Tonight I had some much needed "girl talk" with a friend of mine from Carbondale, Miranda. It is quite clear that God placed Rick and Miranda in our life when we moved to Carbondale.
Our 2nd day in town Drew met Rick at work. He and Rick are both grad. assistants in the english dept. Rick noticed that Drew's wedding band had Hebrew on it. He asked Drew what it meant and when Drew said "my beloved is mine and I am hers" from Song of Solomon, Rick asked Drew if he was a Christian. Drew said yes, and then Rick invited us to his church. Needless to say we went, loved the church, and joined Rick and Miranda's small group. The rest is history.
Rick and Miranda have been a huge blessing to us. They have invited us to their home for dinner, out to coffee many times, we have gone out for dinner, and hung out at many work related events for Rick and Drew. They have gone out of their way to make us feel welcomed to Carbondale, and we have been blessed ten-fold because of it.
Tonight Rick and Drew were out socializing with the English crowd and Miranda invited me over for coffee. It was such a nice evening. We had coffee and some awesome banana-blueberry bread that she made. I am always really impressed when people make bread. I don't know why, but the idea of baking bread intimidates me! So I was super impressed. It was a delight.
It was so nice to chat to a member of the same sex, for a significant amount of time, in person, without a husband around. There is just something about girl talk that is good for the soul. We talked about our marriages, families, shopping, work, etc. I really needed that. I sort of re-energized me in a sense.
Miranda,
Thank you for inviting me over tonight! Thank you for all that you and Rick have done to bless Drew and I and make us feel welcomed to C-dale! You guys were put in our lives by the Lord and we are so thankful for that. I have enjoyed getting to know you more over these past months and look forward to getting even closer as the year continues! You are such a strong woman. You are a Godly wife and mother and that is so inspirational. Thank you for the great girl talk!
Love,
Mary Beth
