A year in review......

"You crown the year with Your goodness..,”Psalm 65:11

Looking back over 2006 we have been so blessed with the goodness of God in our lives!

January what wonderful news when Rebekah called and said we were to be grandparents in the fall! That started out our year on a joyful note!

February we celebrated Matt’s and Jason’s birthdays – even if it had to be from a distance.How we praise the Lord for our 3 wonderful sons-in-law! What a blessing they have been to our family.

March brought in Rebekah and Ben’s birthdays…Rebekah’s at the beginning (2nd) and Ben’s at the end (31st). How fun they both have their birthdays in the same month!

April was a busy month with our Missions Conference. Our missionary cousins, Dan and Corrie Linsz, along with their two boys were here a week with us. What a great time we had together!

May winds up our AWANA programs here at church, and we ended with a great Fairmont Fair! I also had the privilege of speaking at several Mother/Daughter Banquets. Jason and Elizabeth celebrated their 3rd anniversary on the 31st with a great trip to Florida.

June was the month for High School graduation, 25 open houses, and weddings! We also had a wonderful Vacation Bible School and Sunday School Picnic. But the highlight of the month for us was the IFCA Convention in Lexington, KY. I was privileged to be the Ladies Luncheon speaker - there were over 350 ladies there, and the theme was “Hats Pastor’s Wives Wear”. What a wonderful week we had!

July is our annual family GULL LAKE week! Our whole family (including Candice) was there together for 24 hours! We look forward to this week each year, and have been going for over 25 years now! July was also the anniversaries for Matt and Rachel (#4) and Rebekah and Ben (#3). Elizabeth and Rachel also celebrated their birthdays while we were at Gull Lake.

August began the trips to and from Grand Rapids and North Carolina for Daniel and Candice every three weeks. How wonderful it is to see this beautiful relationship unfold.

September was our 30th anniversary! I praise the Lord for these wonderful years we have been together and the children the Lord has given us! It was also the birth of our 1st grandson, Brock Benjamin Godfrey! Our anniversary trip was to South Carolina to help acquaint ourselves with the newest member of our family!

October was Pastor’s appreciation month – and even though I am married to the pastor, I DO appreciate everything he is and does! What a blessing he has been in my life!

November’s highlight was the announcement of Daniel and Candice’s engagement! A March 24th wedding is being planned!!! How fun it was to celebrate the birthdays of Daniel and Bob over Thanksgiving.

December was such a busy month with all the activities at church, but how wonderful it was to have so much of our family here over Christmas. Daniel, Elizabeth, Jason, Ben, Rebekah, Brock, my mother, Connie, Jerryand Mary. We had a full house and loved every minute of it!

The road we traveled this past year hasn’t always been easy, but the Lord has given us the strength and grace to go through the “valleys” that come into our lives. We’ve shed tears, and had laughter, but how wonderful to know that the “Lord is my rock and my stronghold, in HIM will I trust!”

Happy New Year to each of you!
We’re looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us in 2007 as we trust in Him!