and y’all are the only ones that can answer. y’all – my wild and crazy blog friends – who make me laugh and who i’ve so thoroughly enjoyed getting to know through this strange computer world of blogging. y’all – who lift my faith and share some of your deepest joys and sorrows on your blogs.

y’all…

i’m wondering this because my blog traffic goes NUTS on wednesdays (NOT complaining!)… and i always laugh my butt off reading your crazy answers/questions… and many of you stop by again and again throughout the day to check up on things… and y’all have also begun to watch out for each other and backtrack to answer skipped questions.

i, personally, LOVE it! its like hosting a party on my blog on wednesdays…

but, i gotta ask: why do y’all enjoy WHATEVER WEDNESDAY so much?  its a mystery to me!

ps: i’m dying that the last commenter’s question was “Can Drew come out to play yet?”  i’ll let him know he’s had a personal invitation to Whatever Wednesdays, and let him speak for himself. LOL

mi-suk – talks with me for hours every week. she teaches me how to love my husband, and how to be patient with life. she prays intensely for me and my ministry. she brings water for my soul.
soon-yi – she teaches me to speak korean, and has invited my husband to be an intern at a church in korean (don’t panic mom).
jin-hee – is an inspiration. she loves people and loves the Lord. and she loves to connect people with others – she is a networker and HARD worker!
min-hee – was a missionary in china. her heart is so soft and tender – and she has a brilliant sense of humor.
jin-ah – is wise. so wise… and so full of an abiding peace.
heh-jin – is young and brave. she just moved here from south korea. and she has a smile that lights up the room.
kyung-ah – is quiet and pensive, but loves getting to know people.

i love these women… these women of faith and devotion. these women of loyalty to the Lord and to their husbands…

they left south korea for an american seminary in new england… now we are friends.
these women bring a depth and richness to my life that i never anticipated. they teach me new ways to see the world, to see marriage, and to see faith.

they are wise, they are passionate, and they are strong.

they live thousands of miles from home, and a flight back would cost just as many dollars…

soon-yi and jin-hee teach me to speak a language i’ve never heard before! and i teach them as well…

i teach them how to cook american food:

sook-hee (above) wants to run an orphanage in North Korea. her heart breaks for the children there, who have lost parents due to war, poverty, or drowning. yes, drowning. the poverty in North Korea forces parents to attempt to swim through rough swift waters towards food and money for their family. sook-hee and her husband, who loves pizza as much as she loves orphans!, are our next door neighbors. they bring the other side of the world to our immediate life.

i never thought the kingdom of God could feel so big and so small all at the same time. tomorrow’s leaders of the South Korean faith live a wall away from me. we share food, laughs, and prayers. we share a common faith and common fears.

we are the same.

this week was a week of friendships! and what a week it was… i don’t think i’ve been that busy since the week before i moved 1,000 from home. wow…..

drew and i had some old friends fly up to see us this week – and it was such an adventure! (sorry for no pics!)

and i’m also up to my eyeballs with my involvement some new women’s ministry stuff on our seminary campus, which means LOTS of new friends! (again, i so wish i had pics!!!)

i say all this to say: i LOVE friends.

i love that old friends know me well, and love me well…

i love that my best friends laugh at me when i’m being “bratty” (my closest friends can attest)

i love that new friends bring added interests and info to my life, and become my favorite teachers…

i love that my friends want to share with me the latest excitements of their world, whether these be ultrasound pics, stories about their boyfriend, the latest drama with roommates, the everyday average heartbreaks in life, laughs after a crazy road trip home, or funny homeschooling tales…

but, most importantly, i LOVE that my friends love me…
that they don’t take me too seriously when i’m getting all dramatic about something…
that they really really do wanna hear the latest silly song i’ve written…
that they aren’t afraid to make me (the eternal hermit) “get out of my cave” and hang out with them…
and that they are always there to help/listen/pray/laugh/talk/encourage/smile/hug…

what do you love about friends???

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