Update

I have been in Oregon for 2 months this time, helping with my Mom's care. I arrived back in Colorado last weekend by Greyhound. This bus arrived in Denver 6 1/2 hours late due to snowy conditions on the roads. We had to have tire chains put on and off several times, and we could not travel the planned route through southern Wyoming due to the interstate being closed.

Denise and Jonathan's parents will be coming for the Christmas holidays. We will plan the renewal of our wedding vows (25 years already!) while they are here.

Denise is currently taking dental assisting classes. She was not selected for dental hygiene last year, but will apply again this spring. In the meantime, she is gaining job skills.

Jon Paul is being stationed here at Ft Carson. He will arrive once he finishes his 2 weeks of hometown recruiting in Georgia. He graduated from the EOD school on Nov 18th.

Naomi is making plans to leave for the Navy early next summer. In the meantime,

she will transfer to the local community college to continue with her college education. When she finishes the class she is enrolled in currently, she will already have 18 credits. She is enrolled for another 15 next semester. She is also taking guitar and piano lessons here on post

.

Gordon, the young man our family is sponsoring in Kenya, is working on getting his visa so that he may complete an internship here in the US. Prayers would be appreciated so that everything works out and the money for all the fees and expenses can be raised.

Early January will see Jonathan and I heading to Washington DC. He will be covering some meeting for our military chaplain's endoser and I'm going f

or a chance to see our nation's capitol.

I want to wish all of our family and friends a happy Thanksgiving. There are some many blessings we have been granted.