We have been visiting Jonathan's family in Missouri for the past two weeks. We did not have internet access there and have not been able to post for a while.
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| Rainy day in St. Louis |
We arrived in Missouri on November 24, the day before Thanksgiving. We spent a lot of time in the kitchen cooking for 18 people, but it was fun to be all together again.
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| Maggie's hot apple pie!! |
On Saturday we went to a tree farm and picked out our Christmas tree. We will be in Ohio for Christmas, so we wanted to celebrate Christmas early with Jonathan's family. The boys had fun running around and got a Christmas tree coloring book at the end. After we decorated the tree, we exchanged Christmas gifts.
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| Jeremiah watched as the tree was getting all the loose needles shook out. |
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| 7 feet tall! |
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| David, Demetrius, Ethan, and Jeremiah with their Christmas books in front of the tree. |
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| Hanging lights on the tree |
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| Stringing popcorn and cranberries |
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| Joyce and Demetrius made us a Gingerbread house! YUM! |
While in Missouri, we had a meeting at Jonathan's home church, Tabernacle Baptist in Lebanon. Jonathan preached in the Sunday evening service and we showed our DVD presentation. Jonathan also gave a testimony in the Christian School chapel and had a question and answer time.
We had meetings in Landmark Baptist of Rolla, Maranatha Baptist in St. Robert, and Community Baptist in Lebanon. Jonathan's previous pastor, Bro. Hal Hightower, who is now an evangelist, was preaching at Community. It was a joy to meet Bro. and Mrs. Hightower.
On Monday, we took Jonathan's sister Maggie out to lunch between classes. Monday evening we went to Springfield with Jonathan's parents.
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| Jonathan and Maggie. |
We are now back in Ohio and have several meetings in the area around the Christmas season! We praise the Lord for the safety we had traveling and for the time we had to spend with family!
~Lindsay
