Great Friends

Our dear friends, Trish and Steve, came down this past week for a few days, on business. I've mentioned before that Trish is a recently published author. Her book, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, is a funny, revealing, honest, inspiring (among other adjectives) memoir of her journey through faith and love. It's hilarious! I LOVE it! GO PICK UP A COPY AT YOUR LOCAL BARNES AND NOBLE OR BORDERS!!!! SERIOUSLY, you will NOT be disapointed!!!

She is currently on a book tour, and D.C./NoVa was one of her stops. We were honored to spend any available time they had, with them:) We met this couple when we lived in Cambridge four years ago. We were attending the Cambridge Vineyard and were looking to get involved in a small group. There were only two that we were interested in because they were specifically for married couples and we knew that was what we needed. After a series of events we ended up at a prayer/worship meeting of one of them. Steve and Trish were one of the couples we met that night.

The evening was a powerful one, as they usually are when "Vineyardites" are involved! Trish had a vision for me (the first of many throughout the years) that ushered me into a season of healing some deep hurts. The Lord has given Steve and Trish a ministry for Gavin and myself like no other, since that night. We have been connected ever since!

I always feel so loved when they are with us, and accepted. Steve is a Truth-speaker, and functions in that gift well!! He doesn't get Gavin's "theology talk" but loves him and humors him anyway.:) That's real love! He has a simple, yet profound way of understanding how to walk in faith and persevere on this journey we're on. He calls out men of God to be better than they are.

We LOVE this couple, and we're thankful for their friendship.

Gavin and I were just discussing today how incredibly blessed we are to have such amazing friends in each of you. The Lord has continued to blow us away with the friendships He consistently brings us. We are a better couple because of you all, you know who you are. Thank you for your love and friendship. ...from our friends from college who have loved us through the good and the bad, to our recent friends that choose to walk along beside us on this journey of faith.

Our cup overflows...

(By the way, so cool! I went to my first ever book reading/signing to hear my new favorite author, Trish Ryan, read several excerpts from her book "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" and it was so much fun!!! She's so cool and down to earth! You would never have believed she was this accomplished new author! She signed my copy of her book.....it was SO cool. If you haven't already, you should pick up one of her books! It's a great read!....just in case I haven't already said that...)