Newsletter-Early-Week

It is a rainy Tuesday morning. We sure appreciate this rain, it has been really dry here. I need to get this column written. I wish I wouldn’t always wait until the last minute to write it. Life gets too busy sometimes and we need to stop and take time to read God’s wonderful words of encouragement daily. Without “His” love what would we have? On Wednesday my sister Emma, my husband Joe and I attended the funeral of his Uncle Jonas in Hicksville, Ohio. Jonas was married to Joe and Jacob’s (Emma’s late husband) Aunt Mandy. She was a sister to both their mothers. Jonas left to mourn his wife, seven children, and fourteen grandchildren. Our sympathy goes out to the family of Jonas that are left behind. Jonas and Mandy also have three out of the seven children that have Muscular Dystrophy and are wheelchair bound. It is good to talk to others who also face life’s challenges of having handicaps in the family. As my children have often let me see that life can still be rewarding even if they have a limit to what they can do. We have so much to be thankful for. We also want to thank everyone for all the nice notes that have been sent to son Kevin. May God bless you all for your kindness. He really appreciates the help he has received towards his goal to get his handicap accessible buggy. Sister Liz and Levi were also at Uncle Jonas’s funeral. They live only a half hour drive from Hicksville. They told us to stop in and come see where they live. Emma, Joe and I asked our driver if it was okay to go through there on the way home. It was so nice to see the place they call home now. They have a lot to do yet but had their final inspection on the new house approved. They can now live there while they finish it. It will be nice when they have it all done. They live on twenty-two acres with eight acres of woods. We also got to visit with Levi and Liz’s daughter Suzanne, their daughter Elizabeth, Samuel and baby Jayla. Levi and Liz had four children, three girls and one boy. Their three daughters moved with them to this new community and they all live just a few miles apart. Their son Levi Jr and his family live in a nearby community. Sunday we heard the sad news that sister-in-law Sarah Irene (brother Albert’s widow) and her friend who drives her were on their way home from a viewing in Bryant, Indiana when they were in an accident. The accident took the life of her friend. Sarah Irene was very shaken up with lots of bruises. She was going to go see a doctor yesterday. We haven’t heard the results yet. Our prayers and sympathy are with her as she will miss her good friend that took her everywhere. Also our prayers for the lady’s family and to the other vehicle involved. I haven’t heard how the others are that were in the accident. Life is so uncertain.