Buddies

Family is great, don't get me wrong. I couldn't live without my family. They are always there for you no matter what. But we all really need buddies too, don't we? Josh has his buddies. He was telling his buddies about his new brothers in the car a few days ago, talking like he knows them. I loved it! He told his buddies that his brother David will be really fun to play with, but Samuel, well, he's just a baby so he won't be very much fun to play with. He and his buddies share all sorts of things with each other. They can listen to him go on and on at just about the time I start tuning out...

We need our buddies too. We love seeing our friends at Saturday night dinners. They are more like family now, and we really miss seeing them when a few weeks goes by without a Saturday night dinner! I love seeing my girlfriend buddies. They are always there for me: to listen to me, to give me advice, to let me cry on their shoulders, or just to be goofy with them! Jason and I both need our friends. We might go weeks without talking to our family, but hardly a couple days goes by when we don't talk to one of our friends. What is that saying about that you can pick your friends and pick your nose, but you can't pick your family? God puts our family in our lives, and I believe God puts our friends in our lives too. We know our "buddies" are a gift from God.

We pray that our two little ones on the other side of the world have buddies. We don't know if Samuel does. He may have a foster brother but we are not sure how old he is or any details. We do know that David does, because we have seen him in pictures with his little buddies making silly faces at the camera. We pray that Samuel and David are having fun with their buddies right now. They sure will have plenty of silly buddies to play with once we bring them home!

Proverbs 27:10  Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
   and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
   better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.