Yesterday was a visible God day!! PTL...I had met two wonderful people when I was a little more than 18 years old. Soon after, Barb and Eddie Henderson were married and I had Jason just before Barb had her son Nick. We became fast friends. Soon after, Eddie and Barb moved west and we continued to write letters and made just a few phone calls. Long distance was ver expensive then. Many years past, and many things happened. When my daughter Melissa was about 13, they came to Cleveland and visited family. We spent just a few valuable hours together.
By this time, Barb and Eddie had excepted the Lord and were writing wonderful things about what Jesus was doing in their lives. Their family had increased and God was helping them all along the way.
Within a year or two, they moved south and I moved out of my Parma home into an apartment with my daughter and her daugher, Jacqueline. Communication stopped as our lives changed.
Every so often, I would look on the internet or try to find them, but I never forgot them, not for one minute.
A few days ago, one of my young friends from Caravan and Vacation Bible School, asked to be my friend on facebook. First I was thinking, "This child can not be old enough to have a facebook account!!". I, of course accepted.
To my surprise and joy, I saw my friends picture on this young girls account. How could she know her? Where did they meet when there are so many miles between them? I was more than just curious, and a little concerned!! LOL..
So, I wrote my friend Barb a message and asked her all those questions. It was a matter of seconds before we were excahnging phone numbers and pictures and memories.
Well, it seems that Barb is the aunt of this young girl.
How awesome that God would do all this for me.
...and once again, I can share and communicate with my "old" friends.
God is Good, all the time.
God really is amazing. I know Eddie and I had prayed for you many years, so it is even more of a delight to our hearts to see how God moved in your life to bring you to Him. We serve an great Savior! I think it is neat how we discovered we both have a heart for missions and are active in that aspect of our church. As well as VBS...that is just too awesome to have such same interests...though I guess we were friends way back then for a reason :) God is ALWAYS good! Barb
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