Several of my friends came to visit me in the last months. They are each great people because they are unique and because they all really want to make a mark on the world; to give to those around them. First of all, I will recognize Beatrice, Lois, and Janelle. They are my friends from Faith Builders, and they came here to see me. I know that sounds conceited, but it is partly true. They play off each other in the humor that they create. Sometimes they can’t even stop laughing at the jokes they share. Seems like that is why they never slept the night before they left:) They made themselves very wonderful guests by they pitching in and working on whatever was going each day. They even made us a scrumptious Mexican meal. 
Next comes Kendall, the guy, he is the one who I really felt like I got to know much better this time than I ever have. We had some really great conversation about commitment in marriage and in singlehood (0f course he is dating so this is a very relevant subject:)), about music, and about some other important and goofy things as well. He helped the guys dig 
the footers for the house and then to wire up rebar for the footer itself. I really enjoyed having him here. (The picture here is of Kendall with his turban on after we were walking around Krakow late at night during our Krakow-Auschwitz trip). Thank you for coming to visit!
Now my friend, LeRoy, from my home community of Gap Mills WVa is here for two months to help work on the house for John and Laura. He has been really fun to get to know again; a real man of God and principle. I have also loved to watch him jive with the Polish culture. The first week he was here he started making it his business to explore the town and systematically lose himself in his “free time”. He has this ancient old cruiser of a bicycle that he trundles around town on. Building a basic Polish vocabulary for himself has not seemed to be too much of a problem even though he communicates by acting when he wants to buy something. A great phrase that he and his boss learned and use effectively during building is: “Mam prace dla ciebie!” (I have work for you!) LeRoy and I went on a jaunt down to Prague the other day when we were waiting on materials. We had a great time snooping around the city and seeing many of the ancient architectural wonders. One of LeRoy’s favorite places was the orchard on the hillside below the Strahov Monastery. We ate supper there one night and laughed hysterically watching a man throw sticks into one of the trees trying to knock out a few green pears, only to knock down a bunch of leaves and nearly “bop” himself on the head with the stick. 
