This is my commandment, that ye love one another as I have loved you. John 15: 12

                                                     A Tribute to a Wonderful Friend 

I’ve been realizing that in life we tend to take a lot of things for granted like, clothes, food, shelter, life, friends, and family! I don’t know about you but I know that I want to change that! I especially want to appreciate my friends more. This is something that I want to do right here, right now. I have a special friend that is very dear to me. She has been in my life for sixteen years now. We have shared many joys, and sorrows together. 

It seems just like it was yesterday when I first met her, she was seven and I six. I had just moved to Africa and everything was new and scary for me. One of the first days at the mission we went to another missionary’s house for supper and I remember walking in and seeking a little girl right around my age. She was my exact opposite in almost every way, while my hair was brown, her hair was blond and she was tall and slender while I was short and stocky. At first we were both shy but as the evening wore on we began to play together and by the end of the evening you would have thought we had always known each other. 

After that meeting, we spent many more times together and many of my best memories are with this special person. Even thought we were opposites in many ways ,our differences drew us closer. I can remember times when she would put up with my crazy ways, her patience alway amazed me. 

One of the hardest goodbyes I ever said was to her, when I had to move with my family when I was fourteen and she was fifteen. Even though, God have directed our lives have different directions, our friendship has remand. Thought oceans may separate us, we share a bond that no amount of distance can server. I am so thankful for her presence in my life and I thank God for bringing us together as friends, as sisters in Christ! 

I may not say it often, but I mean it often, I am thankful for you, my dear friend! You are a joy to know and I hope we can enjoy many more years of friendship on this earth. I especially look forward to spending eternity with you!  Mpaka tuonane tena, Mungu akubariki!