November Report
Wow! What a month November turned out to be! As you may recall, I told you last month that we spent the majority of October in Texas. We finished up in Texas and went to Oklahoma the beginning of November, then returned home, with a meeting scheduled in the boot heel of Missouri. We were planning on leaving on Saturday afternoon, for what would be a 3½-hour drive, and then preaching all day on Sunday. However, at visitation that Saturday morning, our 2 year old son, Cooper, fell over six feet and hit his head on a concrete floor putting him in the hospital with at concussion and fractured skull. Ten days later, Cooper was trying to reach a toy from behind our couch, when he fell and broke his right arm in two places. Needless to say, that turned into another hospital visit, followed by a bone specialist, and then a cast.
December Report
December looked like a fairly relaxing month at first, but did not slow down for us at all. Being home allowed us to go to Sunday School Christmas parties, Christmas dinners, Christmas Caroling, and be part of our churches Christmas Cantata, all of which were a joy and blessing. However, it made for a very busy month. To top it all off, on December 11, I was ordained into the gospel ministry. By the end of that night, I was emotionally and physically drained. Praise the Lord that He would use me to preach His Gospel! We were excited to be home most of the month of December and to be with family for what would be our last Christmas in the States for quite some time.
Paperwork Update
I had mentioned in our last prayer letter that our paperwork had been sent over and would soon be sitting on the desk of someone at immigration. We actually had an extra step in the process. The paper work had to be sent to the Margaret River/Augusta Shire’s local government with a letter stating the reason for us coming over to Australia. They would have to approve it and then would send it over to immigration. This extra step added about 7-10 days on our visas, but Praise the Lord, it was nothing major. We will continue to keep you updated as we know more concerning out visas. Please continue to pray, as this is a very crucial time in our paperwork process. We trust you all had a Merry Christmas and a HaHappy New Year.