JerozalJourney: Jerozal Christmas letter 2016

Jerozal Family 2016 Christmas letter

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To HIM who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood...to Him be glory and power for ever and ever, Amen.

(excerpted from Revelation 1: 4-6)

These days, a common way to learn information from people is through a survey.
This year, the Jerozal's submit to you their year-in-review via results of a short survey.

To capture each family member's answer, please note that

J = Jason (age 11, 6th grade - 1st year middle school)

A= Angelyn (age 9, 4th grade)

JJ = Jim (dad, hard working husband, church elder, gardener extraordinaire and more)

AJ = Andrea (mom, calendar/events/logistics coordinator, home chef, etc, etc, etc.)

Question #1:    Your most memorable family moment this year was:

      _______     Thanksgiving in Florida with Jerozal grandparents (and a visit
                          from local friends)

      _______     Christ Community Church "This Is Christmas" program

      AJ JJ A J   Summer Road Trip to Cedar Point, Hershey PA, Gettysburg,
                         Washington DC &  Creation Museum/Ark Encounter

      _______     Waterskiing/Tubing in Green Lake, WI with dear friends this summer

Question #2:   For Jason only - Your favorite memory(ies) in 2016:

      _______    Scoring more goals this past Fall soccer season (total of 5, I think)

      _______    Graduating 5th grade and the special celebrations that went with
                         it (5th grade picnic and parent's breakfast with slide show and awards)

      __J___    Staying up til midnight on a school night watching the Cubs win the
                        World Series

      _______    First year of summer camp at Silver Birch Ranch with kids from church youth
                        group
_______ Running cross country on the school team.

Question #3: For Angelyn only - YOUR favorite memory(ies) of 2016:

      _______   Being accepted to play with the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchesta (violin)

      _______   Starting and enjoying (and continuing to play) soccer

      ___A___   Getting a hedgehog (named Violet) as a birthday present

      _______   Cutting 7 inches of hair off at the end of the school year

Question #4: For Jim and Andrea only - OUR stand out moment of 2016:

      __AJ___   Serving a wave of refugees in Greece, working with Alliance Relief
                       and Samaritan's Purse.

      __AJJJ_   Hosting a pig roast to celebrate turning 50 this year

      _______   Visiting Calcutta, India to meet leaders in the house church
                        movement there

      _______   Walking through the Biblical proportion model of Noah's Ark on its
                        opening day

Question #5: Favorite free time activities:

      J_______   Reading

      A______   Sing and hum no matter what's happening

      J______   Run around outside and/or hang out with friends

      AJ_____   Meet up with friends for coffee

     JJ______   Baby the garden and harvest the goodies at the right time(s)

      _______   Run

      AJ_A___   Family movie night

Question #6: A Favorite Picture from the year (still waiting on other responses):

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