Hello everyone,
Merry Christmas! I can't believe it's already the end of the year! This year has been filled with lots of ups and downs for our family. We welcomed Abby into the family at the beginning of the year and it's been so fun watching her grow and learn. At the church, we were able to enter a new building and have seen God working powerfully through that tool that He's given us. Thank you so much to many of you who prayed and gave to help make that a possibility!!!
This has also been a really difficult year for us. As a family, we've struggled a lot with loneliness and missing family. The kids have had a really hard transition into their new school. That's not only been hard for them but it's hard to watch as parents as well. Personally, I've never dealt with discouragement and depression like I have in the last few months. In the midst of it all, I'm sure that Jesus is pulling us closer to Himself. Sometimes He brings us into the darkness so that we can experience a deeper and more profound intimacy with Him. He's stripping away all of our idols and bringing us to a place where He is the only place we put our hope. He's so good and we look forward to what He has in store for 2022-----no matter what it may be.
You can see a bit of a summary of things that have been happening with us in the praise reports, prayer requests and photos below. God bless you and may you have a wonderful, Chrsit-centered Christmas and a Happy New Year!
-Tim, Priscilla, Josiah, Hannah & Abby
Eph. 3:20-21
Praise Reports
-Josiah just turned 11, Hannah is turning 8 in a few days and Abby turns 1 in 3 weeks!
-As a church, we did an outreach in our city where we gave blankets and bags with personal hygiene items to those in need. God has really used the event among those in our church to increase generosity and a focus on the lost.
-A young man named Iram got saved through the outreach!
-The Lord has been blessing the church. More people are coming, people are getting connected in more significant roles and we have been able to minister to some people that have needed to receive the love of Jesus.
-We are able to go to Colorado in a few days to spend time with my side of the family. We haven't been able to spend Christmas with them in almost 10 years, so we are very excited to be with them during Christmas.
Prayer Request
-We found out last month that my mom (Susan) has cancer. We're still waiting on the results to know all the details but she will begin chemo treatments soon and need to have surgery in the next few months.
-Last week I passed out in the bathroom, fell and landed on my face on a sharp corner of our shower. I cut it up pretty bad and may have had a mild concussion. Praise the Lord, it wasn't worse and I didn't land directly on my eye or on other parts of my head. It was a blessing because our worship leader is a doctor, so he came over right away and helped to close up the wounds and get me situated. I have tests scheduled for when we're in Colorado to try and figure out why I passed out.
-The kids are still struggling with their school and especially with the social aspect. We're really praying they make some friends and start to thrive socially in the school.
-As a family, we've had a tough last few months emotionally with missing family and feeling lonely. Please pray for the Lord's comfort and continued refreshment in the vision and calling He has on our family.
-That the Lord would raise up leadership in the church.
