2007 Family Christmas Letter

Sam and Melissa were married on July 20th of this year. The day was perfect. The wedding and reception were a good reflection of their personality. Lori and I enjoy the addition of a daughter to our family. Sam works as a sales person with Sprint and Melissa is a third grade teacher in Independence. They have a nice apartment in Liberty and have settled well into the married life.

Luke is a junior at Belmont University in Nashville where he is continuing his work toward a degree in psychology. This year he is a resident assistant in the dorm and he is part of a group that bakes pies.

This year we said good bye to a friend who had lived in our house for over a year. Jason had lived with us as he raised support for his missionary work in Central Asia. In May he left for a five year tour of duty. It was our pleasure to have Jason with us during his preparation to be a full time missionary.

Lori continues to work at Love Bites Café in Riverside. The café is a family owned business and we have been adopted into the family. She has taken a few classes in the women’s program at seminary.

Chris has one semester plus one class remaining for a Masters of Divinity degree. He continues to work on a part time basis as an engineer, working this year what will be the largest ethanol plant in the country.

Lori and Chris took a vacation/scouting trip to Colorado in August. We rode the motorcycle to Pueblo and worked our way up to Fort Collins. We spent time seeing the country side and visiting with some Baptist officials about opportunities for applying my seminary training in Colorado after graduation. We have applied for an internship next summer in northern Colorado in another step toward determining the next step after school.

Last year we reported the addition of Amos the Labradoodle. He has taken up fetching of papers in the morning; unfortunately we do not take the paper so my job is to return the paper to the rightful owner.

God has taken care of us this year and we trust He as done the same for your family.

Chris, Lori and Luke