Establishing Family When Your Family Is Not Around

My husband and I arrived back in the states a few days ago after living in the Caribbean for two years. Although we are glad to be back and excited for the next step in this medical school journey, there are also a lot of things we will miss about our life in Grenada- the beaches, the warmth, the beauty…but most of all we will miss our Grenadian family! When you live on a small island where most of the people you interact with are in the same life experience as you, you are bound to make friends. But, we were blessed with so much more than just friendship! Our core group of friends really became our family! We celebrated holidays together, we were in Bible studies and book groups together, we laughed with one another, and we cried! We encouraged one another on our “I hate Grenada” days and we prayed for each other! These friendships were definitely evidence in my life of God’s abundant faithfulness! It still has not fully sunk in that our little family will no longer be on the island together, but I am excited to see where we end up meeting up next! Because when we all left Grenada, I said my “See you later”s, not “Goodbye”s!

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If you are in a time of your life of many unknowns or you have just moved to a new place or you are just feeling lonely, keep your eyes open to the friendships God is giving you! See God working in your life through the encouragement of friendships and be a light in those friends’ lives, as well! And, always remember to be the kind of friend to others that you would want to have in your life!