Faithfulness to a Thousand Generations

During the holidays, we were able to reconnect with Jean's cousin, Sylvia, and her family.  The photo above is my father, Shew Yup Hom (Chinese boy on the right with glasses) with his brother (Sylvia's father) in Montana in 1928.

Stoplights

Our car was the sedan. We were on our way to church when another driver did not stop as she should have.

Looking at the wreckage, we know we could have suffered worse, and we are so grateful that we, as well as the other driver, were able to walk away with minimal injuries.

We appreciate the many prayers that many of you lifted up on our behalf. We were having a lack of clarity when we shot out that email blast a couple of weeks ago.

We just didn't know what to look for.

During this time, a dear friend in Illinois had an extra vehicle which he offered to sell to us for $1.00! We said "yes" and drove out to pick it up. Others had given us some extra funds which nearly covered the little repairs we had done on the car. We praise the Lord for his provision.

An Early Christmas for the Andersons

We were so happy to be able to all be together. JR could only get enough time off to make the the long travel worthwhile during the second week of December. So, of course we did our family Christmas then!

We attempted to take pictures outside for "that one shot" we could use as a card or post or something! We even coordinated, this time, but the cold moved us inside quickly! We were able to get some photos that would work.

It's just nice to be together. It was great to get together all of us...to share in a nice and special meal and exchange some presents. We are all so blessed, here in the U.S. that we were creative in our giving to each other, trying to think of others with much less in world.

Though the weather was uncooperative, we were able to share extended time together, going to the Elkhart train museum and just even fast food together. The reality set in as one-by-one we all had to r return to our work schedules.

As the family gets larger and larger, it gets more and more difficult to all get together, but majority of us celebrated on Jean's side of the family later during the month of December, which I thought was pretty good as in past years we had to wait until the new year!

We had our traditions of a whole family game, Yankee Swap (where we really do receive some VERY interesting things), and yummy foods.

Family is great. Traditions are nice. Trying new things is fun, too.

Many blessings to everyone for the new year!