Empty house and pizza

What blessing it was to taxi over to our friends' house on the other side of town. The plan was to await the moving truck together and visit a while.  As we arrived Toby was on the  telephone to the movers, who were now stopped by the police on the side of the road in Mexico city.  The decision was made to come this morning to load the truck. This is so Mexico! 

After wandering around an empty house, sitting and chatting, we decided to go for pizza to Armando's, owned by a Canadian from Windsor, Ontario. It was a great opportunity to catch up with dear friends, Toby and Marilyn Casteel, to share what God has been and is doing in each of our lives. While Kim and I are just nicely into our 50's and excited about what God has before us in this decade of our lives, Toby  and Marilyn are just moving into their 60's decade. For us, they have been an inspiration and heroes at the same time. No one can count the ways God has used them in the lives of so many as they have shepherded CAM missionaries and graciously blessed CrossWorld missionaries just arriving in Mexico for language studies. 

We left Armando's last night in separate taxis, Toby and Marilyn back to a nearly empty house for one more night, and Kim and I back to the house we are renting from missionaries on home assignment.  We will be staying a while longer and Toby and Marilyn will be starting life anew in Texas.  

Do you ever have an evening that you suspect will be a treasured memory..... 

Thanks Toby and Marilyn