I don’t want to attempt to quantify a year, but sometimes I look back on these numbers in awe. It’s incredible to see what God has done.
Long-awaited and quite miraculously, we adopted one little boy.
We spent 230 days as a family in 2019.
It was a good year. 🥰
We celebrated ten years of marriage!
Throughout different projects, eleven friends were able to have regular employment opportunities in our home.
2,900 Tranquility necklaces were made in our little border town and shipped around the world to be sold through Noonday Collection. Over half of these were made by three friends in our home.
202 bouquets of flowers were sold.
1,026 loaves of bread were baked.
And thanks to a local restaurant deciding to source their tortillas through us, a whopping 7,160 tortillas were rolled out!
This year, The Reinforcers project brought in 37,600 baht, or $1,245, which was then poured back into training and weekly work opportunities for a few teenagers.
Kelli took a regular self-defense class with a small group of young women. They completed a twelve-week program, followed by six months of regular review.
Throughout the year, we managed to renew three drivers licenses in two countries, renew a passport, renew a work permit, extend a visa, and acquire a new visa. And while I think I could count the number, I’d rather not know how many days I spent in government offices to accomplish this.
I had set some personal goals for the year, but I didn’t do incredible at reaching them or even knowing if I did.
I read 43 books this year, not meeting my goal of 52.
I memorized 51 Bible verses, and I’m working on the last one.
I kept running.
I kept swimming.
I kept biking.
But I have no idea how far I went.
I know I took this little guy along for quite a bit of it.
It was a good year. 🥰