A Blessed Year

Another year has flown by. We have been blessed in so many ways.

Our kids are growing. Aris is one of the brighter kids in her Junior Kindergarten class, and is getting somewhat more balanced at home — she’s learning to obey, and doesn’t throw tantrums so often! Zane is also a bright kid, is talking quite a bit, and is fairly intelligible. He’s climbing everything — nothing is safe in our house!

We’re excited about our third child coming in February. We’ve been blessed with a minivan this fall that will make it possible to fit all 3 kids into the car!

Grace is doing quite well emotionally. (The last pregnancy was pretty rough, as were the months following.) We can pray that she continues to do well. Physically, she’s found the pregnancy rough, so we can keep praying for her in that as well.

We continue to feel blessed with the townhouse we moved into just over a year ago. While far from extravagant, we have space to host a weekly youth group, and a weekly ladies group. We’re a few feet away from a beautiful woods, and have a wonderful view. We’re close to a great school that Aris is now attending.

God has blessed me with some exciting projects to work on this year at International Teams. I’ve been able to help develop resources for several of our ministries that they wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise — resources that have helped them to take their ministries beyond what they could have otherwise.

And through it all, God has continued to provide for our needs. We are so blessed by those friends, family, and churches that support us financially, and in prayer. Thanks so much!

May God richly bless you this Christmas Season.
Steve