More Goodbyes with Friends!

Saying goodbye in Kokomo took a while! And we didn't nearly get to everyone, but we appreciated the time we had with the friends we did get to see!

I realized I never properly blogged about our 91st monthiversary - partly because it fell on Ryan's last day of work and I wrote about that! It was quite a busy day!

Ryan was really drained in his spirit when he came home from his last day at the hospital, which I already told you about. Saying goodbye to framily is SO HARD! But Pastor Liz (who was the pastor I served directly during my time at the church) and her husband had asked to take us out to dinner that evening. It ended up being perfect timing, because it gave us something enjoyable to focus on after a hard day.

They actually took us to a little restaurant about a half hour from home - and we'd never heard of it. It's called The Angry Donkey, and it was one of the best restaurant experiences I've had in a long time. It was clean, the staff was attentive and efficient, and the food was really good! Even better was the friendship and conversation.

Bruce and Pastor Liz became dear, dear friends to us throughout our time at the church - but most of all during the last six months when I worked there! I miss her already! (She retired this month, so we are both off to new adventures!)

I think I may have mentioned this before, but my friend Amber came to have one last dinner with us at our Kokomo house. She has eaten at our house MANY times, and I did take a picture when she came for this last dinner, but she didn't love it, so I won't post it. I WILL, however, post a picture of our delicious Giordano's pizza! When I ordered the frozen Giordano's pizza for Ryan's 'birthday, I had to order two, because they wouldn't ship just one. Amber had never had it before, so we promised we would have her over when we baked the second one. It was a great way to end the Kokomo Shafferland dinner adventures!

Our friends John and Sandee came over to see us, wish us well, and pray with us one evening. Sandee and I have been friends for...oh goodness...over twenty years now! I met her when I was a student worker at Indiana Wesleyan! This may be the worst quality photo EVER, but it represents a great quality friendship!

We had other friends who stopped by that we didn't get pictures with (major brain lapse on my part!) and we also had a great sendoff from our Sunday School class. Our last Sunday at our Kokomo church was the first time Sunday School classes reconvened, and ours pretty much gave us the whole hour to share about what we were going to be doing - and they even brought us cake! It was a really perfect way to say goodbye.

We appreciate all our friends and the great love they've shown us in this time of transition!!