Merry Christmas!

Counting down to Advent…as of December 1

1. This household gained 1 new career job, 1 new son-in-law, and 1 trip to the ER this year.
2. We have 2 grandchildren and 2 sons-in-law. Eleanor turned 2 this year.
3. Three people moved out this year, leaving 3 still in our house.
4. Four little legs running around bring great joy to our house. Micah turned 4 this year.
5. It takes 5 hours to drive to David’s new place (4.5 in good traffic).
6. We started this year with 6 people living in this house.
7.  Anina and Tyler’s wedding happened in the 7th month of this year. This year is also the 7th anniversary for Elizabeth and Peter. This is the number of years that Jean’s sister, Sue, has been in heaven.
8. Our tarantula (with 8 legs) is still going strong!  Jean’s birthday is 8-8, which means her birthday buddy is Anthony Rizzo.  It has been 8 years since we moved to Elkhart.
9. Peter, Elizabeth, and Eleanor all have their birthdays in the 9th month of the year. 
10. JR was on a 10-hour work days most of the year at Potawatomi Zoo. David moved out in the 10th month of the year. 10 of us spent a week at EdenRidge, a vacation spot for missionaries in Tennessee.
11. In the 11th month of this year, we got a Christmas tree -- we have never done that before!  It  has been 11 years since David’s surgery and all is well.
12. 12 is a dozen, and we have received and are grateful for dozens of fresh farm eggs from a coworker at SonSet Solutions.  
13. It has been 13 years since Jean’s mom went to be with the Lord.
14. The 14th of February is JR’s birthday.
15. Our Dodge Durango is 15 years old.
16. It has been 16 years since we purchased the green Honda Civic.
17. The first time our family used a digital camera, which was a 1.3 megapixel camera, was 17 years ago.
18. Jean served as camp nurse at Checkpoint Bible Camp 18 weeks ago.
19. Anina married Tyler at age 19 and it’s been 19 weeks since their wedding.
20. 20 is the number of weeks at which we obtained verbal commitment for our full support. 20 is also the total number of legs of our pets in our home.
21. Tyler married Anina at age 21.
22. There were 22 pairs of hands that made and/or ate dumplings for Hom Chinese New Year.
23. John and Jean have been back serving full time at SonSet Solutions for 23 weeks.
24. David turned 24 this year.

25 – Merry Christmas!

Ministry Spotlight

You all know how much we enjoy math and numbers, and we particularly enjoyed the following numbers for just a taste of how SonSet Solutions has been true to its name.  We are most definitely providing technology solutions to advance the Gospel worldwide:

· During the first three quarters of 2018, SonSet Solutions assisted 166 ministries in 61 countries via equipment, service, consultation, and training.

· We shipped 141 SonSetLink™ water monitors between January 1 and November 27.

· We received GPS transmissions from SonSetLink™ monitors in 20 countries.

· Over the last 5 years, 235 units have reported GPS coordinates outside of the United States.

· SonSetLink™ water monitoring units measured 11.5 million gallons of water. 

· Since 2005, we have shipped 61,044 SonSet® radios.

· Power protection devices were provided for ministries in Papua New Guinea, Peru, Honduras and Liberia.​

We praise the Lord that needs are filled, and as those needs are being met, they provide inroads for sharing the gospel so that a spiritual need can be met as well.

Stress Scales

Stress scales---you know--those things assign points

to certain life experiences---to measure our stress levels.

• Job change
• Large car repairs
• Flood damage and repair
• ER visit
• Wedding planning

All things that if you look at stress scales, should push us over the edge (so to speak).  However, the faith journey of support raising has been so good for us.

We are getting excited as we are getting nearer our goal of 100%.  Thank you all who pray for us and for the sacrifices you make to support this ministry with your finances.

The flood recovery process is going well; we are still in the state of reorganizing things, but it's quite usable, looking nice, and staying dry (no more sump pump failures!)  Jean has no issues from the ER visit, but still has some painful flare-ups, possibly from gout.

We have had a two-part sermon set from our pastor at McCoy, here in Elkhart.  It has been a very good reminder that even though we follow the Lord faithfully, life does not necessarily get better. 

This was centered around the Bible text of Exodus. Just like Moses, it does not matter how we feel, what we think, or what our current situation has become. What matters is that we trust God, we remember that there is a plan, and that God will indeed accomplish each and every thing that He promised He would do.

It has been amazing--a lot of hard work, but completely amazing.  We are blown away and clearly see God's hand and leading in all of this.