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592137547180500Christmas Letter, 2020 Dear Family and Friends,There are still a few days until Christmas so I thought I would share an overview of this past year. Some of the regular things we keep involved in; Al visits with and mentors 7 men on an almost weekly basis. He also is busy keeping in touch with our International staff and fund raising for their needs. Mary and our daughter Lynn attend Bible Study Fellowship weekly. Of course, with Covid coming that has switched to meeting via Zoom. Mary keeps busy doing the bookwork for DCI and helping out Zizina and her family where needed. left751800On March 7th, Al had a stroke which put him in hospital for 4 days and rehab for 10 days before things shut down for Covid. He has recovered very well with only a few lingering aftereffects. He couldn’t drive from March till May and during that time, Mary suffered with an unexplained fatigue. We have both been tested for Covid twice but were negative both times. We had a wonderful summer and were able to get out camping with our 1989 5th wheel 8 times for 2-4 days each time. We camped with Joan and Earl twice, and Mark and Linda once and took the Angbongy kids along on 2 trips. 35033217467001853870762000left1079500-5852118127900right27894300On November 17th we celebrated our 59th Anniversary in Canmore and Banff.9906002095500In August, we had a lovely visit with our other African ‘daughter’ Amanda and her family (Lt to Rt – Conah, Amanda, Mosetta, Moses). We are so proud of how well they have done here in Canada. Lynn’s husband Bob had colon cancer surgery in January but has made a remarkable recovery – Praise God! 161671076730900591398372072500-9878145880000417271287566500Lynn and Bob celebrated their 40th Anniversary in July! Lynn was able to fly to Spokane for 3 weeks in July to spend time at the lake with their daughter Jessica and Emma, Orrin, James and Sam (they drove to the lake in Idaho from Nashville). Lynn looks after Everitt, Matt and Ashley’s son, 3 days a week and now Matt and Ashley are expecting their second child in April. Josh runs a web-design company and contracts himself out to other companies. -33020635000Mark and Linda have kept very busy since the summer of 2019 renovating a house in Sherwood Park as an income property. We were happy to have been able to help with some of the demo and drywalling. The results are beautiful! Julia works as a Mechanical Engineer but spent many evenings and weekends helping with the reno. She lives in her own house in Sherwood Park and enjoys crafts and sewing projects and the company of her bunny. Steven and his wife Kaybrie rent the upstairs of the new house and there are other renters in the finished basement suite. Steven and Kaybrie are expecting their first child in mid-January and we are all excitedly looking forward to that. center15748000351155146050004757878698500Joan and Earl still live on their acreage west of Stony Plain. Their oldest son Reg is married to Johanna and they live in Spruce Grove. Reg is now a journeyman Electrician. Robert is still living at home, works as a surveyor and raises chickens. Raymond and Kendra have a son, Henry who is 15 months old and a joy to them and also to Joan and Earl. 2183079430870339159448890001905016510005072050952500This year will see our family expand to 8 great-grandchildren!3950970508000Zizina and her family of 4 children have been in Canada for 6 years now. Enoch is 20 and working, Patterson is 18 in Gr. 12, Gift is 15 in Gr. 10 and Happy 13 in Grade 8. They have grown physically and they all tower over us! Thankfully, all of our children have had almost constant work throughout the pandemic, and we are grateful for that.Well, that’s a brief review of our year. Christmas will be very quiet, as Alberta is in lock-down but that won’t stop us from celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus. We will definitely have more time to focus on Him!For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.May you know that Peace this Christmas and in 2021! 74310385115Love, ................
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