Meet Barbara Anne and Dennis Konopacki. They are our dear friend, CaSondra's parents. They host a "Kono Camping" retreat at their home near Stevens Point where they allow you to move in and treat you better than family while feeding you like you're at a bed and breakfast. This place, their home - is amazing! It's a nice house, Dennis built it, but it's not just that. It's got a great yard, wonderful decor, lots of space, a serious wooded area (sorry about your beef jerky Dennis) and a place for a fire pit. But even still, THAT is not what makes the Kono Camping Weekend so special. Dennis makes a great big breakfast and that's pretty rockin', but that's not THE thing...For those of us who know the Konopackis, we recognize that it is THEM that draws people to their family, to their home. I feel like another daughter there. I feel embraced and taken in. I'm taught to cook and expected to nap. We laugh, sip drinks and watch sports, but they show us how marriage and the work that goes into it looks. To me this is a glimpse of what God's love for us looks like or ought to. They are so warm and so real and so accepting of where you're at, but will speak the truth in love and then offer support in helping you to change and grow. It is so encouraging.
It is wonderful to see how CaS grew up and how she became who she is.
Dylan has been to the Konopackis more than I have...you can tell by how comfortable he is here. They love him and treat him as if he's just another extension of their hearts. It's so sweet.
Boy fieldtrip 2008: corn picking...this was a new experience for the husbands as they'd never had raw sweet corn before. It was the hot commodity for the weekend. Super yummy.
Mr. & Mrs. Konopacki, please forgive me for taking so long to write you a thank you...but THANK YOU! from all of us.
Already excited about next year. Hope you're reading for all 6 of us...
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