New Friends!

One of the things that's been really neat for us this year is just making contact with lots of people from China. We're literally surrounded by people from all over the world, but especially Asia. And now that we live on campus, there are so many students who come from across the world. We've been blessed to have gotten to know some students through Church who have been helping babysit during our mom's group which has doubled in size and number of quickly growing toddlers who could use some extra eyes and help so that the moms can have some more focused Bible time together.

Needless to say, we've loved having these ladies as part of our lives! And the more we've gotten to know them, the more we have in common. Like, for example, they've all gone to International Schools in China, they've all lived and traveled around the world, they are students here, and they (mostly) attend our church. We've enjoyed the time together so much that we've started a college women's group that meets at my place one evening a week. It's a natural fit, I actually feel like I used to in China when I met regularly with a group of girls who wanted to grow in their faith. And these ladies remind me of an older version of my TIS girls which is really neat. It's like I'm beginning to step out of the pregnancy and baby time warp I've been in for the last 2 years and interact with students which is a part of me that I've really missed. I'm blessed and so glad for these gals!