For a long time (future)-Usage

I am looking to tell my group of long-time friends, that the meet up they had last week (which I missed) would hopefully not be the last one for at least the next several months.

Would it be fine to say, "Hope this was not the last one for a long time"? (in the sense, I hope it does not take them too long before they come up with another meet-up plan)

Thank you for all your inputs, in advance!