I absolutely LOVED every bit of this long weekend!

Friday, I got to spend quality time with my cousins and I got to devour my aunt’s SUPER delicious home-cooking once again (I’m not exaggerating, she’s one of the best!).

We grew up with this pool.

With my very lovely cousins

So I ask you, do we look alike??

The refugees

With my aunt and cousins

Saturday, we had a whole-day discipleship conference/ team building with some of our leaders from Victory Greenhills. About a hundred people participated….AND most of them came early! I can say it’s probably one of the best discipleship trainings I’ve ever been to— no bias whatsoever. O=)

Honored to be co-laboring with this bunch

Sunday, I had steak for lunch, our beautiful niece celebrated her first birthday, two of my cousins and my brother went to our church service (cousins went for the first time!), Dennis preached a powerful word, then had dinner and dessert with some of our closest friends.

Like I said, I loved every bit of this weekend!

There’s something about family that recharges and refreshes people. When I say family, I am referring to both the families that we’re born into, and our spiritual family. In a family, we can be ourselves and know that we are accepted and loved. We know each other and appreciate each person’s uniqueness. In a family, we help each other and build each other up. We serve one another out of love. In a family, we trust each other. We can make ourselves vulnerable. We believe in each other. In a family, we fight and we forgive, and we learn from one another. In a family, we celebrate life together.

I am so grateful that God, in His infinite wisdom, chose to design us in such a way that we would be needing families and genuine relationships. I would not like to live life any other way.