My cup runneth over...

No, not my cup of water:).  The Lord has been blessing and yesterday was a highlight.  A lady in the church asked if she could come over on Friday afternoon to say goodbye, since she was heading out of town and wouldn't see us on Sunday.  I thought we could probably squeeze it in between the last minute details of packing and making sure the house was ready for the Hawkins arrival.  Then she called back and asked if I could possibly come in to town with Elyssia and she would just feed us lunch while we visited.  We did as much as possible and then headed into town.  Scott needed me to pick up the top rails for the car, so it was going to work out well.  We arrived to find this:

A table set for 5?

I remembered to grab my camera after the main course of chicken, salad and gluten free bread.

individual servings of coffee, cocoa or tea.

The hostess-Sharon

Unexpected Guest #1-Brenda

Unexpected Guest #2- Kerry

 It was such a nice time visiting, enjoying delicious food and seeing all of Sharon's quilts!  Scott did some renos on their house and it was amazing.  I didn't think I should take pictures of all the rooms:)  Each one was just as lovely as the dining area though. Before we left they gave me things to give the children on the trip.

Bro. Hawkins making himself at home after the long drive.

Mrs. Hawkins reading to the kids.

Devotions.  Scott was King David, Elyssia and Caleb were servants and  Garrison was Mephibosheth.

Do any of you know of one left from the house of Jonathan that I can show kindness to?

Please excuse the dirty windows and van.  The car top carrier looks pretty good!

This afternoon Scott is showing the Hawkins around town and inside the church.  It's been fun to visit with them and catch up on all the news back in B.C.  We stayed up later than usual talking and ended up being more tired than usual this morning.  It's been okay though.  3 out of 4 came down with colds and coughs on Wed.  They didn't sleep so well last night and baby was awakened 3 times with her teething.  I'd gotten used to her sleeping through the night.  That's okay, we'll probably experience disturbed sleep a lot on the trip with all 6 of us in the same room.  Sam loves the Hawkins and will probably thrive with the extra attention.  Mrs.  Hawkins said that she loves dogs, so Sam will be one happy camper!  Another blessing was that the head of the Legion called Scott yesterday.  I thought it was probably about more funeral arrangements that Scott has been helping with.  He actually called to ask Scott to stop and pick up a package.  His wife has put together some special things for the kids to have on our trip!  I've never experienced anything like this.  God has blessed us so much in our every day lives and this is truly over the top, cup running over kind of blessings:).  We serve such an AMAZING God!  Have a great rest of the winter everyone.  We're hoping to run into spring somewhere along the way:).  Anything above -10 is going to feel like Spring, so I don't think we'll be disappointed(insert laughter here).  Til next time...