I can't believe another year has flown by... I had to read our newsletter from last year to recall what we had mentioned...
So, Lovely did run the ultra on January 6th and had a fabulous time... It was absolutely difficult... but she finished! The last 10 kilometers were done through sheer perseverance... She will say that the food all along the route was fabulous... unfortunately, she didn't stop to try anything... She just picked up a piece of banana or an egg... but they had cooked so many delicious items. She realized that she had signed up for the Challenge (63.3k) as the ultra was just the 50k. She also joined a relay team for the Challenge Taiwan Triathlon down in Taidong in April. She ran the full while two youngsters did the swim and the biking... and they were fast! She was not! But they still came in 6th overall for the mixed relay...
Alan traveled twice this year... and he is set to leave on January 9th for the States, without going to Brazil this time. He will be away until February 15th. As for the summer... no plans yet! Of course, he is getting paid much less for the same amount of work. And he will again be in charge of the ICEE Week in May of 2025!
Isaiah has continued to work at Nanshan, but hoping to find something new in 2025... so far, he doesn't know what he will be doing... he will stay at his current job until God opens the next door. He will be leading the Young Adult Morning Service that is set to launch on January 12th. So, that's going to be an interesting area of ministry. He is dating Fenny.
Abby is still in Brazil and we hope she will get her visa renewed and make a trip to Taiwan in 2025, perhaps stopping in the States for two weeks. The flights are actually shorter in duration and cheaper in price if we do that. And of course, we will take our annual family portrait when she's back. It was so fabulous to have her in Taipei for 17 days... The days flew by. I don't think we ate enough or had enough bubble milk tea!
So... what's our theme for this past year? And what's our verse for this new year? And where are our 2024 family portraits?
And our verse for 2025 is Micah 7:7, which will be the verse I close with from now until Christmas 2025.
Daily Lovely Insight:
It was a simple Christmas... I did run... after lunch. I helped with the recycling after Mom took off. And she has been higher than a kite. I gave her two pills tonight! I took the time to clean up the living room and then we went out for lunch! Alan dropped me off near one of the entrances to our river park and I ran home while they finished running the errands. Isaiah went out to dinner with Fenny. Alan and I were home, eating a simple salad and watching a TV show I found! That was our Christmas! No presents... No big meals... But filled with the HOPE, FAITH, JOY, LOVE and PEACE of Christmas!
Merry Christmas...
Seek Him First!
Merry merry to you all . We don't exchange but I have small stuff for KR !!!! and underwear for Kurt hhahahaha
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