December Thoughts To "Warm Your Heart"!!

Greetings in the Saviour's name! It's time to celebrate His birth again,
though we should celebrate Him every day of the year! We trust that
your holiday(s) are the best ever, finding you in good health and
counting your blessings!

Words from the children are encouraging. Chartel is still in classes,
doing well and enjoying good health, and going ahead with life. She
called a couple of days ago to ask what we wanted for Christmas,
and of course our main request is for her to continue being and doing
well, with hopes of getting together sometime(s) during the holidays.

C.J. is working a lot of hours with the shopping season upon him,
but we did get to see him and Leeann for a few hours Wednesday
evening and Thursday morning. The Lumina is fixed and roadworthy,
so they brought it home, and after checking the fluids, etc., I feel a
lot more comfortable with him on the road with it. He still plans to
replace it with a car "of his choice", but we'll face that when the
time comes.

We pray that they all get home for the holidays, even if for just a
day or so, and together would be even better!

Cindy went to Virginia a couple of weekends ago, visiting her
daughter, Joy, son-in-law Doug, and their girls. She had a great
time visiting, even getting to help out at school one day. We're
scheduled for dinner at Cindy's brother, George's and wife Lois'
home next Sunday.

We are well, thank God. Both getting over colds, but that is a
fact of life that we all have to face. I'm in the middle of a 2-week
plus vacation, using up my earned days off before going to half-
time just before Christmas. My next day of work won't be until
December 8th or later!

Cindy continues do her volunteer work at the lady's resale shop
on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, as she is an integral
part of the team there. She enjoys what she does, although at
times it can be a bit overwhelming. She's talking about cutting
out one of her days, but hasn't decided which one yet, thinking
about what else she wants to do with her "free" time.

I've started my first book! Began last Monday, and write a bit
almost every day, as the inspiration hits me, getting two very
interesting ideas yesterday, which I plan to outline and work
on today and the rest of the week as time and energy allows.
Have gotten in contact with some publishers already, in hopes
of having a finished product worth printing and offering. PRAY!

Have begun to cover basketball for the local school district,
filling in between my weekly columns, which are going well. I've
submitted articles into the middle of January, with quite a few
more in the notebooks, awaiting finalization and submission.
It's a blast! I managed to upset some people with my NASCAR
and politics writing, but that's the breaks - you can't please or
agree with everybody all the time. I don't intend to try. The
majority of my readers say they enjoy what I do, so..............
I plan to keep writing!

We pray that you and yours have a wonderful Christmas, and
that you'll find time to keep in touch. We are still at PO Box 327,
Slovan, Pa. 15078, and our house phone is 724-947-4010. My
cellphone is 724-263-0505, and Cindy's is 412-480-7981. You
can reach Chartel at 304-374-4490, and C.J. at 304-914-2249.
Nights and weekends are free, but we have a lot of "rollover"
minutes, over 5,500, so feel free to call at any time!

Happy holidays, and God's BEST to you all!