A New Year for New Beginnings

Well, we survived the holidays and are safely back "home" in MN. Thank You, Lord.

i hope that all of you had a great holiday season and are still celebrating Jesus!

Anjel, Andrew, and i went back to Oklahoma for 2 weeks and had a great time of reunion with friends and family.
We spent Christmas eve morn at Grace Bapt. where it was a joy to worship with our church family there and see all the familiar faces that we miss so much.
Special thanks to Tony, Ryan, Sankie, and Mike for keeping everything going towards God!
And to the worship team, it was great to see you carrying on!
As for the Body, it was good to see all of you and you will always have a special place in our hearts.
Christmas eve was at my parent's house with my whole family there...Dad read the birth account from Luke and we exchanged "presents" it's really pretty pathetic =) our exchange this year was everyone buying a different gift card, throwing it in a pile, and then taking turns drawing them out and trying to trade for the one we really wanted.
i'm not disappointed though. i'm glad our family has lessened their need for presents and are not sad if gifts aren't the focus.
Isn't that what we're trying to say anyway by "keeping Christ in Christmas?" Easier said than done, it always seems.
Don't get me wrong, i love getting presents!
So my address is....(just kidding)

Christmas day was spent with the Bruckners in Skiatook. (anjel's family for those that don't know)
We had a great unhurried time there and Andrew had fun with his Grandma and Pa Pa, and Aunt Kylie and Uncle Brian.
Among the things he got was a keyboard with a microphone.
He took to it like...well, choose your expression. He loved it!
i don't know where he gets it, but hopefully he'll always use it for the Lord!


A few days in Skiatook, lots of HGTV for Anjel, and me, well, i'm more of a Discovery Channel type guy, then we went back to the Quah. i got sick somewhere along the way and so did Andrew....we're still getting over it some....
but we managed to see friends and enjoy being there too.

One of the highlights for us was getting to see Jim and Laura and Rebekah Campbell before they headed back to the Pacific Rim. We had dinner with them in Tulsa and for a brief few hours it was like old times. We miss them a lot.

i guess another highlight was obviously the OU game. i hate to say it, but i'm glad Boise State won. i wish all games were as good. (especially the trick plays)

We got home Friday night about 9:30 and now it's Sunday afternoon....time for a nap.

i have a few weeks before classes start again so i'll be getting ready for next semester and helping out around the house.
i wish i could be home all the time, but then there's that whole providing for your family thing...

i'm glad to know that some of you are reading this, so i'll try to be more diligent in writing any important news.

Please continue to pray for us.
-- that Anjel and i would continue to grow together as one
-- that we would raise Andrew to know and love and fear the Lord
-- that our time of training and ministry here would be fruitful
-- and that above all, the name of the Lord would be magnified in our lives and across the globe.


May the Lord be increasingly sweet to us in 2007!

The Frenchs