Isn’t it amazing when you start to realize how significant your place is and how much of an impact you can make with it. Its wonderful! Keep remembering that and keep doing it!!

The other day I read the story of Lazarus and how Jesus mourned when he found out his friend died. It moved his heart because he really cared about his friend. Even he knew he would come back to life it still hit him. It was because he had a true love for him. He wasn’t just an acquaintance or someone he saw from time to time, no it was someone He truly cared about.

Recently our neighbors of 4 years moved back to Greece. When we came closer to their moving day it really hit us. We genuinely became sad because Jen and I both truly loved them and they became family to us. It was not just the feeling of someone moving that you barely knew and you would say goodbye to, no it was a goodbye that you would say when your brother or sister moves far away. We celebrated Easters and Christmases together and many other holidays, had dinners together and went on double dates. All those things brought us so close. So when they left it left a gap in our life.

A true genuine friendship with your neighbors feels like something. It moves your heart when they struggle or makes your heart happy when they are in a great season. We want to challenge you this week to have genuine relationships with your neighbors. Think about how it would make you feel if they would be gone and by that reaction you can tell a bit more where your relationship is at with them.

Hey our friend

We hope you had a fantastic week. We celebrated Labor Day with a big barbecue here. It was fun like always! And it is so simple with everyone bringing something with them.  It also builds just wonderful community. Jen and I also both were able to use some of our gifting’s to help people. I started to help people by teaching them budgeting and also get out of debt and Jen uses her hair dressing gifting to help people get rid of access hair. Think this week about how you can be a blessing to your neighbors through the gifting’s you have. It helps to deepen relationship.

So take another step this week towards your neighbors and towards a deeper friendship!

Have a blessed week

Markus and Jen