Gift #62- Military Friendships

With this military life, summer brings about a lot of change.  Many new families come and, sadly,  many families leave.  In our short time here, we have come to know some wonderful families.  Three of those families are moving on to new adventures.  While we are super sad to see them go, we are so thankful for the time that we had together.

 Sam with his friends Zane (left) and Bryce.  Zane and Sam were classmates and hit it off right from the start.  During their last few weeks here in Iwakuni, I thought that Sam might move in with them.   Zane and Bryce left early this morning bound for NC.
We will miss their sweet faces.

My friend Sheila drove the Rupple family to the Hiroshima airport this morning and snapped this goodbye picture.

 This is Josh with our friend Alex.  Jack, Josh and Alex played on the same baseball team and have had many a nerf war and sleep over together.  Thankfully, they still have a few weeks here in Iwakuni.  This little neighborhood will not be the same without Alex and his family.

This is Jack with his friend Kyle.  These 2 are thick as thieves.  They have spent these first two weeks of summer  bowling and swimming and riding the base bus just to see where it takes them.  Kyle leaves tomorrow for Missouri.  We will miss you Kyle!