Well, that quote about sums up our guests these past few months....some very dear friends whom we've known for many, many years, others we've gotten to know a bit from conferences and a visit to their home in Tennessee, and a new couple whom we'd never met until they showed up at our door to spend the night with us!
Let me introduce you...
Meet Steve and Sue, dear friends from pre-marriage days. They live only 30 minutes up the road from us now, and Sue and I get together for lunch occasionally. We're thankful for them and their ministry in the Navigators for decades and loved that they dropped by to say hello and enjoy some blackberry cobbler with us:
I'm sure you'll recognize this Papua New Guinea missionary couple from previous posts on the blog over the years. They always stop by for an overnight whenever they're on furlough. Kim and Annie are long-time friends also, and it's always interesting to hear stories of their adventures:
The week before Thanksgiving we heard from friends Tim and Donna from Connecticut...they were headed to their son's home in Florida for Thanksgiving and wanted to stop by here on their way. Tim was Tom's best man in our wedding...so our friendship goes back a ways, too.
The plan was to stay overnight, but winter weather coming in would have stranded them on our steep hill. So they left earlier than intended...but not before a fun time of catching up and serving them some delicious Spicy Coconut Pumpkin Soup:
So as Tim and Donna were heading to sunny Florida, we prepared for Chris and Tami from Tennessee, the young couple below who arrived on Friday. They were in the area to pick up a large meat order from Joel Salatin's Polyface farm nearby and needed a place to stay overnight.
We had been asked if we would host Chris and Tami by mutual friends in Tennessee while they were helping by baby-sitting the couple's 6 children while the parents were on their meat-mission in Virginia.
What a wonderful evening we had getting acquainted! They showed up at our door as strangers and left the next morning as friends!
So as Chris and Tami were heading back home, we began to prepare for our third set of guests before Thanksgiving...the mutual friends from Tennessee themselves!
As soon as they passed the children back to Chris and Tami, David, Lynn, and daughters Lauren and Kate arrived on Sunday for dinner and an overnight on their way to Washington, DC. We were thrilled that these folk came by to see us! Lynn and I got lots of quilting talk in while David and Tom talked woodworking. We hope they will come visit again in the future when the weather allows for some garden strolling.
Once everyone left, our home really felt empty!
Now it was time for us to get packed...we were heading to Atlanta for Thanksgiving to see a precious little grandson who had just been born to our daughter Sarah!
What a fun holiday! And that's our next post! Stay tuned.
~Deb
I’m sure you all enjoyed all the fellowship. So nice to catch up with old friends and also to make new friends as well. I’ll definitely be trying that soup recipe. I love anything with coconut milk in it 😊
Posted by: Kim C | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 06:22 PM
How wonderful to see and spend time with these old friends...as well as the new ones!I didn't know that Sarah and Eric had a new addition to the family! I know that you couldn't wait to see them. Congratulations!
Posted by: Jackie Simpson | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 08:03 PM
Wow you certainly did have lots of guests.Nice that Tom is able to stay in touch with someone from your wedding.
2 years ago we were Chris and Tammy from Tennessee.
First time I met Annie she had LONG hair.So did many back in the late 70's but since I was in the Army then short hair was easier.
Posted by: Tammy C | Friday, January 25, 2019 at 10:36 AM
Lots of fun time at the Girotti B&B!
Posted by: victoria | Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 09:09 PM