Dear family,
“Jesus Revolution” was such an
amazing movie! I enjoyed seeing how God worked in America in the 70’s. I am
reading a book called “Andrew Murray” which describes how God brought revival
to South Africa in the 1800’s. Wow, my
heart feels like it is growing so many sizes bigger. OH, and another book that will be in our
library soon is “The Cross and the Switchblade” about God working in New York
in the 1950’s. Guess who is praying for
revival? Yup, me, you can as well. I know it might be overwhelming to see God at
work, but it would also be amazing.
Bobby went to Seattle to drop off
Christmas presents to my family. That
was nice of him. I enjoyed hearing how
he played with our niece and had good conversations with my parents and brother-in-law. It is nice that Bobby has vacation days for
that.
Bobby also cooked shepherd's pie and
I enjoyed eating it with him. He
mentioned that he was watching a movie and Seth noticed. They talked about how it was from Bobby’s
childhood. Then Seth said, “Ohhh, it’s
in color,” as if Bobby grew up in
the days without color TV and movies.
We had a Christmas celebration early
with the Vankleeks because Caren’s caregivers worked on the 23rd
and Bobby doesn’t have to work that day either.
I enjoyed visiting with Dad and his girlfriend Sandi before Mom and
Caren came over. Dad brought out beard
jewels (that Caren had given him several years ago.) We were all wearing some light-up bulbs by
the time Mom and Caren arrived. Well,
not Seth, he said, “I have self-respect so No, I won’t wear those.” Anyway, it was fun to see Caren laugh when
she saw most of us blinking away. It was
a gathering of dorks.
I didn’t get a chance to write funny
things down during dinner but boy – Bobby put out an amazing spread. Ham, Salad, scalloped potatoes! Dad brought drinks, dessert, and hominy. Mom brought rolls. So yummy!
Sandi brought fruit cake – that was funny. I didn’t even try it.
I did write down funny things from the gift opening. Caren was joking about the
gift card for jeans. “My jeans are so
small they fit in an envelope!”
Love! Caren did have to mention that folding an
envelope inside of itself wouldn’t work because her hands aren’t that good at
opening things. She was trying to
educate us about being a paraplegic, but Seth came out with, “And you took all
that time to complain.” While he opened
her envelope. She had to laugh and describe
him as, “Wicked funny.” Adriel did
mention that if he had a comedy routine she would definitely go to the show.
Bobby received hot sauces and
mentioned that the youth in youth group love spicy things. Seth had to ask, “Do they like hot stuff OR
are they trying to be cool because I don’t think you can do both.”
When mentioning what is inside the fruit
cake Sandi said raisins. Caren had to
mention, “Raisins are just sad grapes.” I
had to laugh at her sad face.
Family interactions are fun. God gives us certain people to be in our
lives and we are blessed to spend time with them.
May you also be glad for those God
has given you, parents, siblings, and children.
Much love, Cristy
The pictures are from the future (later in the day). But I like them :-) Seth was serving in the back - doing the video.
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