Archives for December 2011

An Adoptive Heart: Kathleen & Chris

And last but certainly not least… This is our Christmas letter to my dear sister Kathleen and her husband Chris.

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Dear Kathleen & Chris—

Merry Christmas! This year’s gift to you is a little different than normal. We wanted to go a different direction since God has really been doing a work on our hearts over the last several months. I know we all enjoy getting “stuff,” but we have chosen to give something that won’t collect dust or break. [Read more…]

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Courageous Chickens: Merry Christmas Dal

This year for Christmas, my little brother received from us a letter about courageous giving… and chickens…

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Dear Dal—

Merry Christmas! This year’s gift to you is a little different than normal. We wanted to go a different direction since God has really been doing a work on our hearts over the last several months. I know we all enjoy getting “stuff,” but we have chosen to give something that won’t collect dust or break. [Read more…]

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Freedom’s banquet: Mama and Daddy

Today, I would like to share with you our gift to my beloved parents in Kansas… It been an amazing journey for my family, especially as my Dad came to Christ in a Cow Pasture then was also physically healed in The Rest of the Story. (If you read these back stories, this gift will make much more sense.)

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Dear Mama and Daddy—

Merry Christmas! This year’s gift to you is a little different than normal. We wanted to go a different direction since God has really been doing a work on our hearts over the last several months. I know we all enjoy getting “stuff,” but we have chosen to give something that won’t collect dust or break. [Read more…]

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The Truth: Mama Lex and Daddy D

The first up in our line-up for gift sharing of this season are my parents-in-love (yes, not parents-in-law, but parents-in-love) Mama Lex and Daddy D. Below you will find the gift that Brandon and I gave them… To not only live Christ-mas one day a year, but to have Christ-more everyday!

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Dear Mama Lex & Daddy D—

Merry Christmas! This year’s gift to you is a little different than normal. We wanted to go a different direction since God has really been doing a work on our hearts over the last several months. I know we all enjoy getting “stuff,” but we have chosen to give something that won’t collect dust or break. [Read more…]

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A Giving Heart: Christ-mas, Christ-More

It’s 5:45 am… I throw back the covers and my eyes pop open. It’s go time.

I swing my feet over the side of the bed. Oh, that floor is cold! I creep out of bed, down the hall, and take a deep breath. The moment of truth…

There, in the gentle glow of Christmas lights are piles of presents. Santa showed up and he did not disappoint. I grab the nearest gift with my name on it and violently shake it. Nothing. Dang. It’s probably clothes. Socks. Maybe even underwear. Sigh. [Read more…]

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Twas the Night Before Christmas: My Gift to you

Dear Readers,

This is my Christmas gift to you… A tiny reminder of WHY we celebrate this wonderful holiday. We are free to celebrate thanks to two different sources: Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and our beloved American Soldier.

May you have a blessed and Merry Christmas!

SGK [Read more…]

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True Reason for the Season

About a week ago, my husband and I were preparing to depart for our holiday block leave road trip that would take us from Fort Benning, Georgia to South Dakota to Kansas and back. Our car was loaded down, ready to depart early the next morning. Our refrigerator was completely bare so we could reduce the possibility of growing penicillin in it while we were running amuck. Thus, we went out for a quick supper and on our way home, I decided I wanted to peruse through the neighborhood and check out the Christmas lights. [Read more…]

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Year in Review: Crazy Awesome

Hi there again readers… Today, I am going to share with you the Christmas letter (And picture) that we shared with our friends and family.

Note: If you are one of our friends and/or family members and did not receive a hard copy in the mail, my apologies… but when one is working for “God Dollars” as opposed to world dollars, postage gets expensive… FAST 🙂 [Read more…]

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Shoulder Padded Jesus Power

Today’s family time in South Dakota began with a conversation about shoulder pads.

The topic was brought up by my beloved husband, and no, we weren’t talking about manly football shoulder pads. As we half-watched a rerun of Matlock, Brandon spouted off “Why does that chick’s shoulders look like that? Is she wearing… shoulder pads!?!”

Mama Lex (my mother-in-law) and I looked at one another. Here we go.  This is gonna be good.

Thus started our extremely random conversation about the who’s, whens, wheres and whys of shoulder pad fashion. Precious, right? [Read more…]

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Red Light, Green Light… Yellow Light

Isn’t it funny how things in adult life can bring you back to the departed days of youth?

Ok, that sounded a little deeper than I originally intended. (Don’t worry this post isn’t going to be that deep, I promise. We are on leave from the army for the holiday. As is my brain.) [Read more…]

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