Tonight I attended a going away party for 4 very special people. My best friend and his wife (and 2 kids) are leaving on January 14, 2011 to go to Guatemala as missionaries. Up until tonight, this was just a far off event in the future. But tonight, it all became real.
I realized tonight what I was losing. Granted, this is a selfish way to approach the situation, but it is the situation. I'm losing my best friend. You know, the kind of friend that only God can choose for you. The immeasurable blessings God has granted me through this man and his wife, as well as his extended family have impacted me for eternity.
By nature I am not an emotional person. So I will forgo any litany of reasons why he and his family are, well like family to me. But all this will be hard. It will be hard to not be around the one person who understands you better than anyone else (minus my wife). I suppose that's why God blesses us with memories!
Hurry home Jordan and Hannah, Solomon and Grace... (selfish, huh??)
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