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Today’s Memorial Box post is in honor of a very special guest who arrived just today. She flew out to visit for a week and we have fun things planned. All of us have been looking forward to her visit. It is a birthday gift from her awesome husband, David, but I feel like it’s a huge gift to me, too. I previously posted about my friend, Amy, when I flew out to Oregon last May to visit her and her family. Here is what I wrote then:

Amy and I first met at college in southern CA, but didn’t know each other that well. She was just “Jon’s little sister” to me. Then fifteen years later God led us together again in His incredible timing. Our dossier for Ami’s adoption was sent to China by our agency in a package with the dossiers of five other families. Yes, one of those dossiers belonged Amy’s family! How cool is that?! After a flurry of emails we realized that we knew each other (identities first concealed by our married names). We traveled together to meet our first China babies and have become dear friends. Since that time we have each returned to adopt another child.

Isn’t that a neat story? To me it’s more than just a story. It’s an example of God’s faithfulness to me in big and small things. I wasn’t seeking a new friend. I wasn’t out to meet “new” people when we started our adoption pursuit of Ami. I wasn’t expecting a deep friendship, BUT God. He loves me and wants the best for me. He blessed me when I didn’t even ask. He just did it. He gave me the gift of an iron sharpening friend. Thank you Father!

So in our Memorial Box tonight we placed a Milk Dud box (the Duds are gone!), as this is Amy’s favorite candy. What a sweet (ha!) reminder of God’s blessing of friendship.

Check out this beautiful, beautiful quilt that Amy made and brought to Chris and me. Can you believe it? It’s simply beautiful, a gift from the heart. Thanks Amy!

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