James & Carolanne

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Merry Christmas! We trust that you are well. Life for us this season has been busy and sometimes chaotic, but has also been good. We're celebrating our last Christmas and anniversary as a free (er childless) couple, knowing that next year Lord willing we will have a baby. (we've heard that once you have kids, it's a lot harder to get quality "alone time") In light of this, we are going to celebrate by going away for a few days to a bed-and-breakfast near here.

As I mentioned, life this Christmas has been rather busy. Both my brother-in-law, and my sister have been planning to go out to work as missionaries in Thailand, and as this may be the last Christmas in a while that both of them are here, we've been having extra celebrations and outings with both sides of the family.

We wanted to take a little time though, to thank you all VERY much for both your prayers and support of us as a couple and of this ministry over this past year. We have both felt so incredibly blessed to have people like you standing behind us in this.

We also have a special Christmas photo of our family to give to you, if you have not already received one. If you want it, you are welcome to download the original copy by clicking (or copy+pasting to your browser) this link.
http://ministry.jamesandcarolanne.com/documents/2006ChristmasPhoto.jpg

Wishing you all the best this Christmas season,
James and Carolanne Warkentin