We are so excited to have the whole Kristiansen gang here with us for the week. That is Lars, Maria, Luca, and Silas for those of you who don’t know them. They are in the process, albeit a rather long one, of moving to Newcastle to join us in our work here. And we get them for a whole week while they’re “on their way” to Denmark to visit Lars’ family. They’ve dealt beautifully with the jet lag, including the boys and have already begun to meet friends and explore our beloved home. This morning we’re going to head to a coffee shop for breakfast and are particularly excited to share this place with them.
Lars sent us an email just a month or two after we’d moved about a coffee shop he’d come across online that was for sale. It was at the south end of town, down by the harbour, and we’d never come across it before. So we decided to go check it out. We saw no signs of sale, but we LOVED the shop and have been faithful patrons of it ever since. The staff are wonderful, decor is actually cool, clientele is young-ish, and scones are the best we’ve ever eaten! So today we get to show Lars in person the place he introduced us to virtually. What fun!
We’ve got more plans for the rest of the visit, which lasts until Wednesday. Pray for us that it will be a good, useful, and encouraging time. We don’t know what we need to accomplish together, but we sure want it accomplished. We’ll get some pics up soon as well as another “_______ Revisited” update from Mom and Dad S’s visit.