Dear Friends and Family,
Yes, our home is empty, but our hearts are full of gratitude and joy. The year 2008 has come and all but gone and our event-filled life keeps rolling along unabated. Since May, we have been serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We work with the great missionaries and people of Corpus Christi, Texas, specially the new Spanish Speaking Branch. We survived the 100+ oF feel-like temperatures of the summer and now enjoy the comfortable fall weather of Southern Texas. The young missionaries bring us great joy as we support their efforts to share the gospel. Every six weeks we take a couple of days to travel around the two zones to visit them and inspect all 14 of their apartments. We enjoy teaching a New Testament Class on Tuesday mornings at the Stake Center.
As “Papa & Nonna” to 17 “grand buddies”, we have truly missed the hugs and kisses as well as baseball, hockey, soccer, swimming, dancing, birthday celebrations, etc., We thoroughly treasure pictures, notes, letters, emails, phone calls, blogs and the occasional package.
We enjoy our retirement and feel very grateful that our children in the workforce are still gainfully employed, in spite of the current dark economic period. We certainly hope and pray that the New Year will bring more prosperous times and economic stability.
As we prepare for the celebration of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, we wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas.
Rex, Myriam and Michael
With much gratitude, we can report our family is doing well.
· Michael continues to serve as Elder Corless, a fulltime missionary in the Idaho Pocatello Mission, which he says is “The best thing that has ever happened to him in his life.”
· Rachel, Ryan and Mia (1) moved to Denver, Colorado. Ryan is a first year pharmacy student and serves in the High Priest quorum, while Rachel works in the Relief Society as the Enrichment Leader.
· Lara, Dan, Abigail (2) and Sarah (8 mos.) are in Rexburg, Idaho, where Dan goes to school and serves as Ward Employment Specialist; Lara serves as the Ward Relief Society President.
· David, Jana, Adam (7), Peter (5) and David Jr. (2) are in Illinois. David is in his second year of dental school and serves as Elder’s Quorum Pres., while Jana works with the Young Women. They anticipate the arrival of a little girl in February!
· Ryan, Maureen, Preston (6), Jacob (4) and Sophia (1) are in Michigan, where Ryan works for Ford. Ryan is a teacher & Maureen is a counselor in the Primary
· Daniel, Holli, Nathan (10), Joseph (7), Joshua (6) and Isaiah (4) are in Michigan, where Daniel works for American Axle and Manufacturing, a major supplier for GM. They serve as a Scout leader and in the Relief Society in their ward.
· Vanessa, Jim, Tyler (12), Samantha (10), Joshua (6) and Olivia (4) are in Michigan, where Jim works for Ford. He serves on the High Council and Vanessa is Ward Young Women President.
We are truly humbled by the Lord’s bounteous blessings.
Praised be His name!
Yes, our home is empty, but our hearts are full of gratitude and joy. The year 2008 has come and all but gone and our event-filled life keeps rolling along unabated. Since May, we have been serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We work with the great missionaries and people of Corpus Christi, Texas, specially the new Spanish Speaking Branch. We survived the 100+ oF feel-like temperatures of the summer and now enjoy the comfortable fall weather of Southern Texas. The young missionaries bring us great joy as we support their efforts to share the gospel. Every six weeks we take a couple of days to travel around the two zones to visit them and inspect all 14 of their apartments. We enjoy teaching a New Testament Class on Tuesday mornings at the Stake Center.
As “Papa & Nonna” to 17 “grand buddies”, we have truly missed the hugs and kisses as well as baseball, hockey, soccer, swimming, dancing, birthday celebrations, etc., We thoroughly treasure pictures, notes, letters, emails, phone calls, blogs and the occasional package.
We enjoy our retirement and feel very grateful that our children in the workforce are still gainfully employed, in spite of the current dark economic period. We certainly hope and pray that the New Year will bring more prosperous times and economic stability.
As we prepare for the celebration of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, we wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas.
Rex, Myriam and Michael
With much gratitude, we can report our family is doing well.
· Michael continues to serve as Elder Corless, a fulltime missionary in the Idaho Pocatello Mission, which he says is “The best thing that has ever happened to him in his life.”
· Rachel, Ryan and Mia (1) moved to Denver, Colorado. Ryan is a first year pharmacy student and serves in the High Priest quorum, while Rachel works in the Relief Society as the Enrichment Leader.
· Lara, Dan, Abigail (2) and Sarah (8 mos.) are in Rexburg, Idaho, where Dan goes to school and serves as Ward Employment Specialist; Lara serves as the Ward Relief Society President.
· David, Jana, Adam (7), Peter (5) and David Jr. (2) are in Illinois. David is in his second year of dental school and serves as Elder’s Quorum Pres., while Jana works with the Young Women. They anticipate the arrival of a little girl in February!
· Ryan, Maureen, Preston (6), Jacob (4) and Sophia (1) are in Michigan, where Ryan works for Ford. Ryan is a teacher & Maureen is a counselor in the Primary
· Daniel, Holli, Nathan (10), Joseph (7), Joshua (6) and Isaiah (4) are in Michigan, where Daniel works for American Axle and Manufacturing, a major supplier for GM. They serve as a Scout leader and in the Relief Society in their ward.
· Vanessa, Jim, Tyler (12), Samantha (10), Joshua (6) and Olivia (4) are in Michigan, where Jim works for Ford. He serves on the High Council and Vanessa is Ward Young Women President.
We are truly humbled by the Lord’s bounteous blessings.
Praised be His name!
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