Celebrate!!

Merry Christmas!!

Dear friends, we are off visiting family for the holidays. Texas for Christmas, and Pennsylvania for New Year's. We hope to meet up with some of you if possible.

Take some time this week, and remember something other than your wish list, to do list, shopping list, or any other list. And remember that Jesus is truly the reason we celebrate. Maybe we should all try to remember what "celebrate" means! Don't just ignore Santa and the presents. But truly rejoice in the grace and redemption available to us through Christ, as we journey back to our Father in heaven!! God actually came to earth in the most humble way, 2000 years ago!

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!


~Wes & Elaine

It's a girl!!!

Wes' sister Nicole had her third child this morning!!!
So it is my honor to introduce you to our new niece,
Sadie Faith Clifton.
7 lb. 14 oz. and 22 in. long

"Thank you Lord for this miracle. You are the creator
of life and we are so blessed by you! Amen!"

We have an assignment...

Okinawa, Japan!

As we've waited for news from the Cadence home office, we've speculated about places in Europe and the States. So the news came as an unexpected shock but after we had time to sit and contemplate it we became really excited. We will be working with the Oshman Family (Mark, Jen, Zoe, Abby Grace, & Hannah). There is more information about them in the sidebar (the column on the right of the screen) so check them out. Elaine and I spoke with Mark for about two hours the other night and were really encouraged by what they are doing to serve the US military there.

The next step is a two week trip in March to meet the Oshman's (and their ministry at "The Harbor") face to face and to make sure we are a good match. We then hope we can head back to Japan at the end of next summer. As I learn more about the ministry and what we will be doing we will keep everyone up to date.

Click here to watch the Oshman's ministry video.