Sunday Sentiments

I haven't said anything about on the blog yet because it wasn't my story to tell and it hadn't been told yet. But now it has been, so I can share my heart. 

A few weeks ago, now, we learned that our co-workers, Tim and Justine, would be leaving WillowBridge. 

When we came here, nine months ago, we barely knew them. Okay, we didn't know them. We met them at our interview and then a month later, we showed up for work. Though we went to hours of classroom training and met with Rob for other training, Tim and Justine were really the ones who taught us so much of the day-to-day workings of WillowBridge. 

We have had a lot of fun with them over the last few months. Here are some peeks at our fun together - including our fun with their sweet girl, who has become my little shadow:

(That last one was an attempted recreation of a photo our tenants took. Theirs was adorable. Ours was rough.)

We know that God is leading them into a new chapter and season, and we are excited for them. But we will miss getting to share our days with them and laughing over the (approximately) two billion inside jokes we've developed over all these many months of working together. 

And this leads to one of the prayer requests I presented to you this past week. While no one can ever replace them (obviously), we do need new coworkers! We are hopeful for a good future with new coworkers and friends to spend our days with and to share our work. We are praying fervently for God to find and bring the right couple to work alongside us in this ministry. But as we wait, we are praying for strength as we shoulder the bulk of the days on our own. 

It's a crazy dance...this push and pull of sadness and wondering alongside hope for the future. 

We are grateful for Tim, Justine, and Isla and the months we've done life together. We are grateful for their kindness and patience as we learned the ropes. 

And we want to finish well as we wrap up our time together in the next two weeks!