one month ago

One month ago today we arrived back in our home country.

It's been a month of good things - of reasons to give thanks!

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; 

His love endures forever.

1 Chronicles 16:34

We've basked in the loveliness of the Northwest,

especially as we traipse through local trails.

We've treasured time with our families,

celebrating birthdays, early and late

(above, 5 family members share the candles on one cake!)

and catching up with one another.

There's nothing like family!

We love you all, and are deeply grateful for this time with you.

“There is no doubt that it is around the family 

and the home 

that all the greatest virtues, 

the most dominating virtues of human society,

 are created, strengthened and maintained.”
― Winston Churchill