Thankfulness

We are thankful for:

1) The opportunity to be in Vermont and a part of what God is doing here. Brian did a short devotional at church tonight reminding us to be thankful for the gospel and the grace of God, without which, our lives would be hopeless. During his speaking time one of the youth (Wed night at church is youth group night which always draws quite a variety of teens) began to act up quite a bit. It escalated to the point of the pastor asking him to leave the service. He shouted a few expletives that we are thankful that none of the little kids repeated. The cops had to be called to force him to leave the property and while they were there the drug dog was going crazy. Brian thankfully maintained his composure on the stage. Just gotta love Barre... it's a tough place to live for a lot of kids. Please pray for this young boy... he is coming and hearing the gospel each time he's there... Also, we are seriously considering Waterbury as our plant town. Please continue to pray for this town and the people there.

2) The home in which we live which has made it possible for Allison to be off for 3 months after the baby is born and for Brian to devote his time to working at the church.

3) The timing of this pregnancy. Allison is glad she does not have to spend the worst 3 months of the winter driving from house to house to see patients! We are also thankful for the gifts we have been given for the new baby.

Nathanael even got a Tigger toy at the shower!

Our Little Virtuouso

4) Our son! He cracks us up every day!

Brian: "Nathanael, what's baby sister's name?" [we really hope it's a girl]

Nathanael: "Hofie"

Brian: "Hofie?"

Nathanael: "Yes"

We couldn't figure out how he came up with Hofie, we haven't even mentioned Sophie. Well, the other night after our singing and reading the Bible before bed, Brian was praying. He prayed that God would keep Mommy and Baby Sister healthy. Just as he said that Nathanael shouted out "HOFIE" We laughed and laughed and think God was laughing, too! Nathanael is also memorizing a few verses. The first one he's gotten right is Ephesians 6:1. We make him say it quite often... every time he disobeys! We're hoping to capture a video and post it here soon! Happy Thanksgiving!