Since the primary purpose of this blog is to keep our friends and donors updated about our ministry with Eagle Lake, we wanted to use this post to express our appreciation for continued support in various ways.
In Mid-November we sent out a year-end letter asking people to pray about giving (maybe for the first time, and maybe just an extra gift) before the end of December to launch us into another year of ministry. God blessed that effort immensely and our hearts are filled with gratitude to all of you who responded to that letter and sacrificially gave of your resources to better equip us. November and December ended up being our largest giving months of the year! Praise God!!!
We are also grateful for all of the friends and family we were able to see over the last half of December. We were pleasantly surprised when 15 people showed up at Larae's parent's home for our appreciation open house. We enjoyed the time to visit with friends we hadn't seen in at least a year and we were able to give an update on our ministry. A few people contacted us about visiting over a meal, and we were blessed by those interactions. One of those evening with friends even ended in the mini-van that you can read about in my previous post :-)
Another highlight of our time in Illinois was the marriage of one of Larae's best friends, Kristin. Kristin was the last of my college girlfriends to get hitched and I had the honor of serving her as her personal attendant. I am incredibly grateful for Kristin's friendship, which we've maintained even though we no longer live close. It was a very fun day and even though we live 16 hours apart, I hope she and her new husband Jonathan will start making a habit of visiting Colorado. (Kristin, if you are reading this, that's a strong hint!)
Another highlight of our time in Illinois was the marriage of one of Larae's best friends, Kristin. Kristin was the last of my college girlfriends to get hitched and I had the honor of serving her as her personal attendant. I am incredibly grateful for Kristin's friendship, which we've maintained even though we no longer live close. It was a very fun day and even though we live 16 hours apart, I hope she and her new husband Jonathan will start making a habit of visiting Colorado. (Kristin, if you are reading this, that's a strong hint!)
Last but not least, we were blessed by time with family. Christmas eve and day were spent with Shaun's family, but we had many days before that to stay with Larae's parents and also visit her sister's family in Kansas. It's always fun to play with our nieces and nephews! During that visit, Shaun was dragged outside several times to jump on the trampoline even though it was below freezing outside.....not that he minds:-) He's a hit with the 4 year old twin boys.
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