Merry Christmas everyone! We hope tat you are having a blessed Christmas this year and that 2013 is a very blessed year for you.
2012 was quite a year for our family. Click HERE to see some pictures of our family and friends in 2013.
The family at Hilton Head
Brent
2012 was, for me, a struggle at times and a testament to God’s love and provision at other times. I was laid off from my job at CCC in July and have been struggling with finding steady work since then. I am currently freelancing and taking any kind of work I can get. That situation has been tough for our family, but we have also been hugely blessed by all of the love and support we have been receiving from our family and friends through it all. From random acts of kindness from strangers to amazingly generous offers of help from people we know, we have seen God work to take care of us through the people around us.
The missional calling has kept us busy this year. We have raised over $13,000 in support now and have shared our music and hearts with dozens of people. The plan is to deploy to London in 2013, so we are about to step it up a notch. Please pray that our support hits the 80% mark. Once we get to that point, we can begin to take a salary and benefits as full-time missionaries. We are trusting in God’s plan and provision. The journey to missional service has been a very blessed one so far, and we are hopeful that the journey will continue in 2013.
High points this year? My beautiful family; Playing music with my wife and sharing our hearts for missions.
Low points? Several, including job loss in July and a gall bladder attack in December.
Blessings? Too many to count, and not worthy of any of them.
Temple
This has been a blessed year in so many ways and I particularly want to point out how blessed we’ve been this Christmas season. We knew we wouldn’t have much money and were thinking it would be a “thin” Christmas this year and then God poured out His love through His people and, wow. Our family and our church family have blessed us so much that I think our kids are getting an even more abundant Christmas than last year! Just amazing. It’s humbling. I was having a tough day thinking how I wished we could do it all ourselves when I thought about that line in “My Cousin Vinny” when he’s lamenting the fact that he had to have help to win his case and she (his fiance) says “oh no! You might actually have to say thank you!” in mock horror. Touche. So… THANK YOU ALL! :0)
Aria
Aria turned 12 this year… wow. And discovered paintball. She is busy learning to play piano, guitar and various percussion instruments in the percussion ensemble at school, plus choir. Guess that fruit didn’t fall far from the tree, lol! Her teachers have told us that she is mature for her age and is a natural leader. She is growing into a beautiful young lady:0)
Aja
Aja turned 7 in February and is almost 8 but she acts 18 sometimes. She began New Hope this year in second grade and so far she’s enjoying it. She has been loving getting to know all the kids at school and singing in the choir at church. She loves to draw and seems to have a keen eye for graphic design and typography…much like daddy :0) She’s excited about our eventual move to England.
Koa
Koa turned 5 this year. He loves goofing off and making us all laugh. He’s progressing quickly through his phonics book as we do Kindergarten at home this year and is already reading sentences. He also enjoyed singing in the choir at church for the first time. He’s slightly obsessed with lego wii games and Skylanders and any sort of weapon. I think this is normal… tell me this is normal!
Dolly
Dolly is the newest member of the Cundall family. And the smallest, weighing in at less than 5 pounds. She is a Yorkshire Terrier and she joined our family last Christmas. She is super-cute and very laid back. In many ways she seems uniquely suited for life with this crazy family! We love her very much and are so blessed by her!
