This past week we were able to host a couple new friends. We didn’t know them until they arrived, but they proved to be an encouragement.

A group came to work with our coworkers, the Templetons, and not everyone could fit in their home. So we were able to help out. This was an added incentive to make more purchases for our guest room, and get things more “visitor friendly” around the residence.

Here are some of the ways Jeremy and Svatia encouraged us over the week:

• Taking an interest in Tanzen
• Listening to us as we shared our joys and challenges
• Appreciating our city
• Pointing out things about Ponferrada that we had grown accustomed to
• Laughing with us
• Sharing how Christ is working on them
• Helping around the house
• Being grateful
• Taking their down time to walk the city with us and take family pictures

They did much more with the team that came to visit, but these are just a few of the ways they personally encouraged us while staying in our home. It was a joy to have them with us, and we thank God for how they encouraged us.

*I also need to mention that I appreciate Svatia’s ability to pick out the fruit filled with bugs so I didn’t have the scare.