For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
Merry Christmas from the Homontowskis,
This year has brought many changes. We are all settled into our new house and office. In February of this year it was -30 degrees most of the month. In fact, Joe hardly drove the school bus all month because it was -40 degrees for at least half of the month. We found out very quickly that the heater that was in our office was not keeping up.
This summer our Board voted to install a new floor to cover up the cement floor. When installing the floor, we also looked at the attic of the office and found out that it was very poorly insulated. In November, we were able to blow in some more insulation. So far this has been helping.
Joe had to rely a lot on Penny’s help this year, because in July he had hip replacement surgery. This kept him from many outside duties like mowing grass and keeping up with the yard work. In October, he had knee replacement surgery. After a couple months of recovery, everything is working great and healing. The plan was to have the other knee replaced in January, but after talking to the Doctor, we are going to delay it for a year to allow more time to heal.
Our mission has been going well. In the last month, the number of lessons arriving in our mailbox has increased, forcing us to consider adding some volunteers to help grade them in the near future. In a surprising development, some students from Belize started mailing in lessons. Source of Light International does not have a branch established there, so we decided to correspond with them ourselves. Currently we have six students from Belize!
We had two fundraisers this year that brought in around $5,000.00. We were involved in a missions conference that raises support for local missions. Our mission was given $4,500.00. Praise God for His continued support! God has been so good to us this year that we can’t believe it. Our office is such a great blessing, and our house is a house we always wanted.
Praises
- New insulation in our office.
- Student number increasing
- Joe’s hip and knee healing well.
Prayer requests
- New financial support for our mission.
- New financial support for us personally.
- The price of stamps is increasing by 2 cents this coming year bringing the cost of a regular stamp to 92 cents each.
Thank your for your faithful prayer and financial support. God is truly blessing us every day. We pray that you have a blessed Christmas and a God-honoring New Year.
Joe and Penny Homontowski
Source of Light Missionaries to Canada
