Yes, as of this morning Lynn and I are back to the two of us. The Christmas decorations are put away and about the only remnant of Christmas is a few stale cookies. Our celebration lasted a whole week, starting with going to the Bailes and being there for Christmas morning. Then on to Mark's for two nights. Had a great day Friday with all the family except Mike and Joey's son-in-law present. Molly had a great meal; we all helped but as you all know the brunt of such an undertaking is on the hostess. On Saturday morning we headed for Decatur with Rhoda, Andrew (pleasant surprise that he could spend several days with us) and Jeffrey (who is always ready to come)--the oldest and the youngest grandsons. Andrew was recovering from having four wisdom teeth pulled several days prior. Jeffrey is very ACTIVE but seems to know when to slow down. Of course, having Andrew and Rhoda here made it more fun for him. Jeff loves board games; we played ever so many games of RummiKub--he won most of them and not because he got any special concessions. He's just a sharp kid but that's grandma talking. So tonight they're all back to their respective homes and we look ahead to the new year, not knowing what it might bring. How good to know the Lord and that He controls the future.
Yesterday morning Kayoko, one of my Japanese ladies, brought three of her nonEnglish speaking in-laws visiting from Japan to our house. That was an experience for Jeffrey; he knew one Japanese word from one of his classmates and he made a hit with them. Kayoko has been coming to the Bible study; she started totally uninformed about anything in the Scriptures. She attends regularly and asks good questions. Pray that the Lord will work in her heart so that she will become one of His.
Guess it's time to sign off. With love and best wishes the the year ahead.
Mim for L and M
2 comments:
Jeffrey was absolutely adorable. When we played Trouble, Rhoda had told him that if he sent us back, he had to give us a hug and a kiss. So each time he sent me back to Home(and there were quite a few times!), he held out his arms and gave me a big hug, then planted a kiss on my cheek. After about the 5th time he said, "See? It's worth it, isn't it?!"
I'm still nursing my wounds from losing to a 7-year old so many times. There was only one game of Trouble that I let him win (had to pop the bubble with the dice a couple of times to make sure I got a number that wouldn't help me), but had I known he would win the next one I would've gone ahead and beat him in the first game.
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