Happy Thanksgiving Week

   Happy Thanksgiving from Our family! 

The up-coming holiday called for some experimenting with new recipes to make some special treats with ingredients that were allowed on my (Jessica's) prescribed diet.

The pumpkin muffins were a win for the whole family!

And the pecan brownies were pretty good too.

          We still had school each day, but at night the kids were enthusiastic to help with the food prep.
  
Precious family memories were made and sweetest of all was seeing some of our family around the world via technology for which we are so THANKful!
 


                                 Tuesday was Ellis' birthday and we all celebrated his special day! Such a joy seeing him grow and remembering his birth which I was privileged to attend/help as Esther delivered  him right into his father's capable hands.  Now they are expecting a second son and I am looking forward to assisting again. 😊


 There was also a work day at the church/school building on Saturday for the men to clear some debris and an old tree stump from the premises.

 We try to do our best to maintain the rented facilities which God has provided for our use, but realized we need to make things more secure when this man was caught jumping over the wall in an attempt to burglarize the school building the next day.  We appreciate that the neighbors who caught him brought him to us to determine his fate rather than beat him to death, which is often what happens to thieves here.  Unfortunately, we know that taking him to the police would be a waste of time and money because the police would require us to pay before they would do any "investigation" and would also take a bribe from him to release him the same day, so we took his picture gave him a warning.  If he doesn't take this seriously and repent of his ways, he may very well end up dead in the near future.  Like so many, this man needs Jesus to deliver him... but he has to want it.
                                                 
               
                           Next holiday now loading at the Osebreh home..... Christmas! :)

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