December 2019
Every year my intention is to send out an end of year letter but often my December becomes way too busy and I do not get it done.
December 2018 Jeffrey and Jessica joined our family. Jeffrey was with us for three weeks in 2017 and was reunited with a grandfather at the time. This time his sister Jessica came with him. Jeffrey completed 8 years in July and Jessica will be 10 in November. They are doing well in school and truly enjoy making new friends.
January, Cory and I were blessed to have the opportunity once again to attend Calvary Chapel missions conference in Murietta Hot Springs, California. This is a time of reconnecting with like minded friends and a spiritual feeding.
Bruce and Pam from Global came to visit us soon after we got back from the conference and was an encouraging visit.
When I took Bruce and Pam to the airport I picked up my nephew Jeremy and his wife Alana. Was a lovely visit with them and fun to show them around our town.
February was a time of getting ready for my annual ladies retreat. It is always a pleasure to work along side of Anna and Rachel as we do the planning of this retreat.
At the end of February my childhood friend Dora came to visit and she stayed for the ladies retreat. God knows what we need and was such a blessing to have her come share in my life here.
Wally and Kathy Chopee came from Winnipeg. They have been coming almost every year since 2010. They are a blessing, helping with some minor maintenance that need to be done and most of all some good fellowship and food.
In March my cousin Loretta came with two of her children. Jeziah came for the first time and Raquel, who served with us for five months, four years ago. It was a blessing to spend time and fellowship with them as well.
Cory has picked up jobs here and there and in June he committed to work with Word of life for part of the summer. He has also been working on his paper work for Canadian citizenship, he has mailed in his stage two papers and this is when he will find out if he gets accepted. Praying for God’s perfect will in his life.
I had the privilege to join my family in Canada in the celebration of my parents 60th anniversary in July. The first week of August I was able to join Global Outreach Mission in Ontario for their 75th anniversary.
September my three youngest are back in school. Jessica is in fourth grade and Jeffrey in third with Tino in his second year of pre-school.
Wishing you a blessed year ahead!
God bless you!
Love,
Margaret
October 2019
WE were blessed to have Annie and her mom Kelly come from Kodiak, Alaska. We had the opportunity to make a trip to the Mayan Ruins with them before Kelly had to head back home. Annie has been helping with Tino in pre-school and also helping Jeffrey and Jessica with homework.
The other question that I have been asked is about what are some of the needs I have around my yard and home. In the years past some of you may know I have had problems with bats getting into the roof or walls of my house. Other times I have had some bees making nests inside the walls of my house. I do believe we have solved the problem of the bees coming back.
Mr Carlos is one of the men locally that I would ask for advice when things need to be fixed or done. He helped Cory pick out paint for the painting job Cory did on the lower part of my house. They were not able to match the exact green that we had on the upper part of the house but it works. The bigger issue at hand right now is to close in the small holes for the bats to no longer enter in and the trim is in real need of some paint as well.
Mr. Carlos informed me that the reason the paint was pealing on the bottom part was I need rain gutters. He gave me an estimate of $1,600.00 for all the material and labor for this job. He says he also has a solution to fix the beam at the top where the woodpeckers have done a lot of damage.
update:
WE had the holes fixed the best to their ability and also the rain gutters put up. The woodpeckers seem to really like the east side of my house and keep coming back.
Was able to get a couple of guys go up on the roof and put some poison under the roofing so that the bats would leave and find another place to call home. They also saw that the zinc needed some more screws to help keep the roof down when we come into hurricane season.
Psalm 107:1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
