Pictured above: Lucy, Lucas, Maddy, Ellie, and Noah all of the kids on our team.
As Lucy gets older we are able to explain to her more and more what it means to be a MK. At times I get really sad thinking about all the new people she meets and all the goodbyes she has to say. But the other day we were having one of our many conversations of "Where did (fill in the blank with any new friend) go?" As I was answering the question I realized how blessed she is to have so many friends all around the world. I mean what 2 year old could say they have friends like: Noa in Japan, Caylin in Costa Rica, Eva in Guatemala, Ashley in the Dominican Republic, Elijah in Mexico, Ashley and Pratt in Nicaragua, and not to mention all of her close friends and family in the US. She loves making new friends now and especially welcoming people into our home, which is a gift that has come from having so many people over all the time. In fact it is a very boring day if at least one new person or someone from our team doesn't come by at least for a little bit. It has also been very funny for me to watch Lucy change and grow up since we have been here. Lucy has lots of friends but she spends most of her time around boys, mainly Lucas and Noah, since Maddy is in school. So not only has she become much more verbal due to the older influence but also more adventuresome.
UPDATE: I forgot Caia in Costa Rica, one of Lu's best little buddies while we lived there. Sorry girl.
2 comments:
yay!...we made the list...haha. your post was encouraging. i was totally thinking today how much cailyn will have to deal with (and how much she already has) saying goodbye to people often. at times it is sad, but what a blessing to be able to see it the way you mentioned. thanks! take care, and tell lucy that cailyn says hi!
we miss yall too! and i wish caia would have been "play-worthy" while yall lived here! she's at that play-age now!!!
sounds like things are going well for yall! when are you coming to visit?
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