blessed deeply

i have no pictures.

ok. i'm stealing a picture from last year...

we had the HOPE team over for dinner last night. it was so fun.

we've been meeting with these 3 couples for a little over a year. we've launched a ministry at our church together.

we've welcomed 4 new sons into our collective families!

we are at a stage in our life where it's not easy to invest in the friendships that we already treasure. much less form new ones.

but these??

these friendships just happened. God has moved and worked and formed and we are blessed DEEPLY by each and every one of them. we are in awe as we stand back and look what God has done - by blessing us with these friendships...and all He has done through the events the HOPE group has organized this past year.

we are SO excited for the coming year! we can already see ways that He is moving and working and it's going to be AWESOME!

but, for now, i'm just so thankful for these friendships and the fellowship that we have together!

we love you, HOPE group!!! :-)

{i REALLY wish i had taken pictures! sad!}