Friends from Furlough

It was so wonderful to see Steve and Lindsay Cloer and their cute son, Joshua. Thanks for driving from the Dallas area to see us, Cloers! And thanks for all the laughs. It was great to reminisce about our time together in Memphis. We always treasure our time with you.

Here we are with Kurtis, Whitney, and Elijah Rutz. We have known Kurtis since our time at York. It was great to meet up with them in Cheyenne. Thanks for driving from Colorado to see us, guys!

While we were in Canada, we had a mini-reunion of some of Craig's friends from Great Lakes Christian College. Pictured above are some of the attendees: Megan, Kendra, and Amalie. It was fun seeing everyone with kids now!

Hannah enjoyed spending some time with Hijiri Straker in Japan.

Here is Hirotaka and Mamiko. It was great to see them since we hadn't seen Hiro since we graduated with him from York College in 2001. They live near Tokyo so we were able to spend a day with them there in June.

Good friends from York, Ben Berry and Joel Osborne, took us to Matsushima for a day. Thanks for hosting us in your home in Sendai, Ben and Joel.

Pictured above are Michiko, Hijiri, and Jonathan Straker. It was great to see their family. We had a great time with you guys!!

I realized that I have posted gobs of pictures of family time during our furlough, but have neglected to show some of our really good friends. Here are just a few pictures of some special friends from furlough. We have been blessed to see some wonderful friends and think about the good ol' days... It's a blessing to have such great friends around the world.
Maybe during our next furlough we can see some of you that we missed this time.