Thankful for a Family-Filled Thanksgiving

An Aussie Thanksgiving

We had an Australianized Thanksgiving meal yesterday: roast lamb and my favorite soft drink, ginger beer. Oh, and roast turkey for the Americans present.

Fun with the Grandkids

We took some of our grandkids to Amish country yesterday. We have many dear friends in the Amish and Mennonite communities.

Australian Jatz crackers and Vegemite—the best way to babysit a granddaughter.

Many of you will remember praying for our first grandchild, Malachi. He had open-heart surgery four years ago this month to replace his aortic valve. Thank you for your prayers. Some of you have asked me about how he is doing. After his surgery he really “grew like a weed” as the saying goes! Well, yesterday he celebrated his 17th birthday. He loves to study creation apologetics and also loves to watch the sci-fi program Dr. Who (wonder where he got that from? 😉).

Special Guests and Visiting Friends

I was thrilled to host Bev LaHaye (founder of Concerned Women for America and wife of the late pastor and best-selling author Tim LaHaye) at the Ark Encounter and to take photos with her and her family at the Ark door.

We visited my dear friends Buddy and Kay Davis at their log cabin northeast of Columbus. Buddy's dinosaur sculptures are on exhibit at the Creation Museum.

Date Night Out

My wife dragged me to see “The Phantom Of The Opera” at a local theater. Trying to be a romantic husband, I went, but I had to give up working on my computer to go! It was only 2.5 hours, so I was okay . (I have a reputation to keep, so I pretended I wasn’t enjoying it, so my wife thinks I'm ok).

My son-in-law Bodie Hodge also went with us. I dressed appropriately for a cold evening, but Bodie was just embarrassing!

This Thanksgiving I’m so thankful that all our kids love the Lord and are bringing their children “up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4 ESV).

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken