Seven Things We’re Thankful For

This has been a great year for Paula and I–we’ve had a lot of fun changes to process! Think­ing back, here are sev­en things we’re thank­ful for:

1) We’re thank­ful for five won­der­ful years of min­istry to the stu­dents back in Spring­field, MO!

2) We’re thank­ful for a safe and fun move west (and espe­cial­ly for the friends we were able to vis­it with as we drove across Amer­i­ca).

3) We’re thank­ful that we now have the hon­or of rep­re­sent­ing Christ to the world’s future lead­ers at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty!

4) We’re thank­ful for the many rela­tion­ships God has grant­ed us with Stan­ford stu­dents, both grad and under­grad (near­ly 25 so far). Pio­neer­ing is often much, much hard­er, and we’re grate­ful for how easy God has made it for us!

5) We’re thank­ful for liv­ing in such a won­der­ful apart­ment across the street from cam­pus. The best thing about it our prox­im­i­ty to stu­dents: Kevin, who is pur­su­ing his mas­ters in engi­neer­ing, can bike from his dorm to our apart­ment in about three min­utes!

6) We’re also thank­ful that God has pro­vid­ed us with what is quite pos­si­bly the most vibrant­ly yel­low car on the plan­et! We’ve got a few nick­names for this irre­press­ibly perky vehi­cle, includ­ing “The Curi­ous George Mobile” and “The Hap­py Car.”

7) And final­ly, we’re thank­ful for friends like you who sup­port us, pray for us, and show con­cern for us and for our min­istry. Thank you and thank God for you! We whole­heart­ed­ly echo the apos­tle Paul, “How can we pos­si­bly thank God enough for all the hap­pi­ness you have brought us?” (1st Thes­sa­lo­ni­ans 3.9, CEV)

Hap­py Thanks­giv­ing!