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December 2020

Proclaim Yahweh's greatness with me; let us exalt His name together.

Psalm 34:3
Happiest New Year to you all! We're so thankful for all that God has done. Expectantly, we await what HE has ahead. Let us indeed exalt His name together! 
One of our favorite times a week is Wednesday night Bible study with Ciro and Angeles.  It really is a time of community for us.  Pris, our friend and personal assistant, ministers to and plays with the kids (Angel & Aaron) while we study the Word together.  This year we've gone through the Pentateuch and Joshua. 
We pray for their eldest, Joel, to make a personal decision for a relationship with the Father.  While we're gone, he's doing some "house sitting" for us as he continues online design and editing courses on our computer. 
As we wrapped up and worked to leave things in order in Mexico, the Twist clubs did their last event of the year -  Christmas lessons! Please keep praying for the host local churches to be fortified and full of the Spirit as they minister to these young lives. 
Before we left for Ohio, we were blessed to have some special time with Xau's family.  A dear friend of the family got married, so we made a little trip of it. It was really sweet to do something with them as a year-end kind of celebration.
And...we successfully made it to Ohio! Praise God (although with some difficulty) we did get both of Grace's passports in time and had no trouble on the journey.  Here are Mom and Dad meeting Grace in-person for the first time!
It has been absolutely wonderful to visit. We've been able to have such fun with family, talk, and just enjoy one another's company. Praying we can make the most of this time together and continue encouraging and ministering to hearts!   
Cousin time!

Sledding with cousins, Grandma and Grandpa, and Uncle Paul!

Visiting Great Grandpa and Grandma

Zoom visit with this amazing Life Group

We praise God for each of you, and pray that this year He continues to astound you with the riches of His grace and power.  Even though we might not get to see all of you in-person on this visit, we're thinking of and praying for you. Being State-side reminds us to keep lifting up this nation to Him - that He be exalted in this land! Love and virtual hugs.
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