Dear Family,
Voting
is a privilege and duty. I am glad to
spread out all the mail, make an informed decision, and have a say. Thank you all for choosing to vote with me. Bobby and I voted by mail and Seth took mine
out to the mailbox. I am glad he helped
me do my duty.
Seth
also keeps plugging away at work and school.
He is diligent and faithful. I
appreciate his hard work and desire to press on.
Bobby
has been busy planning a retreat for the Middle school. Pulling speaker, musician, students, and
staff together is a much bigger undertaking than I would ever want to
muster. I am impressed by his willingness
to make things happen.
Bobby
is excited to help Adriel when she comes over.
They searched high and low for several old Halloween costumes to no
avail. I sell things when I think they
won’t be useful. I couldn’t imagine
Adriel using that M&M costume again.
She wore it about 3 years in a row.
But search for it they did. Oh
well. She isn’t mad at me (for I am the
one who bought it) just disappointed.
Adriel
and I had lunch Tuesday. She is lovely, has
realized that “The world is much bigger than she imagined,” and that we, her
parents, might know more than she previously thought. That turnaround from the teen years was
expected but I thought it only happened when grandchildren were born. It is fun to see her growing up. She also came by that evening to grab some
Halloween costumes for her office spirit week.
How fun, offices also enjoy dressing up and handing out candy.
Middle
School group was delightful and full of good-natured fun. I am now practicing foosball with the goal of
becoming the champion I used to be. Our
youth bring so much energy, and joy. I
am glad to join them weekly to learn more about God.
High
school group was delightful. The lesson
was on the monster inside us (sin nature).
Bobby asked, “What’s so bad about monsters?” When one answer was, “The caffeine.” I had to
guffaw. This generation would go
straight to a drink. That’s just silly.
Homegroup was fun. Bobby mentioned that it
was youth group for adults and our friends delighted in this. “I’m living my second childhood anyway!” “But do we have to play games?” The adults relished talking about a recent
trip and digging deeper into God’s word.
This is a time of mutual edification.
I love being surrounded by wisdom.
May
you also delight in those both young and old.
May you find joy in growing closer to people and in learning more and
more about God. It seems we can never
learn enough – heaven will be such a wonderful time of truly getting to know
God the most. In-person! Much love, Cristy
PS Patience has paid off. The grapes are no longer sour. Yeah!!
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