About a month ago we celebrated our third anniversary. Every year, after our anniversary we count how many different beds we’ve slept in that year. It’s a fun way for us to reminisce about the places we’ve been and the people we’ve reconnected with or met for the first time. Because we travel for conferences and fundraising we get to visit a lot of places and see some wonderful people. This year we slept in 33 different beds, which surpasses our first anniversary record of 24. Some of the memorable places we’ve been fortunate enough to visit or live in are New Orleans, Moscow, Houston, San Angelo, Dallas, Denver, Fort Collins, Charleston, Chicago, DC and Baltimore.
For the privacy of our hosts we won’t list the names here, but you know who you are and how much we enjoyed staying with you. A huge and hearty thanks to all of you who opened your homes and pull-out couches to us while we were passing through town. Visiting friends like you is one of the highlights of the work we’ve been called to. As we settle into our new home in Moscow we are trying to put a lot of thought into our guest room, incorporating what we’ve appreciated about the rooms we’ve been guests in ourselves. Come on over and see for yourself if we’ve done a good job.
While we hope we don’t make a new record this year we’ll see what this new year holds for us. With the ever-changing visa situations we face we could surpass the new record of 33. Currently after one month we’ve slept in three beds so at that rate we’re on track for 36. We’ll see what the new year brings!
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That's a fun (and random!) thing to keep track of! I hope that we make it into the count again in 2010 because we LOVED having you here in 2009!
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