We want to wish you a blessed Christmas and a safe and prosperous 2022. May the Lord protect you and guide you and your family through these challenging days.
"Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
His greatness no one can fathom" Psalm 145:3
This past year has been a challenging one for us but we thank the Lord for His presence, provision, peace and guidance. We have been isolated now from our family and friends for nearly two years. A few months ago we lost the contents of our freezer from an electrical problem that required a new electrical box. But PTL nothing else, including our house, was damaged. We have kept our doctors busy with about 145 visits, tests and procedures this year, including 20 trips to Hershey for Barry's treatments. And this does not include the three weeks Dianne spent in the hospital and a nursing home after a fall. But God is good and we thank Him for each new day that He gives us.
The isolation has also kept us from continuing many of the ministries that we previously had. However, Dianne continues a ministry of encouragement by corresponding online and by phone with many of our friends. Barry continues running our church prayer chain as we have now done for 50 years. He also continues his two blogs. His hymn blog reaches folks all over the world with about 1,000 visiting each week. So we thank the Lord for these opportunities to still minister to others.
We thank Him, too, for our sons and their wives. Craig is CEO/President of the Codorus Valley Bancorp and Kisha loves to entertain. Ken is President of Moore Engineering and Sandy teaches special needs children at Warwick. Tim is Chief Administrative Officer for Meridian Products and Wendy is a busy housewife who coordinates their busy household.
And we are very thankful for our grandchildren. Zachary is doing editing for a company online and he has been a tremendous help in doing work and errands for us. Josh completed his PhD in chemistry at Penn State and is now working for Colgate Palmolive in New Jersey. He and Corine, a chem teacher at LS, plan to be married in April. Taylor continues to work with the DiscipleMakers ministry, but now remotely from Massachusetts. Her husband, Daniel, completed his PhD. In chemical engineering, also at Penn State, and is now working for Bristol-Myers Squibb. Noah is a student at Salus University where he is working to obtain his degree in eye care. Chloe is a senior at Messiah College and she is hoping to attend graduate school. Lexie is a senior in high school and is presently applying to colleges to continue her education. Brodie is a tenth grader at Conestoga Valley and is very interested in sports. We are thankful that all of them love the Lord and are serving Him. They are all answers to our prayers.
So we enter a new year trusting in the Lord's continued leading. We do miss the fellowship with our friends, like you, and would welcome hearing from you.
Take care and keep looking up.
Dianne and Barry Kauffman
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