Today is Jack's 50th birthday!! Where has all the time gone? In honor of this auspicious day, Esther (with Elizabeth's help) prepared some photos to help us remember how this incredible journey first got started! Do any of you remember these folks?
And, of course, the day would not be complete without Jack having his favorite cake, German Chocolate. We were afraid 50 candles might set off some sort of smoke detectors!
Jack has just returned from a 7 day trip to Thailand. While there, he purchased two nativity sets for us. The wooden one below is handmade by folks in a Leper Colony.
Each set is uniquely crafted by an individual, so no two sets are identical. I really like the view of the first Christmas through Asian eyes and hands.
He purchased three of the smaller Celadon sets, one for Jessie, Elizabeth, and Esther. These nativity sets are good mementos from visits to Thailand, and they will be useful in our telling HIStory here.
We've really had lots of celebrating recently with Christmas, New Year's, our 25th Anniversary, Lunar New Year, Valentine's, and Jack's birthday. And, we still have more to come with Jessie's 47th and Esther's 18th.
And, of course, the day would not be complete without Jack having his favorite cake, German Chocolate. We were afraid 50 candles might set off some sort of smoke detectors!
Jack has just returned from a 7 day trip to Thailand. While there, he purchased two nativity sets for us. The wooden one below is handmade by folks in a Leper Colony.
Each set is uniquely crafted by an individual, so no two sets are identical. I really like the view of the first Christmas through Asian eyes and hands. 
He purchased three of the smaller Celadon sets, one for Jessie, Elizabeth, and Esther. These nativity sets are good mementos from visits to Thailand, and they will be useful in our telling HIStory here.
We've really had lots of celebrating recently with Christmas, New Year's, our 25th Anniversary, Lunar New Year, Valentine's, and Jack's birthday. And, we still have more to come with Jessie's 47th and Esther's 18th.