Monday, November 21, 2005

Beau’s church hosted a celebration-shower for us on Saturday. This was not your ordinary bridal couple’s shower but a full fledged dinner honoring us. It was quite lovely and humbling. It’s clear that his church family in Harrisonburg loves Beau dearly; he loves them - I know he is going to miss the fellowship when he moves up here permanently. We will have to go back and visit as often as we can, I think.

Thank you to MB and her crew for planning and hosting such a wonderful event for us. We are most grateful for the hard work you put forth and that you all made it such a special night. It was a time of fellowship and worship, with some hymn singing. Beau’s best man’s wife sang two beautiful solos and our wedding pianist played great tunes on their new grand piano during the meal, including a piece called “Jennifer’s Song. A couple read words of wisdom that all of the guests had submitted for us - some were to us as a couple, some were to us as individuals, many quoted great Scripture passages, and a few were hilarious. The whole night was very moving and I was humbled at the generosity of these warm and welcoming people (yes, this means we got some good loot!).

One of the funnier things that was read came from the Kudzu comic strip on October 11. This was submitted by Beau’s pastor who shared that the strip ran on this theme for several days, which you can see by clicking backward and forward through the strips. Too funny.

Anyway, it was a good weekend.