Our friends from Pittsburgh are here visiting not only us but everyone that crossed paths with this amazing family through Rockpointe. It is a really great story how we became so close with them and it is even more amazing that even though they have moved back home to PA that we still are in contact with them.
When Mariana was just a baby Nathan was walking the halls of our church with her and came across another young looking guy with a little baby too. they started talking and somehow came to the topic that I was looking for someone to help us out with childcare since I was going to go back to work and that we had a little girl who was not yet two years old as well. Immediately this man said my wife is looking for a little something to do a couple days a week and we too have a little girl not yet two. They exchanged names and Nathan kind of forgot about it. A couple of weeks later I was still trying to figure things out when he remembered and said Oh the youth pastor Kent said his wife might be interested. So I called the church got their number and she said that it would definitely work out because she was hoping to have someone for her little girl Madelyn to play with. So for about 6 months Jordan went to Maddie's house to play and that was all she talked about.
They were so cute playing together and then playing with each other at church. When I went part time we no longer needed to have Mrs. Erica watch Jordan so we would set up play dates so the girls could still see each other outside of church. Then She helped me get the job at Handprints and then Jordan and Maddie were in the same class together and Kalea and Mariana were together as well. Right before Jordan and Maddie were to turn 4 years old Erica pulled me aside and said that Kent would be taking a position in Pittsburgh and they would be moving in May. It was so sad that I would be loosing a friend but I felt for our little girls that would be loosing each other too. I knew that at this young of an age they would just remember each other when they saw pictures or heard stories about their little friend from preschool.
Well I was very wrong. The girls kept in touch through notes or calls. The Chevaliers came to visit here a couple of times that year around holidays or for a quick visit. Last summer we decided to visit them since trips would be harder with Jordan starting school. So we ventured out the PA when Sammy was just 3 months old. We knew then that it would be hard to see them again since Erica was pregnant with her third and was unsure of when they would come back here. We were surprised to get a call a couple of weeks ago saying that they were coming to visit. Jordan has been counting down ever since and has loved the weekly phone calls from Maddie. She loves her little friend and enjoyed her visit today. They picked right up where they left off last summer and ran around and played in the back yard and front yard. It was so cute to hear them talk. We will be meeting up with a bunch more friends from church at George George park later this afternoon and the girls will be able to play some more with each other.
I think that God is so good to give Jordan a little friend that I know she will have for life that even though they are states away they have a God in common and the love for each other that he instilled!!
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