RECEPTION

It was a wonderful day celebrating the marriage of Haylie and Braden Porter. 

Haylie and her brother Ethan are the best friends our kids made on the mission field. And their parents, Phil and Emily, have been good friends to Melissa and me as well - for many years now. Their family served at Emmaus University, just down the road from Cap-Haitien Christian School. 

Now they are back living and working in New Jersey. Haylie and Braden actually got married a year ago, so today's reception was a year in the making, thanks to Covid. 

It was a backyard reception at Phil and Emily's house and there were plenty of helpers, so it was a fairly relaxed day of preparation. 

Melissa and I snuck away for a bike ride for a few minutes. There's a state park literally across the street. 

One of the highlights of the day was another Haiti reunion - this one with the Ayars family, who also served at Emmaus. Their daughter Lilly was one of Sarah's best friends in Haiti. 

Good times. Good times!