buddy walk 2k13.

On Sunday afternoon, I was blessed with the privilege of walking with the Pineros family in the annual Buddy Walk for Downs Syndrome in Greenville! It was my fourth time walking, and each year gets better and better. David has got the best support group, and I'm certain that I speak for all of us when I say that he makes our lives so sweet. #TeamDavid is one that I'll always represent, and that's a fact. Walking along while holding his hand made me smile extra big as I thanked Jesus for enabling me to love someone so incredibly much.

meet the davidsons.

"Baby, you don't know what it's like to love somebody the way I love you."

-Michael Buble

preparation.

This weekend, TJ and I were blessed to be a part of the Davidson + Arthur wedding extravaganza. We had the best time helping out with wherever we were needed, and it was awesome to spend three days with this precious Davidson clan (they're kind of thebomb.com). I was even invited to hang out with the bridesmaids as they got their hair and makeup done for the big day. I played the role of paparazzi (something I've become quite talented at) and tried to capture as many moments as I could. I'd be lying if I said I didn't relive some of the moments from two years ago; there's just something about a wedding that makes my insides giddy over thoughts of the sixteenth of July.

Gina was beautiful, and she was surrounded by her best friends and family all day long. I was so excited to be a part of all pre-wedding festivities, and I'm still thanking Jesus for this blessing of a morning.

 

"A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies."

-Proverbs 31:10

home again.

Our flight from Miami landed in Charlotte a little after midnight, and we were greeted by three of the best people ever created. After talking their ears off for a little while, we left Caitlin to go to sleep, and I jumped in the car with Melanie and P. Sawyer. Teesh led the way ahead of us, and we pulled into our bungalow at 3:30 AM on Wednesday morning. Greenville was as beautiful as we remembered it being, and despite our heartache, we were happy to be home.

It's no secret that hiking is one of our favorite things to do together, and we continued that tradition after sleeping in on Wednesday morning. After our last trip in November, we hiked Falls Creek Trail, and we had the best time walking through His handiwork and pausing to read His Word and call out to Him for wisdom and guidance. Since both of us do our best healing out in creation, we decided to make it an after-trip tradition to spend some of our first day back each time doing just that. We walked through Lake Conestee Nature Park earlier this year, and we went back there again to explore some more of it. We were blessed by our time with each other and with Jesus, and we're thankful to have so much beauty around us to discover hand-in-hand.

"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.You may ask for anything in my name, and I will do it."

-John 14:12-14

until next time.

Our day began at five o'clock this morning in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, and it won't end until we're back at the Bargeron Bungalow in Greenville, South Carolina long after the sun goes down tonight. Though our bodies are still with us, our hearts left us as soon as we walked through the gate leaving Hope Vision Ministry.

These are just a few of the things that we will miss the most until the next time we get to come back to these cuties.

"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

-Mark 10:14,15