Hi! What’s up?

My mom has been telling me to write this for two weeks, and now I am!!

Well, after Thanskgiving at Gramma and Grampa Elenbaas’ house, we spent a week there. Then, we went back to Mrs. Penninga’s house in Grand Rapids. We visited and talked with lots more people there, and then Brittney and I went up to Gramma and Grampa Defever’s house alone. We spent time with them and went last minute Christmas shopping.

On Christmas Eve, we drove to Grand Rapids and dad preached at Brightsisde. After Christmas, we went to McBain to celebrate Christmas with my other grandparents and cousins. After we did that, we said goodbye to everyone and drove down to Chicago. In Chicago, we stayed with the Hansons, and we got to see a bit of Chicago and went shopping.

We flew out of Chicago on January 10th. During our flight from Chicago to Munich, mom, dad and I slept. Brittney didn’t sleep because her back hurt too much. Once we arrived in Munich, we ate breakfast and then boarded a plane to Poznan. Once in Poznan, we were driven to Borne by Mike Shattuck and his son.

Since we have been back, we have all adjusted well to the time change. We have done a few ministry things, but not many because we have all been sick, but most of us are better. Also, Kent and Jan have recently moved here.

Love in Christ,
Melanie

Prayer requests:

• That all of my Polish would come back and I would be able to understand some more.
• That Brittney’s back would heal.
• That David and Nicole would get her safely.