Hope everyone had a great Christmas. We enjoyed our time with our church family here. The Christmas eve service was great and I ended up with more and more duties for the Christmas morning service. : ) I really had a great day with all of the excitement from the kids. We are getting ready to launch into the new year. Please be praying for the youth group. We have a lot of things to go on the plate for the next few months and we have some group things to work on as well. Please continue to pray for our housing situation. We have turned Lora, the pastor's wife, loose with the task of helping us to find a place. We looked at 4 places in Spearfish today, including a mobile home for sale. We are just pushing forward and praying that God will show us His way. Thanks for your prayers and support and may God richly bless you.
Jeff

Wanted to put up a picture of the kids. This was taken at church this morning. We had a great service. It was the Christmas program for the kids and youth. The trip to the mall went very well yesterday. I took three youth who were ready to share their faith. We all talked to somebody with different levels of results, but the main thing is the Gospel was shared. I highly recommend The Way of the Master program. I am certainly indebted to them for their boldness and challenge to seek and save the lost. It has changed the way I look at evangelism. We also went to see The Chronicles of Narnia. I loved the film and can definitely recommend it.
Jeff

Hi All,
I pray this finds you all well! Please be praying for Jeff and some of the youth today. They are going to be at the church helping hand out food baskets and then going to the mall to do some "Way of the Master" witnessing. It is very cold now. It feels like -7. I pray that you all have a great weekend. Merry Christmas!!!! Amelia

This was taken this summer. Just wanted to share. I will get some Christmas pictures soon. Amelia

Hi All,
Sorry to be so long in writing. Things have been very busy. Getting ready for Christmas. Excited to start cooking for the big day. We are planning on having a birthday party for Jesus. I am going to let the kids help me make frosted sugar sandwich cookies, with peppermint flavoring. I am planning on making fudge and cookies to give out to friends up here. We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, and a blessed time spent with family and friends. We pray that you all stay safe when traveling. God Bless, Amelia and family

Hi all, I pray this finds you all well. I think we are close to having everyone well. Other than lingering coughs we are all feeling better. We are looking forward to a trip to Arkansas in November. We had our first snow on the ground earlier this week. An hour northwest of us they had about 10 inches. We got only about an inch on the ground in town. Out at our church had snow drifts about 2 feet deep. Thats all for now. Amelia

Hi Please be praying that we get well soon. Thursday night Jer was sick all night and last night Jon was sick all night. The kids have been sick on and off for three weeks now. Now I have what the kids have. I think Jeff is over it. He missed one day of work. Thanks Amelia

Please be praying for ours friends in Texas and I have family in Waco and that area. Jeff found out his morning that three people at work had meningitis. Please be praying that we do not get this. Thanks Amelia

Hi Everyone. I pray this finds you all well. We are doing good. Jonathan got his new glasses in record time. Now he has a back up pair. We are going to a wedding this weekend. Things are going well at the new church. Dinner at church went well Wed. night. Amelia

We had a lock-in with the youth this weekend. It went well. We had 14 kids. We joined the church today. AR has two new teeth coming in. Please pray for us that we are able to get caught back up on sleep soon. Also please be praying for several unspoken requests. Thanks Amelia

Hi All, Things are going better. Two of the kids were sick this weekend. They still have coughs, but they slept better last night. Homeschooling is going well. Jonathan is also learning Spanish. Jeremiah is doing well with the phonics program that we have. We are very thankful for the cooler weather here. Rapid city might get 500 storm victims. We got AllieRose a really great deal on a real nice heavy winter coat. I got a 3T so that she can wear it next year too. Thats all for now! God Bless you all and we pray that He guides you all safely through the storms of life. Amen
Amelia

Here is a picture of all three kids enjoying their crowns from Burger King. I am showing Amelia where the blog is so that it will be updated more faithfully. Please look here for prayer requests and news about the family and our ministry.