Old Friends

Received a call this afternoon that Brad and Janna Liebe were in Scotland with their kids and on their way to see us. I knew he was coming over at some point, but had no idea it was this afternoon. It was surreal having them stop by for the evening. Kate and I think the world of Brad and Janna. Brad was the Missionary I was under in Copenhagen back in '01, and is currently the Senior Associate down at First Assembly, in Fort Myers. His church is exploding these days, and now has 4 multi-site locations throughout the city. Brad is a guest speaker at the Master's Conference in England, so he made a special trip to be able to see us in Edinburgh. His church is one of the largest missions-giving church's in the AOG. They received over 4.5 million in pledges this year! Incredible. I love having grown up in a local church that had such a focus on missions, it's been a catalyst for where Kate and I are today.

Brad and Janna were there when Kate and I were going through some difficult times down in Florida. He was also there when I was a love-sick puppy in Denmark because I was away from Kate. It remains a source of continuous mocking for us, but I guess we have the last laugh; we're married now :)