Greetings friends and family! Perhaps some of you feel like this year hasn't started on the right foot...maybe because your team isn't in the Super Bowl, or because your candidate dropped out of the presidential race...but more than likely it's because I haven't done any blog posts yet in the new year! :) So here I am, back in action to review the month of January!!
As most of you know, we spent Christmas/New Year's in Scotland this year with my sister and her family!!
Here's Luke and I enjoying the first Scottish snowfall of the year...of course, Auntie Jasmine had to take him outside to build a snowman (or a "mowma" as he calls it).
Here's a cute mother/son photo!
When I got back from Scotland, Angelena Chapman visited for a couple days on her way home from Israel...some of you CCBC folks might remember her!! We had a nice time seeing the sights and she was able to come to the Wednesday night Bible study as well!!
After Angelena left, my dad returned from the States and we headed off to Calvary Chapel Siegen, Germany, for a week. CC Siegen hosts many events throughout the year and has a Bible College extension campus as well!!
While my dad was attending a Pastor's Conference there, I had the opportunity to hang out with the Bible College interns there and help them serve meals, clean up, etc. We had a great time!
Here are Christy and Michelle preparing lunch. Most of the interns in Siegen were students when I was working at the Bible College in Murrieta, so seeing all of them was kinda like a little reunion! I was so blessed to spend time with them and see what the Lord is doing in their lives!!
Here's Annie making some German schnitzel (which is basically fried pork chops)...it looks kinda sketchy in this picture but it actually tastes pretty good!!
And here's one more shot of Annie, Michelle, and Chiara just for fun! Even though there are no pictures of me, I really was helping out and working--I promise!! :)
Back in London, we had a very eventful weekend, including our first church baby dedication!! Tayo and Lee (black shirt and tan jacket) dedicated their little son Malachi to the Lord on Sunday, which we were all really excited about!
Here's my dad praying for the Lord's blessing on his life.
Since those other two pictures were far away, I thought you should see a close-up of Malachi because he's pretty darn cute!!
We had a full house on Sunday, partly because several people came for Malachi's dedication...including some unsaved folks that had been invited! So we pray that the service had an impact on their hearts!!
Everyone definitely enjoyed themselves, as seen in the fact that they all stayed to chat for a long time! :)So there's a brief update on the latest happenings here!! Plus in the past few weeks, the Lord has made some breakthroughs in the lives of various individuals...seeing Jesus change people from the inside out is such an encouragement and a powerful testimony of what only God can do in a person's life!!
Stay tuned for my next update...Jasmine becomes an auntie again!! :)
