Visit

It was so good having my friend Laura in town. Our friendship has definitely been a unique journey. We met during a 2 week mission trip to South Africa back in 2006. Both of us a few weeks later arrived in Garden Valley Texas for a year long internship with Teen Mania. We didn't see a lot of each other during this year, but when we found out we both were headed to Bethany College of Missions in Minnesota, we decided to be roommates. She was such a good fit for a roommate for me. You couldn't put two more different people together, but somehow it just worked! Then when it came time for our global internship, she headed for Kenya and I flew off to Austria. We stayed in touch as well as we could during this time and watched one another grow and bloom. Then we came back for our senior semester and decided to be roommates again. She was such a valuable friend to have around. Now she's getting ready to venture back to Kenya for an indefinite amount of time and we're not sure when our paths will cross again. I guess such is the life of friends who have committed to serve God wherever He leads. I'm pretty sure this is one of those friendships that can withstand the test of time zones and skype calls.