Giving Thanks, Day 27: Friends for my daughters

Before we moved to France, Greg and I prayed especially hard that our daughters would make good friends. Praise God -- our prayers have been answered. Lindsey really enjoys hanging out with a sweet American girl from our church, and this week she has also spent some time with a French girl that lives upstairs in our apartment building. Lindsey seems to be quite popular in her class at school, too. She is so tall compared to the rest of the students in her grade, that people took notice of her immediately. Lindsey has worked this to her advantage, and her gentle, sweet spirit has attracted many new friends.

Lori has also met wonderful girls at school. Since we live in a central location near a metro stop, our house has become a hangout spot from time to time. This enables us to get to know Lori's friends, and we're very pleased with the choices she's made. Her circle of friends includes girls from the U.S., Haiti, and Portugal.

Another group of friends that Lori enjoys are the college-age students that attend our church. Almost every Sunday after church, you can find several of these girls hanging out at our house to eat and watch movies or talk. Greg and I usually retreat to our room after a while, and we enjoy listening to the sounds of laughter coming from the living room. I'm so grateful for these girls, who are really serving as role models to our daughters of young Christian women: they are fun, funny, smart, and beautiful inside and out. They love God, and their joy is contagious.

Tonight I give thanks to God for blessing our girls with sweet friends in France.