Oh the places you'll go!

Christmas and New Year's was so much fun. My second cousin, Myron was with us, along with Karen, a friend of Charis's.

Tree-top walk

Deep in conversation on the way home

Karen's beans, one of the many dishes we enjoyed in our Christmas feast on

Christmas day with Australian friends

Fun preparing for the feast

Oh the foods we eat!!!

Christmas Eve was a special time of sharing gifts for Jesus and praying over Myron's cancer. Thank you, Jesus, that he is cancer-free!!!

I had only met Myron a couple times before, so it was great to hang out. What an inspiration he and his Bible memory are! He has literally memorized entire books of the Bible--I forget how many altogether, but most of Genesis, a bunch of epistles, and he is now finishing up Hebrews. He has a schedule he cycles through each week to recite the books. Thanks for setting the bar high, Myron!

Bicycle ride

Dad's vacation look

New Year's Eve

Arriving just an island away...

Ha ha, I like this youtube. Enjoy. : )

Merry Christmas!

Click here for a cool Christmas song

A little trouble getting up from our family pose for the Christmas card. :) It's great to be together. We also have my second cousin with us as well as a friend of my sister's. Good times with Dutch Blitz and fast scrabble. :)

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Fifteen years ago, at age 33, Barack Obama wrote an autobiography, "Dreams of My Father." I started reading the book a few weeks ago and could hardly put it down for the first several chapters. I don't keep tabs on politics at all, but I have loved getting to know my president this way. Makes me want to sit down and have a good chat with him. What a story. What a background. I'm only about halfway through, so it's still a bit soon to rave about it, but just been thinking more about how important it is to pray for our leaders and how:

there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. (Romans 13:1)

Have 25 minutes?

What a blessing. If you can find 25 free minutes, please sit down and watch this video on prayer.

Thanks for sharing it, mom.