It is Good and Right to Give Thanks

Greetings Friends!

We hope all of you are enjoying this beautiful holiday season! We are looking forward to Thanksgiving, as we are sure all of you are as well, and preparing ourselves for waaaay too much food. 

At the same time, we can't help but look ahead even further to Christmas! Part of that is because both of us have agreed that we start looking forward to every Christmas, every year in January, but another big reason is because Thanksgiving isn't celebrated in Austria, so all of the decorations throughout the city are for Christmas.

Not that we are complaining - they are stunning!

Still, before we get ahead of ourselves and start buying out the nearest grocery store of all its candy canes, we do want to take part in the greatest tradition of Thanksgiving: giving thanks. We are overwhelmed by all of the blessings God has showered us with recently. 

We are so thankful for this fantastic, warm, cozy apartment.

We are thankful for the Spirit's guidance in terms of which areas of ministry to get involved in. We are thankful for how he is using us to advance the kingdom.

We are thankful for Skype and the power it has to keep us connected to friends and family back home.

We are thankful for new friends at the school who encourage us.

We are thankful for Milka chocolate.

And, we are incredibly thankful for you, dear friends. We are thankful for those of you who are praying for us, for those who have sent us letters and cards. They are huge sources of encouragement. 

We are thankful to those of you who are supporting us financially - without you, we would not be here. God is using you mightily. In the past few months, we have been humbled so much and it's been a great feeling! Know that your gifts are carrying us in ministry here and they allow us to continue serving God through education; also, now as we begin serving in our home church here, New City Wien, we are only able to continue to serve in child-care and music through the gifts you give.

Again, thank you.

We hope that you all have a very happy Thanksgiving this week! 

Peace,
Caleb & Britney