LowCountry Visit

What a weekend!! By Wednesday, we knew that the best thing for Kelly was to get out of town for a few days. We had plans to be in Charleston for the Water Missions Gala on Thursday evening. This is their major fundraiser and takes places at Charleston Place. It was a beautiful evening - silent auction, live auction - dinner. We were able to have dinner with 4 couples who are longtime Emmaus and church friends. It was such a blessing to be able to share this ministry with them. Water Missions is providing clean water purification systems to countries without all over the world. David is going to Uganda for two weeks in June with a medical/dental team and Kelly Green They will minister to the physical needs of the Ugandans, and set up two water systems in two different villages. Kaiti, Robert and Collin met us in Charleston for the weekend. What a whirlwind weekend!! Friday, my sister, niece and nephew came down to meet us for lunch. Afterwards, we were off to introduce Collin to the Citadel. Just had to find a t-shirt in a tiny, tiny size!! Lots of photos later, and we were off to the mall for a quick shopping venture, and then back in the car. We headed down the road to Beaufort - close to Hilton Head - for dinner with Robert's cousin. It was wonderful for the two of them to be able to spend some time together before Robert heads to Iraq. Long drive back - but so worth it - great company, best seafood anywhere around!! Saturday - was lunch at Tommy Condons with our great, great friends John and Cheryl. Soon - too soon, we were headed to the waterfront for family pictures taken by the same young man who did Kaiti and Robert's wedding photos. What a special time for all of us!! From there we headed to the market for more shopping - can you beleive that we ran smack into one of the gals from my Monday night Beth Moore group visiting Charleston with her husband for a quick vacation!?! What a surprise!! After finding the hand-smocked Easter outfits for Collin that we were looking for, we headed into a cafe for hot coffee. Within minutes a couple walked in that were great friends of Kaiti and Robert - friends they hadn't seen in a long time. What a crazy small world we live in!! Dinnertime and we were off to Mt. Pleasant for a dinner with very special friends - Emmaus, Citadel and football games. This was just an awesome time of hugging, laughing, baby-holding, one old college story after another, and the best food of the weekend!! Thank you Nancy!! Time passed too quickly, and we were up on Sunday morning packing and heading home in two different directions. Letting go of Robert was difficult - I won't see him again before he leaves. I am so proud of the parents that he and Kaiti have become. They are the best!! Check out the top slide show from Collins' first weekend in Charleston.