- Our family eat most every meal together at the kitchen table.
- We can eat tropical fruit and drink juice made from fresh fruit every day.
- Our boys have never had to spend extended time away from home as MK's.
- We enjoy good the friendship of good missionary colleagues.
- My father and mother wholly support what we do and visit often, as well as my husband's mother.
- Our boys participate in our ministry in many ways.
- We have good general health.
- We live in a small town where the boys can safely go most anywhere at anytime.
- We have enough financial support to take care of most of our needs with few worries.
- We serve a mighty God who loves and cares for us every single day.
Byron, the guy in the white helmet, turns 61 today. That's our son, Byron the Third in the black helmet. He'll be 30 on his next birthday at the end of the year. My husband and I were close to thirty ourselves when we had our first son. Lately it seems that every other day or so someone wants to know "When we are going to retire?" Sometimes it feels more like, "When are you going to leave" is the real question, but that's a story for another post sometime. Has the sunset on our work and ministry in Brazil? Is it time to hang our hats and pack it all up. Are we too old? Too old for what? Too old to tell others about the love of God? Too old to preach and teach? Too old to ride a motorcycle on dirt roads? Okay, you may have us on that last one! It took a few days to recover from our 8 days of motorcycle travel with our oldest and his wife last month. It took a few weeks to recover from all the bumps and aches of our ...
Getting somewhat caught up with my friends' blogs! Enjoyed reading through these recent ones. Trust you had a wonderful Christmas season and that this New Year is filled with continued blessings, big & small, from Him!
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