I hope and pray each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were able to share many laughs with friends and family as you counted your blessings. We have so much to be thankful for, and God has blessed us in so many ways. May the attitude of gratitude be ever-present in our hearts!

As we shift into the holiday season, our mission schedule is lightening considerably. Churches generally have so much going on between Thanksgiving and Christmas that it’s not a good time to have missionaries in to present their burdens, and we certainly get that. In a way, it’s a blessing for us to be able to spend some time in our home church during this season of celebration. In fact, we “visited” our church yesterday for the first time since June. It was really nice to be with our church family, and we’re looking forward to doing more of that throughout December.