Black's Newsletter for Dec. 15

Black’s Newsletter, Issue 21 December 15, 2005

Dear Friends and Family,

As I write I am thinking about a time earlier this year in May. Half packed suitcases, Rubbermaid containers and boxes littered our entire house. We were preparing for Deputation 2005.

The previous four years in the Philippines had been a rich experience for our family. God had over and over again given us of His grace. He had taught us to love our work with Bible Methodist Missions.

Many of you followed our journey to the Philippines. We continue today as before to appreciate your love, concern, prayers, financial support and communications.

To bring you up to date we have the following news flashes:
1. We have put 29,000 miles on our Mission Helps van!

2. We have sung “Jesus Saves” more than 50 times since September!

3. We are finished traveling to our Bible Methodist churches. We will miss you!

4. Robert has adjusted to life in Hobe Sound, FL and says it is starting to feel like home. That makes us happy! Thank you to each of you who have sent him gifts.

5. Our Christmas tree is up in our Pell City house! We are so excited about spending time with our extended family during the holidays.

We have grown to love our Filipino life and can’t wait to return in January. It will be so good to eat “Halo, Halo” again. It is a dessert filled with many sweet, pickled fruits and vegetables. It is served over shaved ice and topped with ice cream.
We still don’t like all the smells of the Philippines but we can handle it better than at first. We continue to have no easy tolerance for the restroom situations…makes me shiver as I write!

And here we are again…boxes and containers and suitcases litter our house again. But we are taking back with us to the Philippines, along with our stuff, a lot of great memories from Deputation 2005!

Thanks for all the hugs, words of encouragement, offerings, pledges of share support, and promises to pray for us as we return to the field next month.

Merry Christmas! We love you,

“The Blacks”

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