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I would love to invite you into my home to have a cup of tea with me. We could sit in my sunny kitchen and talk about all the things that are going on in our lives. I could share with you the news I hear from my grown daughters. How my grandkids are growing. We could laugh together over the funny things that they have said. It would be fun to share the ins and outs of our family life, and talk about our latest creative projects. We could share what God has been teaching us, in our personal lives, and encourage each other on this walk of faith. We could pray together, laugh together, and even cry together. Since most of us will never be able to sit down together face to face, I would like to invite you to join me here. So come on in and have a cup of tea with me.

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Joy

Joy

About Me

Crossville, Tennessee, United States
I am a 61 year old, wife, married to my best friend for 40 years. We have been blessed with 6 children, & 13 grandchildren. I love mentoring women in their spritual walk & in the everyday. I have a diverse background, having spent over 30 years living and ministering in a small South American country. Now my family resides in a small town in the lovely state of Tennessee. We have experienced the blessing of adoption, but also the hard of dealing with a child with RAD and other mental health issues. You can live life with the cup half full or half empty the choice is yours. I choose half full.

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

I pray that each of you have enjoyed your Christmas with friends and family! We had many exciting things happening around here.

The Christmas party at church on the 2oth was a big success! We had over 170 there. Everyone had a great time. Lots of people helped out with the preparation, the set-up and the cooking. We had a great time of fun, food and fellowship.

Tony, Teddy and I enjoyed a great Christmas together. Christmas eve we tried our hand at making candy canes. I can hear you now, why would you try to make candy canes when you can buy them? Well, you can't buy them here, at least not in Manta, so we decided to try our hand at it. It was quite an experience...having never done anything like it before. We had a huge mess, some burnt fingers and a really fun time. Our candy canes were some of the funniest looking things you have ever seen, but they were made with love and they taste great! :-)

We enjoyed a "Birthday Party for Jesus" on Thursday evening. Playing games, and reading the Christmas Story, and eating "Pizza Fondue", it was really yummy. Christmas day was also a good day for us. We enjoyed talking to each of your daughters and my parents. We were able to use the web cam with my parents, and with Ashley, Shane and Curtis and that was fun.

Today has been a great day of just resting...a little cleaning up and a lot of just enjoying one another. Tony is going out to the village ministry in La Travesia this afternoon. We are looking forward to a great day at church tomorrow.

God has blessed us so much! Thank you for your prayers for the ministry here in Manta and for our family!

God Bless you!
Joy
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