Partners In The Mission:
Family Thanksgiving
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| Release Date: 12/04/2007 |
| a message from Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director |
Thanksgiving break provided a wonderful time for my wife, Kay, and I to be with our daughters and their families. We traveled to the home of our oldest daughter, Anonda, and her family in Raleigh, N.C. Our youngest daughter, Beth, and her family joined us for Thanksgiving from Charlotte.
I had not been with the families since the late July vacation at the beach. Each of the grandchildren had grown in gratifying ways.
It isn’t easy to keep up with the four older ones either at home or away from home on a field trip. During the visit to the Marble Museum, a participation play area, the grandchildren used costumes and equipment to become pirates, firemen, postal workers and medical personnel. I am grateful that Kay was with me.
There was also form of T-ball in the backyard and swing sets to keep Granddad busy pushing one or more. I am trying not to anticipate the time when they are older and I have to try to keep them together!
Anonda and her husband, A.J., have two boys: Will, who is 5, and Zach, who is three and a half. It is becoming obvious that Zach has an active imagination. In one of his accounts of a family outing to the mountains, Zach had bears jumping over the car. It seems he is also becoming the class clown at play school, with some affinity for timeout.
Will is a people person. It is not unusual for him to roll down the car window when stopped at a traffic light to speak to the person in the adjacent car. He then complains to his mother if the person does not speak in return. He is also known to visit other tables in a restaurant. He loves to introduce himself and then his family.
Beth and her husband, Bartley, have three children: Lilly, 7, Mack, 4, and Nate, 18 months. Lilly is a first grader at Metrolina Christian Academy at the First Baptist Church of Indian Trail, N.C., where her father serves on staff. She is a member of a gymnastic/dance group and performs regularly.
Mack, who has some developmental issues, has made great progress this year in speech and processing information, and we are very hopeful. Nate seems to be affected by one of the same developmental issues as his brother that has delayed speech and walking, but he has made excellent progress. Please continue to pray for the growth and development of these two boys, as well as the spiritual development of all family members.
Please also join me in praying for all families to be strong, and spiritually anchored in the Word!
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