TRYING to recover since she left... :(
To be perfectly honest, we have yet to recover.... Spending time together was beyond anything we could have dreamed up, but watching her leave was also more painful than we would have imagined as well. As we attempt to "get back at it", every now and then there is a tear to shed. There is, however, many smiles and joy in our hearts as we relive the experiences we had together.
We are still going through the over 6,000 pictures taken by us all.... and we are hoping to share some with you in another blog. Don't worry.....not all of them. :) In the meantime, we thought we'd just post these few.
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| Arrival day at the Israel airport. |
During the week that the Arts Evangelica dance team came, we were blessed to have a private time at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem for them to film a dance. Our AMAZINGLY, awesome "son-in-love" Travis - who is a professional videographer & editor with his own business in North Carolina - http://stewartmediallc.com - filmed and edited the dance. We thought we'd share it with you all. It's a YouTube video, and you can make the screen big by clicking the icon on the bottom right corner to make the video full screen. Enjoy!!
Later that same day, we all went to an army base where the dance team both performed and danced with the soldiers. More pictures to come in a later blog....
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| Daddy getting to share with his baby what he's doing in Israel with the soldiers at a base. |
Needless to say, the days went far too fast....we did cherish a few days at the end of the trip with just the three of us - picnic & swimming at the Dead Sea, hiking Mount Arbel, visiting an underground cavern, and many more precious times together as we enjoyed being with each other.
It was starting to get difficult when we knew the time was coming near for Stephanie to back to North Carolina. We could all feel it....but we pressed through to not allow any joys of the moments be stolen. But whether any of us were ready or not, the time came to say good-bye ~ for now that is. The four of us agreed that we would not allow that much time to pass again before we saw each other. None of us know when, but God has the details - and our hearts are in His Hands, and we shall trust Him. Thank you for your prayers, support and encouragement.
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| Not wanting to let go at the airport. |
A blessing will be on your coming in
and on your going out.
Deuteronomy 28:6
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