CHEESE!

I love cheese ... but I especially love dubliner cheese.

I like cheese so much that I received it for my Christmas gift from Jason.

Romantic, eh?

What's even funier is this video from Rebekah which shows my cool 1 year old nephew following in my footsteps. Go Brock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mACs8P8FqOo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JASON!!!

February 20th, Jason turns 29!! We ate the chocolate cake a bit early, though! Nana is with us this week to help celebrate! Happy Birthday to my friend, Sheri, too! She makes better chocolate cakes than I do!

Celebrations...

The new Hildebrand Studio!

Last Wednesday we had our closing.... we had a 9:00PM celebration at Jack in the Box and got some great milk shakes. Jason also bought a pizza for $3.

Just a few pictures of the house....

SIM Retirement "Party" for Don & Barb Linsz

I got to go to the Linszes' retirement party at SIM this morning!!! What a joy to hear how they have been used of the Lord all these years. So many mentioned their gifts of encouragement! Mark is here from London and Dan & Corrie and their kids were there, too! I accompanied Corrie as she beautifully played her violin. It's Barb's birthday today!

Did you vote?

Last week we got to see Mike Huckabee in Rock Hill, SC! We each shook his hand and told him we were praying for him before he got on the bus to leave. Cool. We were standing right next to ABC's national news reporter when he was live on TV at 6:36 PM.

My famous sister...

I love this picture!! My adorable nephew (who we'll see SOON!) is watching his mommy who teaches English to Taiwanese students via TV!

4 addresses in 11 months... home sweet home

Praise the Lord! We found a home and will close on January 30th.

Enjoy the pictures...

Some of these pictures were taken when we first came to the Carolinas. We stayed the first week with Daniel and Candice and then moved into the townhome! The neighbor boys at Daniel's home came by one day to wash their car. They love Daniel!

The deer came right to our back porch!

We miss Brock....

Rebekah sent this picture from Manton! Brock found our picture and Rebekah snapped his!

Merry Christmas 2007

Volume 5

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock.

If any man hears my voice and opens the door,

I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me."

Revelation 3:20

Year in Review: Christmas letter #5, Anniversary #4, Address #3,

Family wedding #2, New Job #1

Merry Christmas! I love the verse above. Not only does Jesus knock and stand patiently at the doors of our hearts to seek a personal relationship with us, but He desires for us to open the door of our hearts and listen to His voice on a daily basis so that He can come in and fellowship with us. What a great time of the year to celebrate His birth!

We can hardly believe it is December (where is the snow?) and the start of the Christmas season. We've had three addresses this year... have you lost track of us yet? As most of you already know, God quickly opened a door for us to move to the Carolinas on Oct. 26, 2007. Jason applied, interviewed, and accepted an in-house attorney job at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, NC, within a matter of days! Before the job opening, we were in the midst of a missions conference at our church and we had just sung, "I'll go where you want me to go." Well, the Lord told us WHERE the very next day and we WENT two weeks later!

A year for FLYING...

• Dallas, TX, for Tim and Kirstee's elegant January wedding (Kirstee is Jason's cousin);
• Augusta, GA, for Daniel and Candice's March wedding (Daniel is Elizabeth's brother);
• Charlotte, NC, for Elizabeth's September visit to see Daniel and Candice and the Godfreys' celebration of Brock's first birthday;
• Charlotte, NC, for Jason's October interview at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association;
• Taipai, Taiwan, to visit Matt, Rachel, and Micah Sawatzky for the last 9 days of November!

A year for MOVING...

• We started the year in our small one-bedroom apartment at 946 Dewey Street, Lapeer, MI;
• We rented a home 1 mile away at 367 Wildflower Ln.;
• We are currently renting a condo in South Carolina! (No more boxes, please!!!)

Once again, a huge blessing for us as a couple was serving and attending Hunters Creek Community Church. So many people gave us letters of encouragement, goodbye gifts, and well wishes as we headed for the Carolinas. I found it hard to leave the precious 54 piano students with a 2 week notice, but the Lord has already given me several students in SC as well as an accompanying job at a Fort Mill high school. We have found a great church family: Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC, and Jason just loves his job and all the people at BGEA!

We expect some visitors as we have plenty of room and a golf course in our back yard, so y'all come and visit soon, OK?

Relaxing....

Rachel and I had a great idea last night.... a massage and hair wash! It's really cheap in Taiwan and they are so fast at it and my hair felt so clean! We also went grocery shopping at their "walmart-type" store. Somehow the cart grips the escalator... it's pretty cool. Today (Friday morning) we enjoyed watching Micah while Rachel was taping and Matt was at work. We'll get a taxi to the airport at 1:30 PM!

Last full day in Taiwan.... Thursday

We've had such a great time here! We were blessed to attend ORTV's 8:00AM worship service! The singing and instruments were just fabulous! Everyone there is just so nice! Rachel and Matt took us to a "Mongolian BBQ" place for lunch... and it was really neat! Then Rachel took us to some really cool places. It will be hard to say goodbye!