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| A little Thanksgiving humor... :) |
Because we have lived in Trinidad for more than a year now, we can't help but pause to offer our thanks to Heavenly Father for the blessings of the past 12 months...
May I begin by thanking the Lord for blessing our dear family, and caring for them far better than if we were home! Miracles in their lives, most of them too sacred to re-tell, continue to pour forth, and we humbly confess the hand of the Lord in each of their lives. Through the Grace of God, some of the blessings of the past year have been new jobs, new job positions, "ace"-ing critical exams, big moves across the country, homes (that so far have not sold) rented to stable tenants, good marriages, physical and emotional healing, lots of fun adventures, and our 18th grandchild due at the end of the year - Wahoo!
Each of our children usually have a special family photo taken to send out with their holiday greetings, and as we receive them, we'll include them here. The first one to arrive is Ben and Heidi, with their 4 wonderful children, Noah, Emma, Natalie, and Bethany. Yup! We love 'em!
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| Photo taken by Erika Bales. |
In addition, all six of our children were able to attend a "cousin reunion" in CA last August... What a gathering!
Due to cancer, we said goodbye to two family members last Feb and Sep. Here are sweet pictures of my mom and our "adopted" daughter Kelli. We have been blessed with the Lord's sweet comfort and know that they are doing a good work on the other side of the veil.
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| With my mom, the night before we entered the MTC. |
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| Kelli at Parker's baptism. |
Meanwhile, we LOVE receiving updates and pictures from each of you at this time of year... For these two missionaries, they are the best Christmas presents ever! (Check out this cute one we received from Melanie and Dwight... Count them - SIX boys!) :o]
Another blessing of being here a year is that we've become good friends with many of our ward members. We recently had a big East Indian holiday, where most of them got dressed up in their traditional costumes. There are so pretty, I just have to send some pictures.
Here are the two children of our Bishop and his wife, Sister Sammie. The children wore their costumes to church and we got a few pictures.
Notice how Ammon loves to help me on the keyboard! :)
Then the family all got dressed up for the holiday... Notice the Bishop helping his tuckered out princess at the end of a long day of royalty!
Last, but not least, we are so grateful for the privilege of being missionaries! We love living and breathing and serving in the Lord's vineyard! Nothing but this glorious work could take us away from our dear ones at home. But here we are... Cherishing every moment of working for the salvation of God's children.
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| An early morning seminary class we attended yesterday. |
All our love to you!
Sister Lindorf and her beloved companion
PS I just couldn't resist including this "out-take" from Ben and Heidi's picture - such fun!
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