I haven't posted in a while because I have both finished my semester of school and subsequently crashed the plane, so to speak. I have been totally wiped the last few days. Otherwise, the Polloks are still here and doing rather well.
Liza actually DANCED on Saturday night! Well, she performed a solo at the beginning of a piece called "Agnus Dei" in which she basically "moves her arms around," in her own words. She did no jumping, turning or spinning for you that are worried. It was a big step, very encouraging for her, and made all the family very proud and worried. Our good God is bringing my wife back to her passionate ministry with a new fervor and drive. It really is a beautiful thing to watch.
Yesterday I drove Sonja to the airport headed to Australia to spend Christmas with her family and friends there. That means she'll be arriving about now, our time. It's a long way. We are headed to Falls City this morning to spend Christmas with my family there. It will be our first without my grandma and should be a special one. Jacob and Amy will also be heading to Australia in a couple weeks, after they and Steven spend Christmas with Amy's family. So we are all headed in different directions this Christmas, which I suppose is becoming more and more normal in our time.
Many warm blessings on your Christmas celebration this year. Please be full of our gratitude and thoughts as you and your friends and family gather around the warmth of the story of our Savior, humbled to be born in a feeding trough in the likeness of you and I. He was born on a mission to save us from our sins - the only thing by the way, that no other world religion offers a solution for. Christ was born to solve man's deepest problem - himself. I pray that you find yourself in that story this Christmas and perhaps for the first time, you truly celebrate Christ's birth. Blessings and Merry Christmas.
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Hello sweet friends! This is the Laffertys from Kansas - enjoying a VERY WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!! Ainsley can't believe it - she prayed for weeks that it would snow on Christmas.....a sweet lesson to the three year old about answered prayers! Can't wait to see you after the holidays. Love to you four from us three!
JJ, Kev and Ainsie
Hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas!
Think about, and continue to pray for you often...
Love you guys,
Megan
we hope you all had a very merry Christmas. God bless the, Irwin family
Hi Scot and Liza. Yes, Sonja is safe here in Oz j- thought not really well. She needs to rest after the long trip and seems to have developed a bronchial infection. When I rang to speak with her yesterday, little Zoe - aged 5 - answered the phone in a hushed voice. 'Yes', she said, 'Grandma is here but she can't speak to you because she is sleeping and even if she was awake her voice is gone and the doctor says she needs lots of rest'. So she did get lots of rest and today she was out on a boat, pulling up crab pots with Joshua. Have a wonderful New Year, kids. Aunty Janine
I really wish I could correct the typos when I find them. ooopoppsss J
Merry Christmas! Your kids are precious! Just wanted to let you know that your family is being prayed for today on the other side of the ocean.
Many blessings,
--Pete & Kimberly (McKown) Craig
P.S. Just a reminder as it's been a long time - I (Kim) am Casey McKown's sister!
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