FAMILY

December! Just where has this past year gone? With us, it has gone with family, family and more family. We have been blessed to visit with family in five states this past year! When asked what they were thankful for on Thanksgiving, David and Courtney both said, "FAMILY!" Maybe you spent time with your family, maybe you were far from those you love. Some families do not get together, feeling it is too much work to get along. My response to our young children was, "Can't you think of anything else you are thankful for? You always say family." Now that I reflect on their answer, my heart is full of gratitude. David and Courtney have FAMILY. Our lives were changed beyond our wildest thoughts in December 2004.....we brought those two babies home to our FAMILY. Now, they have been loved and nurtured by all our extended family and they love them right back. So, when they say they are thankful for FAMILY, they really mean it. Our hope is to go to Uganda soon. Dustin is needed for the building of the new homes. We want to love, hug and hold the children who don't know what FAMILY is in the same sense that we do. They are loved, hugged and held by precious mommas and volunteers... FAMILY in the truest sense of the word for those orphaned and abandoned children. We are thankful for FAMILY and we are thankful to you that read about our journey. May you find joy and peace with your FAMILY as we celebrate the birth of God's own Son, FAMILY.