Abby update - December 30

We're continuing the celebration at the Linam household. Today Gordon's family joined us for a belated Christmas gathering, and food and gifts abounded once again. One very special opportunity was for the four cousins (Abby and Frank and Kim and Karen) to take their traditional Christmas photo in front of the tree. Simple traditions have a lot more meaning these days.

As we mentioned earlier, we decided to adopt our Ukrainian Orthodox friends' tradition of the Twelve Days of Christmas this year, so we're keeping the decorations up through next weekend. We thought that a nice way to wrap things up would be to celebrate with an open house on Saturday, January 6. That day is Epiphany or Three Kings Day in many traditions--a day of revealing God's gift to the world through the visit of the Magi. We'd like to show you the gift friends have given us through the work on our home and the gift God has given us in the healing process for Abby. You are all invited to stop by sometime that afternoon between 2 and 5 p.m. I'll insert directions as a postscript below.

Meanwhile, we continue to covet your prayers. A new friend of a friend shared a very special dream with us last night. The specifics are hers to uniquely tell, but I'd love to share the gist of the dream with you--that is, that each prayer that is offered up is one very important stitch in the fabric of healing and love that God is weaving--each of you mean so much to us...

Love,
-the Linams

Directions to 200 Hoots Holler, Wimberley:
*From FM3237, about 1/2 mile east of Wimberley square, turn on Flite Acres Rd. (only one direction to turn)
*Go 1.9 miles, and turn left on Little Ranches Rd.
*Go. 0.6 miles, and turn right on Hoots Holler Rd.
*We are the fourth driveway on the right; if you are able, you might want to park at the top of the driveway and walk down (about 100 yards)