The Dustin's Are Coming!

Our long awaited visitors are on their way!! The Daukas' met the Dustin's three years ago in August. Shortly after getting accepted into Pastor's College we found out that our host family would be the Dustin's. We were told from our contact person that this was the best setup they've seen for a PC student and boy were they right. The Dustin's gave us their basement but their basement was not much smaller than the 1400 sqft house we left behind. We had a room for Taylor, our own mini kitchen, living area, master bedroom area and bathroom. And that's just the house. Chris and I would've lived in any condition as long as we were with the Dustins. What an amazing family they are. And really the first family we meet and got to know within Sovereign Grace. They were Sovereign Grace Ministries to us. Chris and I were rare in the sense that he left his Pastoral position outside of Sovereign Grace and went straight to the Pastor's College. So living with Danny & Liz and there four kids, Matt, Jacob, Hannah & Ryan was a dream come true! Maybe not so much for them....boy do we have stories! Like when Chris defrosted their deep freezer with all there special buffalo meat, or when Chris left the gate open and their beloved family dog got out (twice). Notice how I said Chris :-) thankfully she returned and thankfully they let us continue to live with them! There were many late night games of Settlers of Catan drinking Chai Tea. Improtu meetings in their basement where they gave us counsel on parenting issues we were having with Taylor. They took us in as family and remain family to us today! So this is THE big trip. The Dustin's are coming to AZ. The hillbillies come west. Sorry guys no luscious green rolling hills here, just dirt and hay! We'll have fun nonetheless! I will post pictures throughout the week of our time together.

Here's Taylor and their three youngest during our stay at their home: