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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from cold New Hampshire. Jack is a little disappointed that he will not spend Christmas at a nice, warm Florida beach . . . maybe next year. For now, it is a blessing we can help Alice’s parents following her Mom’s brain aneurysm on September 18, while continuing to serve with New Tribes Mission.

We arrived in NH on November 5. We are thankful for a safe and uneventful trip, and for the Lord’s provision of a nice three bedroom home. We share it during working hours with the garage next door, as their office is in the house. We only need to pay for heat and utilities, so Jack is trying to keep the lights off and the heat down! Thanks so much to Al and Leora Host for offering their home to us, and thanks to Beth at A&A Auto Repair for not letting on how much Jack’s singing and the kids playing bothers her while she’s working. Thanks also to Aunt Jane & Uncle Danny for the use of their car!

The children are attending Community Bible Academy (at our sending church), with Danielle and Evan doing their assignments from LMCA (their school in Florida) to keep up with their classes there, and Regan joining in the CBA Kindergarten class. Alice is helping organize her parents’ house and affairs and chauffeuring them to appointments and shopping. She is also the main interface between Doctors and other providers. We are very thankful for many people who helped John (Alice’s Dad) during the seven weeks that Mary Jane (Alice’s mom) was in the hospital.

Jack is consulting part-time at the Fraser Papers mill in Gorham, where he worked previously, in order to help pay our additional expenses. He works remotely for New Tribes Mission the rest of the week. The Gravity project, NTM’s new personnel system, continues to move forward. Rodd and Jack have "frozen" the database and are working on the user interface and reporting. Working from home is more difficult than being in the office, but Jack is adjusting and being more productive as each week goes by.

Alice’s mother, Mary Jane Ames, came home November 10th, and is getting stronger! She has been getting home health aides and therapists, but is weaning off their services. She still has occasional episodes that we originally thought were TIA’s (mini-strokes), but it is more likely that they are minor seizures caused by the blood that remains on her brain after the aneurysm. This blood will be absorbed by the body, and these should eventually stop. You can continue to follow her progress at www.maryjaneames.blogspot.com.

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