2018 has been a very different year for us.
Most of our previous Christmas letters have shared highlights
of our travels in the past year and other such delights. This
year, we stayed pretty close to home and only took one short
excursion to Southern Arizona to go hummingbird watching.
So we are counting our blessings in quite a different way.
Last year, on Christmas Day, Joe awoke with a very swollen
right leg and a trip to emergency (only his second time ever).
The result was a couple days in the hospital (that was just
the third time I ever checked in to a hospital. The first
time 40+ years ago resulted in a miracle healing!) The second
time, three years ago, was for a little brain surgery that got
resolved quickly, praise God. This last time was to calm down
a little blood clot. Again resolved quickly.
How blessed we have been to have had so comparatively little
medical adversity along the way. And yet over this past year,
we have definitely been made more aware of the reality that
life on planet earth is destined to be terminal.
Throughout this past year, Patti spent an uncountable amount
of time and effort settling the estates of two friends who
passed, one at age 99 and another at 66. Life is ultimately
very brief and we surely need to give continual thanks to God
for every moment of life!
So this year, we are all the more thankful to God for all of
His goodness and blessings and for His promise of eternal life
for all who make the decision to join His family and to follow
His will for their lives.
And now we would like to share some especially wonderful
Breaking News! . . . 2019 promises to bring a new addition
to our family as daughter Tracie is expecting a new baby boy.
The AV7 Bible Project has continued to be
Joe's primary ongoing mission and purpose focus for the past 45 years, and we have
been blessed to have talented assistance of a good friend, Brady Gilley, who
has "invented" and implemented a new search feature on the mobile app that
is really great. Please give it a try. Soon we hope that this outstanding
feature will be added to the website version, also.
Tap this link to get The AV7 Bible on your Android phone.
OR ... Tap this link to view the AV7Bible.com
website on any computer or mobile device without the app.
This is the sixth year of our tradition to share a few thoughts:
(one each year) on The 20 Most Important Virtues.
This year, the theme is Goodness.
Please tap this link for this year's thoughts on Goodness.
Hope to hear from you soon!
855 South 77th Place
Mesa Arizona 85208
Joe @Actionline.com &
Patti @Actionline.com
P.S. To see our Christmas letters from previous years:
Click this link.
