Monday, November 17, 2008

In times of sorrow and in times of joy.





We have had a rough couple of weeks. Thursday Nov. 6, brought lots of rain, lots of ice, power outages and a death in our "extended" family. Our friend and coworker, Darrell passed away at 56 years young. He had recently moved back to Lakota after living in Kansas for the past few years. We all thank God that he had the opporunity to spend time with his 2 grandchildren Ethan, 1yr. and Keira 5 weeks. It was a very tramatic experience for Sarah and Trent because his death occurred in their basement while trying to fix the water leaking in from all of the rain, in a power outage. Sarah performed CPR on her father-in-law for nearly 20 minutes before help arrived. We are all saddened by Darrells passing but know that he is in good hands! This past Sunday, Keira was baptized along with her 2 cousins Laura and Levi. It was a happy day in the
midst of sorrow.


Picture #1 Sarah and Keira

Picture #2 Sarah and Trent with Keira, Father Aertz, Josh (Godfather), Nicole (Godmother) Alisa (Godmother)

Picture #3 John and Brenda with Levi and Laura, Nathan, Phillip, Roman, Jack, and Father Aertz giving the hug.

Picture #4 Laura Lee held by Grandma Steffan

Picture# 5 Levi John held by Aunt Judy.

This Picture was taken 11-1-08 at Daves' brother Gerald and his wife Chris's 30th wedding anniversary party.
This is their entire family from l to r Back row: Trent, Sarah, Josh
Front l to r: Chris holding Keira, Gerald, Breanne holding Ethan, and Sam (Josh's girlfriend)
It is so neat to think of all of the great examples of marriage God has given Dave and I !!


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