December 1, 2018
Hello to all our
friends and family! Hasn’t this year
flown by? I have been negligent about
writing letters as often as I intended to, especially to all of our Colorado
friends.
2018 so far has been busy with lots of visitors. We never had this many visitors when we lived
in Colorado! We are so blessed to have
had 56 overnight guests, 129 different Sunday meal guests,31 different weekday
meal guests and 16 who stopped by, but not at a meal time. On 42 Sundays from January through November,
we had guests.
God has helped us with several improvements to our property
this year. We are thankful to get our
shed constructed, our master bath remodeled and new flooring, the guest room
and bathroom painted, our trees trimmed and two removed, our driveway enlarged,
and new flooring in the kitchen, dining room, half bath, entryway and
hallway. Our sons helped in the master
bath shower remodel at Christmas last year, and Jeffrey and Lesa came in June
to do the floor tiling, new cabinet, lighting and wiring. Then they came again in November to do the
main level flooring project. We hired
the driveway expansion and tree trimming.
All of these are great improvements and we are so thankful to have them
done!
We are thankful for Rowen’s job with Budget Blinds and Tailored
Living. He has installed countless
blinds, shutters, and closet systems.
Janet has been thankful to take care of a dear elderly friend for almost
two years, but that job is ending with this year. We are trusting God will provide the work He
wants her to do next and hopefully nearer to home, so the gasoline is not such
a big item in our budget.
Emily and Elizabeth have worked at Chick-fil-A this
year—Emily full-time until August when she had a missions trip to Detroit, then
started full-time freshman year of college at God’s Bible School and College in
Cincinnati. Since then, she only works
Saturdays, and continues to be the “opener” that day. Elizabeth works one day a week to fit around
her college schedule at GBSC, but worked more during part of the summer until
she did a 6 week internship (2 weeks with Gospel Publishing Mission in Hobe
Sound, Florida and 4 weeks in Taiwan).
Elizabeth plans to graduate in May 2019 with a BA in Integrative Studies
with Cognates in Intercultural Studies & World Missions and Children’s
Ministry.
Rowen and Janet celebrated 35 years of marriage this October
with a trip to Paducah, Kentucky in September.
In October we all traveled to Missouri for Janet’s sister’s wedding and
got to see almost all of our primary family, and extended family on Janet’s
side. In July, Janet traveled to Joplin,
Missouri to visit her parents and our son and his family.
In 2018, Janet completed four quilts which were scattered to
South Dakota, Colorado, Ohio, and Kentucky.
Yet to happen this year:
Janet right cataract removal, Rowen new glasses, Elizabeth and Emily
participation in GBSC Christmas performance—Elizabeth in the Christmas choir
and Emily in the Christmas orchestra in conjunction with the drama. We were privileged to have Jeffrey and Lesa
here for two weeks in November, so they won’t be coming for Christmas. We are
grateful to live close enough to Jason and Karen to expect to see them sometime
over the holidays. As far as we know, Randy’s and Tim’s families won’t be able
to come. It will be different not having
all our kids together for Christmas.
We are thankful to be
as healthy as we are. Rowen is blessed
to have an endocrinologist who gives him free samples of insulin, so we have
not had to buy insulin since the first time he saw this doctor in March of
2017! That is an amazing example of
God’s care and provision for us! We are
thankful for the many, many miles we have driven safely. Both Rowen and Janet have traveled a distance
to work and God has been so good to us.
We are thankful for the ways God has helped Elizabeth and Emily in work
situations, college stresses, and missions experiences that stretched them and
grew their faith and trust in God. We
are thankful for our wonderful church family and the many GBS students we have
been able to get acquainted with, and the many friends and family who visited
us this year. We are thankful that our
children are all on the right track and serving Jesus. We are most thankful for Jesus and the
salvation He provided for us!
Our prayer for all of our friends and family is that Jesus
will be real and near to each one as we face a new year. May the Christ of Christmas live in our
hearts so that every day others will see Jesus in us!
Have a blessed Christmas,
Rowen, Janet, Elizabeth, and Emily Albertson
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