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I actually cried when I read this story sent in by Jennifer. What can I say? I tear up easily. I am so honored that God is using this site to bless people in so many ways. Plus, this story reminds me so much of MY STORY. I also didn’t grow up with sisters, but have gained three by marriage. I am so thankful for these sisters in my life now. Here’s Jennifer:

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I did not grow up with sisters, only one brother. When I married I gained two sisters and a sister in law. Score! My sister in law, her husband (my husband’s brother…confused yet?!?) and their three young children have lived in Central Asia as missionaries for the last seven years. We both have three children. She has one boy and two girls and we have three boys. When they left my oldest was in preschool. He is starting middle school this year. Sigh. They’ve been back to the states just a few times over those seven years.

We try to communicate as much as possible via skype. When we are able to talk guess what we discuss? Your recipes!! We love it. We talk about what we like, how we adapted it, who ate it and so on. Last fall, after several years of saving, my husband and I were able to visit them while they were working. Guess what she served? Heavenly Homemakers recipes! We had the best time sitting around her table, eating good food and visiting.

Living worlds apart is difficult to say the least, but Heavenly Homemakers has been a common bond. Few things in our daily lives, outside of our mutual love of the Lord, are similar, but almost daily one of us has a HH recipe on our table. It makes me smile. Thanks for all you do and your daily encouragement!

In Him,

Jennifer

PS-While in Central Asia with them she made your Breakfast Cake, but added fresh pumpkin and white chocolate chips. It was a winner!

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I am blessed beyond words. Not only did I marry a great man – part of my marriage package includes a great set of in-laws.

As a part of this prize package that I acquired upon becoming a Coppinger, I received two sisters-in-law: Matt’s sister, and Matt’s brother’s wife. Blessing upon blessing – all three of us get along.

Actually, to simply say that we “get along” may be an understatement. Our relationships are so much deeper than that. We laugh, we cry, we pray, we share…and oh my…we shop.

Which is what the three of us did for several days together last week. Don’t worry, we did much more than shop. We laughed, we cried, we prayed…and we ate cheesecake. It was awesome. Our get-away time together is something we started probably around eight years ago (none of us can remember exactly). Since the two of them live in California, and I live in Nebraska, we rarely see each other. Therefore, we’ve been intentional about meeting up for a long weekend every two or three years.

We now lovingly call our get-away time the “Coppinger Sister Symposium”. Sounds so much more fun and official than just a simple “sister weekend”, don’t you think? ;)

I flew to L.A. on Wednesday, and the fun began. (As did the lack of sleep. There was too much fun to be had!)

Here we are at Malibu beach one evening. Oh my word – I couldn’t get over the beauty. And joy upon joy, with bare feet in the glorious sand – I took off for a short run. Walking and jogging on the concrete of Nebraska may never be the same again after the exhilaration I felt during and after that run. Wowza.

Oh, and we saw dolphins! And as we watched the tide roll in, we sat on a blanket and shared – praising God for our marriages and children. The shopping, the partaking of awesome California food (can you say fresh strawberries?!) was all wonderful. But that time together on the beach, I will be gushing about forever.

I came home tired, yet incredibly refreshed and encouraged. I thank God for putting these wonderful gals in my life. (And a big shout-out goes to our three husbands who willingly and sweetly took over in our homes while we enjoyed our “CSS”.)

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