Visiting With Missionary Friends

We were so blessed to spend yesterday evening with friends who are leaving as missionaries to South America early next year! Before last night, we really didn’t know the family that well, but we were excited about their ministry and wanted to get to know them better as well. We had a really good time with them!

The men chatting before dinner.

All of the ladies in the kitchen. I was busy frying up tortillas for. . .

. . .make-your-own tacos!

They were very delicious!

We enjoyed getting to know the G’s better over dinner.

The kids also enjoyed visiting and discussing their mission field.

For dessert we enjoyed a delicious fruit salad provided by our friends, brownie bites, and hot pumpkin pudding with whipped cream. We also drank some amazing hot mulled cider that our friends brought. It was all so good!

The kids enjoyed playing board games in the basement for much of the evening.

After dinner and dessert—around 9:00 p.m.—we all went into the living room to hear the G’s presentation about their upcoming ministry in South America. It was so saddening to hear of the poverty they witnessed, and the treatment of unwanted children. But we are so excited about their new ministry! They will be helping set up family-based “orphanages,” which are actually homes with Christian parents and 10-12 orphaned or abandoned children, who permanently become their children. Their ministry is described well by Psalm 68:6, “God places the lonely in families.”

They did an awesome job with their presentation!

We really enjoyed getting to know their family better and hearing about their ministry! We look forward to seeing how God works through them in South America. Who knows, maybe someday we will visit them in the mission field!