if you would’ve told me at the end of july that this would be one of my favorite places of ele7en, i would’ve called you a fool. we loved our old apartment. i hate moving. it was the worst time that we could’ve moved. but God provided for us in such a great way. a great, newly renovated apartment located right on the town square. within weeks we felt at home and now it is the place we’ll bring our son home to in march…so exciting!
six | baumholder, germany
obviously from my first post a place is more than just the beauty around it, the sites you see, or the things you do. it can be home or a place of peace or just being with friends. baumholder was such a place for us. we met rich and melissa in ephasus (!) last fall and have since hung out with them four different times in four different countries. country number three was germany in the spring when we went to visit them before they moved to thailand. it was a great time traveling out there with em and a greater time with our friends.
five | san diego
while we’re in arizona our time is insane! tons of people that we want to hang out with. supporters to meet with. so its very difficult to get time with emily’s family. so, this year we decided to take a week for vacation in san diego. there was no agenda other than sleeping in and spending time together. it was super relaxing!
four | bend, oregon
its just too hard to be away from this kid. so, whenever we get time together it ranks so high on my list. certainly the rest of the family is important too, but lets be honest, how could you not fall in love with this face.
plus, bend is just awesome.
three | selah
rest.
its not something we get very often during the summer, but after some minor issues (read deportation of teammates to belfast), we finally got a mid-summer reprieve at josiah venture’s retreat cabin, selah. it was a perfect time to go away together, pray, and rest.
two | croatia
after the summer we traveled to croatia with emily’s family for a short vacation before josiah venture’s kids camp. again, it was very little agenda, but lots of relaxing, swimming, reading, and being together as a family. oh yeah, and these bomb sunsets.
one | berlin
you may notice a theme here, but almost all of my favorite places have to do with rest and most specifically rest around the summer time! before the first round of our summer teams arrived, emily and i drove to berlin to spend a day in the city and to see death cab for cutie in concert. we brought our cruisers and rode around town, ate good food, and concluded the entire time with the dcfc concert! i can think of no other person i want to spend my time with, so pretty much everywhere with her is my favorite place.
but, berlin was cool anyways…
