Merry Christmas 2011

How we cherish your friendship and love! As we look over the past year, it’s clear that we have down-sized in many areas of our life. Nonetheless, our new & long-term friendships have up-sized! You are a dear part of what’s happening in our lives. How can we sufficiently say thanks for everything? You are a blessing!

Thanks for calling, caring, and praying!! We are on a wonderful adventure, still enjoying the Lord's hand after 41 years of marriage!

We arrived in Tyler, TX, shortly after Thanksgiving. We stayed at 5 Star RV Park in Tyler for a week. At this park the grandkids only had a small place to play. After that we moved to Whispering Pines RV & Cabin Resort, which has a very rural setting with lots of recreational/play areas for the grandkids (e.g., bouncing pillow, family pool, swing set, miniature golf, etc.). Unless Dad or Mom calls them, they can play to their heart’s content outside. It’s fun to watch!

To help engage us in the community, we have found a small church that we are enjoying very much. It’s called Community Christian Fellowship. The pastor, Dave Hickey, is quite a man of prayer, which we deeply appreciate. Last Sunday, Ernie had a great time fellowshipping with the men of the church. It was good, old-fashioned fellowship, which is something near and dear to our hearts. Praise the Lord!

It has been raining quite a bit these days. Around here there's not one negative word about any moisture. The Texas drought has been long and the lakes have gone down. Therefore, everyone has been most grateful for the rain. All of the Texans we have met have been extremely friendly and gracious. We have only positive reviews except for some narrow county roads that need widening. After Christmas we will start to look at properties, which is one of several confirmations that this is where we should stay.

In the coming year, may we encourage you in the following ways:

• Prayer: Ernie is challenging all of our friends to engage in special prayer for our country. Intercession has always been the most important part of his life. Therefore, it’s easy for him to say, “Prayer is of utmost importance!” Prayer events are happening all over the country. To inform you about prayer events, [click here]. If you desire, you may post what you’re doing about prayer this year.
• Online Bible Reading: Moni is beginning her 3rd year of online reading through the Bible. The reading is just a systematic, personal daily devotional and then anyone can join her (or start one's own accountability group), which discusses one verse from the daily reading. It only takes about 15 minutes to read. The discussion, which is optional, takes an additional 10 minutes. In this day and age, what does it mean to sacrifice an additional 15-25 minutes a day to complete one of the most important disciplines in a Christian’s life? Sometimes we all just need a little encouragement to complete an annual read through the Word of God. Please see MyBible365.com. Moni would love to encourage/train you in the simple basics in order for you to have a successful journey through the Word of God in 2012.

One great grandkids picture. (L-R: Ian 10, Joelyn 2, Jasmin 4, Austin 6 wrestling Kaden 8).

Here's a more recent picture. (L-R): Kaden 8, Joelyn 2, Oma, Ian 10, Papa, Austin 6 & Jasmin 4. Email us and we are delighted to share all kinds of pictures and stories!

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Thanks, again, for all your love and prayers!

Ernie & Moni Guyer

PO Box 36, Peyton, CO 80831

Ernie's Cell: (719) 322-6600, Ernie's Email: ErnieGuyer@gmail.com

Moni's Cell: (719) 651-0777, Moni's Email: MoniGuyer@gmail.com