Dear
Family and Friends, December 2016
Merry
Christmas and a Joyous New Year to each and everyone of
you!
How
thankful we are that Jesus truly is the Reason for the Season! God is
in control of everything that happens in our lives! There is nothing
that He doesn't know or care about and there are no surprises with
Him. We are so thankful for a God who knows all things even in the
uncertainties in our nation and our future ahead...God knows, cares
about us and has a plan in all he allows. We can rest assured that
NOTHING can come to us unless it first comes past our loving Heavenly
Father and if it comes past Him that He allows it for our good in
some way or other.
Our
year began in January with a hard blow when we learned that our
little one who we were eagerly looking forward to arriving in August
was going home to Jesus, when Carissa had a tubal pregnancy and
emergency surgery. It was hard to let another little one go Home to
Heaven but we saw God's hand leading through it too. It was no
surprise to Him and for some reason He allowed it because He sees the
bigger picture in our lives.
Even
with everything that happened we were glad we could still make it up
to Canada for Conroy's youngest brother's wedding in January.
Conroy
continues to keep busy with EMS work with our local ambulance
service. He is doing less yard care and carpentry jobs because our
family business Doorpost Vinyl Designs continues to grow and orders
keep coming in, which is a blessing. Whether it's a verse for the
wall, a 4X8 sign for a business, decals for business trucks, or a
canvas for the wall....he keeps busy filling orders.
I
(Carissa) keep busy with homeschooling and keeping up with a busy
2 year old, as well other things that go with running a home. I've
been enjoying sewing for the ladies in our family as I have time.
Conroy bought me a Silhouette cutter so I'm looking forward to do
some scrap booking this winter and hopefully catch up with picture
albums again this winter.
We
also enjoyed celebrating our 10th anniversary in September
with a relaxing and refreshing time together by going to an overnight
get away at a Bed and Breakfast about 1&1/2 hours from here.
Laticia
Faith at 8, is in the third grade and doing well. It's a blessing
to seeing her picking up more books and reading them on her own. She
likes to help her Daddy with the signs and decals when she can. It's
also a great blessing to see her heart open to Jesus and her desire
to follow Him!
Lanae
Delight at 2, is a “delight” to our home and family as well.
She loves to do what big sister does. If big sister has her hair
done, then she needs her hair done. Even though her vocabulary is
still quite limited, she understands a lot of what we say and she can
communicate her desires.
We've
also had a busy summer and fall with gardening, canning, and going on
several trips to Canada to spend time with family, one to Kansas in
April for a Troyer Reunion, as well one to Virgina when Carissa's
Grandpa Alger passed away. We've also gone to Minnesota a couple of
times to help Carissa's sister Monica and Jesse Rensberry who are
building a house.
God
has been good to us and we are thankful for His many blessings. He
knows what the future holds and we are so glad that we do not need to
fear. As a precious promise out of Isaiah 41:10 says, “Fear thou
not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with
the right hand of my righteousness.”
May
God richly bless each of you!
With
Love in Christ, ~ The Loewens
