Dear Family & Friends, December 2011
This year I find myself writing with a full heart and in an
overflow of gratefulness. God has truly shown
Himself good to our family this year, and as I write, I believe He’s not
finished with us yet because this year still has a few more weeks left in it!
;)
This year Weston turned two and with adenoids removed and a
new pair of ear tubes, I feel like my little boy just came to life over the
summer. He is so much fun! And funny too! He keeps us in constant stitches and giggles
with his “Ahhh man” comments and other little man quips. His dry humor, only understood through his
still broken speech, just adds to his adorable smile and mischievous ways. He’s learned to keep his sister in check, and
the two of them play so well together; it’s truly heart-warming and an answer
to prayer.
Savannah turned four this year, and I have been amazed and
so grateful for her sweet attitude, caring heart, and helpful hands. She is very capable and independent, but
deeply concerned for the well-being of others as well. I have enjoyed watching her little heart for
God grow over this year. She still can’t
explain what it means to ask Jesus into your heart, but she adamantly claims
that she already has. I look forward to
the day when she can completely understand and walk the aisle in baptism
professing what I already know is deep at work in her heart. Is that day not the completion of the best a
parent can hope for? A great answer to
so many prayers? I am expectant and so
grateful to a God that works in our lives even as children.
I have kept busy with a long list of things this year among
which I include the completion of two half marathons, one sprint triathlon, a
Warrior Dash, and a Muddy Buddy Race. I
have fond memories of each, and I look forward to what this next year may hold
for physical challenges. I also was able
to begin Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) in January, and I cannot say enough about
the Biblical principles and spiritual growth I have experienced through this
study. The spiritual growth I’ve seen in
my children through their children’s program is even more amazing, and it’s all
free!!! I highly encourage anyone
searching for something solid and straight Bible to check out their
program. On top of this, probably the
best decision we have made as a family this year was to join Burnt Hickory
Baptist Church after the first of the year.
God has truly, deeply blessed our socks off through the ministry,
people, and friendships we have made here.
I feel like we have finally found a church to call home for the next
long season of our life, and I am beyond grateful for this blessing.
Joey officially graduated with his MBA from Mercer
University in August of this year, and I cannot be more relieved to have that
behind us, but more importantly, I am so proud of my husband. He finished this degree while enduring the
regular day-to-day difficulties at his store, weathering a pregnant wife and
birth of a second child, and all the while managed to be there every time I
needed him. He stressed, but it never
put a huge strain on our marriage, and I never felt neglected in the two and
half years this took. He is truly an
amazing man of God with a great future ahead of him. I believe God is already in the works to use
him for His mighty purposes to bring glory to His holy name. I look forward to the adventures 2012 holds
for Joey because I know God is just beginning to use his leadership of our
family for great things.
And there you have it, the year in review, in a
nutshell. All praise to our heavenly
Father who chooses to give His good and perfect gifts! We are so unworthy, yet still He is faithful. What a mighty God we serve.
May this
season of celebration grace you with an expectancy in your life of all God is
capable of accomplishing in just today and even more so in the tomorrows to
come.
“May the God of Hope fill you
with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 (NIV)
Merry
Christmas Everyone!
Joey,
Jennifer, Savannah, & Weston
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