Enjoying the Break

It is sooo nice to have a small break to enjoy right now. The kids are taking 2 weeks off of school and it is a nice refresher for all of us to be able to enjoy days without schoolwork. I'm sure by January 5th the cabin fever will be getting to all of us and we'll be ready to start back again. And while we are 'taking a break' there is still a LOT going on right now.

First of all I'd ask you to pray for a family situation - Grammy Donut (Lincoln, Helaine, and Kendrick's grandmother) is in the hospital and we don't expect it to be too long before she joins her Savior. She is 95 and has a brain hemorrhage she is not expected to recover from. Related to that is a request for Helaine - she flew out to Maine to be with her for Christmas and has had to deal with all of this as the only family member that is there.

Last night we all piled on our winter wear and walked around to our neighbors with a plate of cookies and a Christmas, gospel message to hand out. It was COLD!!!! But we hope to have a positive testimony and desire to make an impact on the unsaved people that we are surrounded by. After that we headed to the Georgeffs house, a church family, since church last night was canceled. We enjoyed some fellowship and cookies and watched the movie 'Expelled' about the debate between Intelligent Design and Evolution being taught in our schools and colleges. It was worth the watch but very aggravating at the same time - there are so many people that are going to be held accountable for their own actions as well as the hundreds they have taught and led the wrong way!

The kids, of course, are counting down the days to Christmas with much anticipation. Once again the Lord has blessed us abundantly and we thank Him for His gift! We have invited another family to have lunch and spend the afternoon with us on Christmas Day. The Shively's were missionaries in Papua New Guinea for years and are setting up home here in the States for the first time in a long while. They have three sons - ages 15, 13, and 11 - and we are looking forward to the fellowship and getting to know them. They will be working at Cornerstone Bible Institute starting this coming spring semester. It should be a fun day!

Guess I don't have a whole lot to write about or pictures to post but I wanted to update you on a few things going on this week in our lives. As usual with the holidays here there a lot of you that we are missing even more right now! Maybe someday....