This will be short. It’s Christmas Eve, Eve as I write. Most of the family will be here to celebrate Christmas. The circle drive was full of cars… One even got stuck in the yard for time… The little farmhouse will be full for a couple days. Today at Bethel Church we celebrated the birth of Jesus in a beautiful service full of Christmas music and church full of loving people. Tomorrow we will have a traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. It’s a highlight of the year.
Merry Christmas to each of you from Bittersweet Farm.
Paulene Afman’s Funeral
Saturday I left at 5:30 in the morning to return to First Baptist in Fremont where I pastored 18 years ago. It was the last place where we all lived under one roof together. I preached the funeral of Paulene Afman, who was the wife a former associate pastor. It was a beautiful service. Jesus was her Savior, King, and Treasure. She was a woman of prayer.
I once visited her in the hospital and I asked her the secret of raising a family for God. I admired her family very much. She said; “It’s the grace of God.”
Twice I pressed her for specifics… She refused to add to what she had said. “If you see anything good in my family, it is the grace of God.”
Bella Allene
We traveled to Oregon to capture pictures of our oldest daughter and her family especially their new daughter Bella Allene.
What a beautiful family! Those pictures of the baby are precious indeed.
Merry CHRISTmas and a Healthy, Happy New Year.
I love every sweet picture and the details about Pauline. Merry Christmas!
Thank you Charlotte. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Thanks Melony. I love you. I know you are given to prayer, too. Enjoy your sweet family. God has been good to us, hasn’t He? Merry Christmas but sis.
Oh my, the cuteness factor is off the charts! She is just perfect. Great pictures of the family and Aiden Redemption, too!
Thanks John. Merry Christmas. Watching for news from your way. !
What a fantastic photographer Lois is! Baby Bella Allene is beautiful, and so is the rest of Holly’s sweet family … all four of them. Thank youvery much for sharing in your Christmas joy via such delightful pictures. Merry Christmas blessings to all.
If your pictures were any cuter, I couldn’t stand it. WOW! What blessing of God!
Much love, Dad
Thank you Sandi. Always good to hear from you. God’s very best to you in the new year.
Thanks Dad. God has been good to us, hasn’t He?