I love the darling pictures of our friends! It reminds me how wonderful it was to see a few of you last fall---thanks again for bringing me goodies from home.
I'm excited to be a part of our new Young Women blog---a great way to keep track of our comings and goings. Right now, Ray and I are not coming or going anywhere. We're still serving here at the BYU Center with our 80 new students who arrived last week, including our very own granddaughter, Whitney. We're loving sharing this experience with her.
So...this is our news for the month. She got a diamond for Christmas and will be getting married on June 27th---hopefully, we'll be home by then. It's hard to believe that we are really this old! Great grandparents? It takes my breath away.
Our other news is that we have a precious, new baby boy in our family. Our Spence and Sarah gave birth to Jacob Spencer Thomas on January 2nd, their third baby. I don't tell people in this country because it blows them away, but Baby Jacob is our 36th grandchild. What a blessing for our family.
This next week we'll be going to Egypt again with our students in a medical capacity. Although the war is just 60 miles away, it is business as usual in this city. War seems to be a way of life here and no one even talks about it much. Ray just mentioned that the cease fire looks like a strong possibility---we pray it will be so. We've been reading from Beirut to Jerusalem, by Tom Friedman, if you want good background for the conflicts in this part of the world.
Ray and I are doing well....we will miss your wonderful overnight retreat but look forward to future get togethers when we return home. We love you all!!!
Carol,
ReplyDeleteHow fun to be in Jerusalem when your granddaughter is there! That's really terrific!
Kaye
Carol:
ReplyDeleteWe have been praying for your safety. It looks like things are fine with you, and we are glad to hear that.
I read that book a few years back, when Kaye recommended it to me as a follow up of Oh, Jerusalem! I love them both!