MERRY CHRISTMAS

from the Rempel Family!

 

 

It's hard to believe that Christmas time is here already!  This is our "Christmas Letter" for this year, so some of the information may be a bit of a repeat for those of you following along our blog regularly.

 

We continue on here in Fairview.  Here is a little update on each of us.

 

Darren worked for Sherry's family through the summer and when wheat sowing began he began working for another farmer in the area.  Now that wheat sowing is finished and the weather isn't often suitable for outside work, his hours have dwindled considerably.  So he is currently looking for other employment.  He just filled out an application for an oilfield company, so hopefully something will materialize soon. Please pray with us that he would find some more employment until the timing is right for God to open a door for another ministry opportunity.

 

Sherry continues to work for the Major County FSA (Farm Service Agency).  It is a government job and she has had a steep learning curve but is enjoying it overall. While she enjoys the "perks" of a government job, like getting a paid holiday for Veteran's Day, she isn't so fond of only getting Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day off around the holidays.

 

Kylie is plugging away at Fairview High School.  She's had her ups and downs.  Her social life took a hit when softball season was over and most of the girls went out for basketball, which is a consuming sport here.  She also was having a struggle with an online Oklahoma History course, which was ridiculously hard.  God was faithful in helping us make a change to her schedule to get her in the Freshmen class and dropping the online course. Hopefully her experience with the online course and our complaints will benefit some students in the future. So after 9+ weeks of misery, the academic side of things is going much better.  She is making friends, but still misses her friends in Cimarron a lot.

 

Kaitlyn is finishing up her semester at Tabor College.  She is considering making a change to her major or minors.  She currently is a Communications Major with a Music and Theater Minor.  She is considering adding Bible in there somehow but isn't sure how yet, so please pray for her for wisdom and discernment as she tries to discern God's plan for her future as well.

 

We continue to live in our little 2 bedroom rental house at 518 W Cherry Street, here in Fairview.  We spent a lot of time painting it this fall, and haven't quite finished yet, as the weather turned too cold.  Two sides are complete and the other two just need a second coat.  So we are hoping for a warm enough day sometime to finish it up completely!

 

The house was pretty run down when we moved in.

It was painted white with pinkish trim which clashed with the orange colored bricks. 
It was quite ugly and lots of chipping paint.

We have our 53 foot storage closet parked beside the house!

 

 

 





A fresh coat of paint and a change of color does wonders for the appearance of a house!

 



We continue to appreciate your prayers on our behalf and your interest in our lives as we continue to "wait" on the Lord's timing and seek Him for guidance.

 

We are trying to be faithful and bloom where we are planted. The local Fair Building has been transformed into the streets of Bethlehem and the area churches have come together to put together 5 performances over the next 2 weekends called "The Bethlehem Experience." People can come and be part of a tour through the streets of Bethlehem while hearing the real Christmas Story.  Darren is a potter, Sherry is a basket weaver and Kylie is a leper.  It is the first time for the community to do this and we are anxious to see how it goes. It has amazing potential as tons have work have gone into it.

 

We wish you a Merry Christmas as we remember Christ's birth and the hope it brings to all of us!

 

Darren, Sherry, Kaitlyn & Kylie Rempel