Parting is such sweet sorrow

so this is probably going to be my last and final blog from Slovenia... wow...








it truly is amazing how quick the time has gone. Here's a little window into what we've been up to this last week.

We visited a missionary family in Croatia for 3 days. It was nice to be with the family as well as spend some quiet time at the coast. The Croatian coast is gorgeous. The family is pretty cool too :-)

I thought I'd start out with a picture that would fully encompass our entire trip...



... but then I thought ehhhh this one is too funny to pass up..

These are some pictures of Sarah and Stevo's kids


This is them playing with each other (L -> R) Daci, Marko, Nina






*notice the matching shirts.. I'm a loner :-P)

One morning Mary and I got to spend a few hours at the beach... alone... it was so nice to have time to reflect and journal.. and take pictures :-P Here's a few.







They also took us to a castle. On our way there I got to travel in the back of the car. As you can tell from the picture... it's a pretty happenin' way to travel...



this is the view




A special thanks to both Stevo and Sarah for having us in their home. It was an amazing time of encouragement and dreaming. Thanks for letting us be a part of it.

Then we hopped on a train and headed back to Slovenia. We were just in time for girls night at the Jacksons. Lori whipped up a scrumptious dinner. We played games and then settled down to watch a movie... the second one for the summer!!

What a grand and wonderful day.

Today was spent packing. Both Mary and I are 90% packed... our apartment seems so empty. All our pictures are down and our cupboards are bare... it's weird.

Around 2 we met up with some of our favorite girls. Meta (May-ta) and Alex (Al ex :-P). We all went out to lunch (everyone but Meta got dessert for lunch)


YUM!!! Nutella and pineapple



Mary and Meta



Alex and I



After lunch we all got ice cream and ate it along the river



Those girls are so precious to us. Our afternoon was wonderful.

We are greatly anticipating seeing our friends at theology school. We'll be seeing them to say good bye but you know what, God has given both Mary and I a super natural peace about leaving. We understand that it's time to leave but have hope in our return to Slovenia.

We are finishing strong.

-Lindy for the Marylindy team