Our prayers were answered and the weather cleared up enough on Christmas Eve afternoon for us to make the trek down to Portland. We have spent the past two days taking refuge from the cold winter weather in my brother and sister-in-law’s warm, welcoming home; indulging in all kinds of baked goodies; and enjoying the blessing of family. Good memories have been made of watching Elise experience her first Christmas, sharing an un-traditional holiday meal of fajitas, and simply sitting around together in the living room, relaxing and chatting and watching the snow fall outside.
Thanks be to God for the blessings he has lavished upon us, the foremost of these being his Son. May you carry the peace and hope offered by the birth of Jesus Christ into the year to come.
