Kaia came!

I have really lovely friends. 

Like REALLY lovely.

My friends, both here and there, love me and others well.

I am so blessed.

Kaia is one of those friends.

I lived with Kaia for 4 years before moving here.

I can honestly say, those were wonderful years.

I loved living with Kaia

& it was a extremely sad goodbye when I had to move out.  

She challenges me to know God in a deeper way.

She will forever be my friend

& that is an honor.

Ok, so moving on :)

She came

& we took pictures.

Mostly SHE took pictures,

but here are mine...

Clearly I'm excited.

My parents were also very happy I had her here for Thanksgiving.  

Kaia is so great at reading aloud!  

Seriously, you should ask her to read you something.

So my Dominican/Colombian family decided to move while Kaia was here!

Such a blessing to have Kaia here for that.

More of a blessing for me than her :)

[take note that the under side of my arm is still fully from South Dakota]

I believe Kaia slept in 4 different beds while she was here.  

This was our last night at my old house.

Doulos does Thanksgiving well.

All the staff gathers together on Thursday evening celebrate!

This is Camil being photobombed by Kaia :)

Our first night in my new house!

We went to the beach for a long weekend

& it was wonderful.

Sadly, I have only one picture to prove that because my iPod died.

Take my word for it…

there was good food, worship, and beach strolling.

Kaia surprised me with lots of fun things,

this Sioux Falls mug was definitely one of my favs. 

[10 days!]

After school chinola popsicle treat!

The kindergarten family totally fell in love with Miss Kaia!

Celebrating Kaia's birthday with a little dessert and laughter.

I love ya Kaia.

It was SUCH a huge blessing to have you here in the DR.

You, my friend, are a treasure.