First, I want to start by saying that God has blessed me with an amazing family of 6 brothers and sisters and two amazing parents! I love and cherish each and every one of my family members so much! However, I want to specifically mention my oldest brother, Chris, and thank him for being such a great brother to me! For the last two years I've been that 'annoying' little sister that wanted to tag along with him whenever I could ;). But through this whole stage, Chris has patiently, willingly, and lovingly taken me with him everywhere! We've had great times of touring Austin at 6 a.m. trying to find a way to church through all of the blockades for runners, parked and walked a mile or so through Zilker park to get to church one Sunday when there literally wasn't a way in, gone to breakfast, lunches, and countless dinners, hung out with friends and become great friends in the process. I also want to thank you for all of the Sundays that I've had to go to choir and you kept watch over me and kept me safe... bought me lunch AND dinner, and cared for me. You've been an awesome example of what a big brother should look like and be! You've shown me how to trust God and know Him better and I am ever thankful for that!
So, here is an example of my amazing brother:
Chris works at a garden center in Elgin called Bloomers. He works there full time spring, summer, fall, and winter. He almost always comes home hot, dirty, and sweaty... especially through spring, summer, and fall. He comes in the door almost dripping and I'll say hi, but I make him wait for a greeting hug until AFTER he's showered! However, last Friday he came home and I gave my usual, "CHRISSY!" then sent him up for a shower! But when he got up to his room he called me upstairs. When I got to his room he put $100 in my hand, "Here Jen, this is for your missions trip." I stood speechless for a minute then finally realized that I should tell him that I wasn't going on the trip anymore because I hadn't gotten the first half of the money in time. So I thanked him , knowing that he couldn't really spare that money, and told him the news (He didn't know I had a blog... he would have read it otherwise!) Although, I had to do the right thing and still offer to take it ;)... of course I was joking! He almost made me cry... he showed me that he loves me and was trying to help even in a hard time for him! And... something like that deserves a hug (three actually), no matter how hot, sweaty, and dirty he was! The hugs were about a minute apart each! I couldn't get over it all night and am still SOO thankful for a brother like him!
I don't know what I'm going to do without him when he moves to Oklahoma in September... but I want what's best... and what's God's will for him!
I love you Chris! Thank you for being AWESOME!
-Jen
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