meet the group...officially

i know i have talked a little bit about our new friends but now i'm officially introducing all of them.

here are angela (left) and andrea (right). both from texas, (garland and houston, respectively) angela graduated from harding and is a computer programmer and andrea graduated from abilene and is a high school government/economics teacher. these are our beautifully talented singers/musicians and i love them both dearly. angela leaves august 31st and andrea leaves september 1st for italy.

here is peter. he is also from memphis and we grew up in the same youth group. he graduated from harding with a bible major and was working in a local memphis toy store. he is our resident preacher and i can't wait to hear him! he leaves in october for italy.

here are jessica and eric. they are married and originally from ohio, but they had been living in cabot, arkansas. eric graduated from ohio state and is a professional surveyor and jessica graduated from harding and is an artist. they leave september 7th for italy.

we are all having a ball together already and it's like pulling teeth for us to tell each other bye every night. we have already had some incredibly special bonding times and i know that it was only the beginning. if all of this was over today, i would still feel like i had made 5 new best friends. i can't wait to do this work with all of these people in florence, italy.

these are just some pictures of all the men tonight at the corbin's house for dinner. this was story time with howard (the man in the recliner)

look at their crossed legs, haha. they were laughing at stories of missionaries saying the wrong italian word on accident in some really awkward situations. i hope i don't do that, but i'm sure i will.