Wednesday, April 9, 2008

6. A Christmas Greeting

Christmas is a family time. And this issue of the newsletter tries to portay that—all the way from a message from Grandma on her eightieth birthday to a commemoration of Dad and Mom's fortieth wedding anniversary to an announcement of the newest arrival in the family, Bobbie Lynn.

Christmas is also a time of thankfulness. We are grateful to all of you for your wonderful support of the newsletter. Your response has been just great. Specifically we thank Kay, who has helped out on the postage. And we thank both Ray and Aunt Berniece, who have contributed money to help pay printing costs. The price to publish the newsletter has nearly tripled since we started a year and a half ago, so every penny is very much appreciated.

Finally, Christmas is the birthday of Jesus Christ. And we hope that stands out most important of all. We rejoice in the marvelous testimony we share with all of you, for we know that God lives. He is actually our Father—a loving, kind Father—patient with us in our weakness. He loved us enough to give us the greatest gift that has ever been given: the life of His Son. May we take time to remember that during this joyous Christmas season.

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