We have some friends from church who are moving to California (which is far too strange an idea to me, but maybe I grew up there for part of my life and found the political culture strange). We’ll miss them and hope that they come back often to visit. They’re from Germany and so Helmut, whose name you have probably not seen in the context of a surname, is full of fun trans-culture stories and Heidi makes the tastiest foods. Fortunately we get to spend eternity with them so we won’t be away from them forever 🙂