When we received the email that the Wehus family from Norway would be visiting the Philippines with their three children....all from the little children's home, we were more than thrilled. The eldest, Isak, is a teenager....impossible we thought....it couldn't have been that many years ago.... then Elias almost a teen, and the youngest, Hanna Joy. They are an amazing family, venturing with great gusto up north to Baguio and down south to Bohol, wanting the children to see what a beautiful place the land of their birth is. We've so enjoyed their company these past few weeks as they've popped in and out of Manila on their way through to yet another part of the country.
As Gundersons we have a special bonding to Norway, the land of Dennis' grandparent's birth. Turns out that Terjes' and Dennis' families both come from the same remote mountain valley and we are the most distant of cousins, sharing a common ancestor on Dennis' grandfather's side in the 1500s. Doesn't that beat all?
They are truly special people and very dear to us. What a wonderful blessing to see them again.
In the posted picuture is Deborah, Grandson Auden, and the Wehus family, Asa, Hanna, Isak, Elias, and Terje standing in front of the little children's home. Hanna said, on her first or second visit, she would like to come back and work a tlc home. Wouldn't that be something?
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