We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope all of you had a great one as well! We celebrated Christmas morning with the Tobo church and had our own little family Christmas the following day. We also celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on the 30th! Our co-workers took the kids for the evening and provided us with a yummy steak dinner. It was nice to have some time alone! We also rang in the New Year with a late night of fun and games with our co-workers. Now that the celebrating is over for a little while and the New Year is in swing… we can’t help but be excited that this is the year we get to come home on furlough! Okay, I guess we still have to wait until next December J, but still- this year we’ll be home for Christmas!
We know December 2009 is still a little far off, but we have to start thinking and planning about some things now. Things such as – or more like questions at this point – like; Where will we live? (Besides the general vicinity of Toledo, Oh) What will we drive? Which restaurant will we eat at first? What churches will we speak at? How will we afford to get home? Will my house have a dish washer? What will we wear when we arrive in Ohio in the dead of winter? Will our kids freak out when and if they go to a real school? Many of these questions have been turned into prayers already, and getting the answers to some of those questions are a little more important than getting the answers to others of them… however… will you begin praying with us that the Lord will provide some answers for us this year? Will you pray that the details begin to fall in place even as early as the next 6 months? And will you pray that we will depend on the Lord and look to Him when we begin to have more questions or even doubts?
Maybe the Lord will use you this year to answer some of our questions. Maybe you know of a decent car or van somewhere that we could borrow for the year we’ll be home. Maybe your church would be willing to let us come and share what the Lord has been doing in the Tobo church & in our family over the past several years (our calendar is clear from Feb, 2010- Nov, 2010!). Maybe you have an extra $10,000 sitting around and would like to buy our tickets home! Or at least a dish washer you could lend out for a year & some coupons to Pizza Hut that don’t expire until 2011. Okay, so some of those maybe’s are more probable than others…
But seriously, we’d really appreciate your thoughts and prayers this year as we all see the Lord provide together, just like He has in the past. Thanks for all you’ve done for us last year- every prayer, e-mail, gift & package you’ve given to us. We thank God for you!
Your hands & feet beginning to inch their way back home…
Jason, Nisae, Kadynn, Judah & Eden
