FRIENDS
Our lives are rich in friendships. Besides all the connections that we have made through our church, each week we meet at a local Mexican restaurant, El Cazador, and have dinner with whoever can make it. It is a tradition that started about four years ago, quite by accident, with just two couples, and growing now at times to a gathering of forty or more!
Over the years, we've celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, marriages, and the arrival of new babies. We've mourned the loss of friends. When business concerns or family pressures weigh us down, the Thursday dinner and the contact with these special friends lift our spirits in ways that bless us with a beauty that is hard to describe.
In Santa Barbara for Sharon Visser's Wedding - May 2007
Such neat things have grown out of the shared meal. Even though, this started out as a social thing, the group has responded to needs that have come up. As a group we've supported some great local causes, one of them being the Valley House Project, which helps to provide housing to local homeless people. We also provided the funds to drill the well for an orphanage being built in Africa by some people in our church.
Valley House Fund-Raising Dinner
Costa Rica Canopy Tour Trip won at a fund-raiser for wounded police officer. April 2007
We've invested together in a small piece of commercial real estate, hoping that it will be a way to produce income for us when we are old and worn out.
And we've vacationed together, going on fancy vacations-like cruises, and simple vacations-like wine tasting at a local winery.
Here are some photos of memorable trips with friends.
Saint Lucia - Cruise 2004
Saint Thomas - Cruise 2004
Twin Falls Airport - Cruise 2005
Edwin and Pete in Cozumel - Cruise 2005
Cocktail Hour onboard the Summit - Cruise 2005
Mediterranean Cruise - 2006
Sun Valley Sleigh Ride Dinner - January 2006
Our lives are rich in friendships. Besides all the connections that we have made through our church, each week we meet at a local Mexican restaurant, El Cazador, and have dinner with whoever can make it. It is a tradition that started about four years ago, quite by accident, with just two couples, and growing now at times to a gathering of forty or more!
Over the years, we've celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, marriages, and the arrival of new babies. We've mourned the loss of friends. When business concerns or family pressures weigh us down, the Thursday dinner and the contact with these special friends lift our spirits in ways that bless us with a beauty that is hard to describe.
In Santa Barbara for Sharon Visser's Wedding - May 2007Such neat things have grown out of the shared meal. Even though, this started out as a social thing, the group has responded to needs that have come up. As a group we've supported some great local causes, one of them being the Valley House Project, which helps to provide housing to local homeless people. We also provided the funds to drill the well for an orphanage being built in Africa by some people in our church.
Valley House Fund-Raising Dinner
Costa Rica Canopy Tour Trip won at a fund-raiser for wounded police officer. April 2007We've invested together in a small piece of commercial real estate, hoping that it will be a way to produce income for us when we are old and worn out.
And we've vacationed together, going on fancy vacations-like cruises, and simple vacations-like wine tasting at a local winery.
Here are some photos of memorable trips with friends.
Saint Lucia - Cruise 2004
Saint Thomas - Cruise 2004
Twin Falls Airport - Cruise 2005
Edwin and Pete in Cozumel - Cruise 2005
Cocktail Hour onboard the Summit - Cruise 2005
Mediterranean Cruise - 2006
Sun Valley Sleigh Ride Dinner - January 2006
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