As we returned to the U.S. from Paraguay, we had a lot of mixed emotions. We were desperately missing our friends and church family from Paraguay, but we were so excited to be back with our friends and family here in the U.S. It was so encouraging to us to have our church family at Palm Beach Lakes Church of Christ, our overseeing congregation for the last few years, to throw us a
"Welcome Back and Appreciation Dinner".
They had several of the men of the congregation speak about mission work and about the work that our family and team had done in Paraguay. It was very special to have Chris's dad as one of those speakers.
We all squeezed together to try and fit in one picture, but there were a lot of precious people there to welcome us back, so it was hard!
And we thought they had such a creative idea- they made us a "Thousand thanks" sign. It was literally made with really money! What a special way to say thank you and welcome back! They glued each of the bills to the sign and we were worried that we would tear them as we were taking them off. However, we are thankful to say that they all came off easily and are still spendable! We are so grateful to have such wonderful people who have supported our family and the work in Paraguay! We feel very blessed!
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