Dear Family,
I
am so thankful for the feeling we get when we decide to focus on being
thankful. We don’t have to keep gratitude
to ourselves. When we are thankful for
each other we share those good feelings, and it is fun to spread cheer. I enjoy writing kind notes, giving and
receiving smiles, sending verses to people and having responses back!
Adriel
is so sweet. Sometimes she just says, “I
love you!” When I give her a verse. How
kind of her. She is gracious, thoughtful
and a blessing to me. When I asked her,
“Has anything made you laugh today?” She
answered that my text at 4:30 AM asking that question made her laugh . . . because she had just woken up.
Bobby
cooked several meals this week and one was so good I wish it wasn’t gone so
fast. Such is life. I have other food but that beef and noodles
dish was amazing.
Bobby
decided to do a Friendsgiving event which made Adriel very jealous. I believe her favorite food is ice cream and
this event featured the youth group providing ice cream. The students brought toppings and Bobby’s
favorite topping was Traeger meat rub.
He proceeded to pour some on his hand and say, “I can eat this by
itself.” That was interesting. Then, yes, he did put it on ice cream and eat
that. Blegh!
Middle
school group had a bigger turn out than usual because friends invited
friends. They said, “We are
multiplying.” That was fun. At the end
of youth group Bobby handed out cards for people to write to someone they are
thankful for. One person asked, “Can I
write it for my cat?” Bobby said, “Only
people who know English!” then added, “Or Spanish,” because we know several
families are fluent in Spanish. How
fun. But cat – I guess not. This reminded me of a report my sister made
in grade school, “I love Jesus and my cat does to.”
The
High School group had so many girls (They all came and even invited a friend). I had to comment, “Ohhh, we have more girls
than boys tonight!” A young man replied,
“Well, you know what they say, ‘Quality over quantity.’” We both paused a beat
with some eye contact and then I smiled.
“That was awesome!” I gave him a
high five because I like his attitude.
Both genders are fabulous.
I
did have to tell a youth she is too hard to play with on Duolingo. I was talking with her friend and we were
like – it’s not fun when she beats us so bad.
Sigh – I’m not smarter than that High Schooler – that’s for sure. She really is quite amazing.
Having
a date night sure is fun. I enjoy
spending time with Bobby, eating good food and simply being. We enjoyed some shopping together and that
was fun as well. Christmas is coming!
May
you enjoy the beauty of our surroundings as Gods is pouring liquid sunshine
everywhere. May your heart be full of
His peace and may you be excited about the ability to give.
Much love,
Cristy
PS the picture is one of a weed BUT did you know it has Christmas connotations - it might have been fed to reindeer and then - well - if you want to read the WEIRDEST story ever:
https://www.ffungi.org/blog/the-influence-of-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-on-christmas
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