Where's Daddy?

"Where's Daddy?" Lyric asks when she sees me finally coming out of my sleep fog. "He's in Belgium sweetie" I tell her. "Oh ya, he's went on an airplane to fix my bed."

I love the logic of little kids. I've found that in parenting you just need to give some basic information for them to understand. Which is what we always try to do with Lyric. We're not very big on the whole, "Why?" "Because I told you so." type things. I like to explain things to Lyric so that she knows what's going on, what to expect and therefore isn't surprised.
I think I do this because this is how I like things done for me :-)

Anyways, just Lyric in my bed this morning was a stark reminder that Jonathan has left the nest.

Two days ago we put him and all the rest of his belongings on a plane headed towards our new life.

It was actually THE most non-emotional airport goodbye I've ever been to. No one cried.
Mostly because he is going to see Courtney, the kids and I in 2 weeks. Then he's going with Nathan, Zach and Al. Then my parents are coming the first two weeks of December. The typical "criers" who get the emotions in over drive weren't really sad.

But that doesn't mean Jonathan hasn't been crying the last few days saying goodbye to our amazing friends.
One of the hardest for him was leaving Ry and Tiff as the last 6 weeks have just cemented our friendship even more so. Gosh we love these people!


It's crazy to think that Jonathan literally came into my life in Dallas with NO close friends besides me. And 5 years later he has covenant, life long friendships that have made him a better person.

I guess that just means that God is SO good to him. That he loves him a lot.

So he is going to miss a lot of these people and way more:







He has hit the ground running. They've already gone and looked at a house in Waterloo that they are interested in for the ministry (and for us to live in). Jon really wants to be in a French commune, so this would be a great fit. More to come late on that.

So all of that to say that the guys are doing great. The conference started tonight and so they are super busy. I may not hear much from them until Tuesday.

Until next time ;-)