So long....Farewell

Last Thursday night we had a little good-bye cook-out for our friends Mike and Julie Wright, who are leaving DC to move to Durham, NC so that Julie can begin business school in the fall. Julie was a member of my girls bible study group, and I have known her since I moved up to DC. Mike and Julie actually got married the weekend right after Whit and me, so fun! We were still on our honeymoon, so we weren't able to make it back to DC in time, but we had a blast talking about and planning our weddings together.

Julie and Mike are the first of three of our friends that our leaving DC. Anne Moore (center in the pink orange-ish shirt below) is leaving this weekend to move back to Texas. And also our dear friends, Anna and Ryan Applegate our leaving in about 10 days to Winston-Salem, NC so that Ryan can go to business school. Whit and I are throwing a going away party (with three other couples) at our house this weekend, so I will post pics on that later.

Anyways, it has been a little sad lately with all these dear friends leaving. Whit and I have always said that one of the major reasons we are in DC (and why we had our wedding here) was because of the rich and unique community that we are blessed with. The flip side of that is DC is such a transient place, with people coming and going, presidential administrations moving in then moving out 8 years later, so there is always turn-over.

Truthfully, it makes us miss the south! We will see what the next years hold, but with all these departures lately we can't help but wonder where God may be leading us.

Anne, Julie and Mike: We will miss you!!!
Bible Study girls
Julie and Mike
Par-tay
Bible Study Girls Remix
Gerald chopping wood