Dear Family and Friends,
It seems like only a few weeks ago I was sitting down to write last year’s Christmas letter! But I counted, it’s been 12 months! As I begin thinking back over the happenings of the last year I only have to go back to last month for the year’s highlight. Jessica is cancer-free! She and Matt went back to Omaha for her one year out scans/tests and everything came back negative. Praise God! They said to see her local oncologist in six months and go back there in a year. Whew, what a huge relief! We thank God for Dr. Mahzer and Dr. Vose, all the nurses, lab techs and everyone and everything else that God used to bring about this healing. We also thank everyone who prayed for her over the last couple of years. Last Thanksgiving we ate hospital food in the Lied Transplant Center at the University of Omaha Medical Center. Jessica was going through a stem-cell transplant and things were scary. But it’s all good now and we praise God for His healing. She is back at work and doing well (promoted even!). Matt is still steady as a rock and always there to do what a good husband does. We are thankful for the loving devotion he has shown our little girl.
Jennifer is in her senior year of college, WHAT!?! That’s right, she elected to take the Special Education block which will extend things one additional semester, so this time next year our baby girl will be a college graduate! She is doing very well with her grades and loves being with the children at the schools at which she has had internships. She is still a great kid and we love to have her home on the weekends that she can. Jennifer and Shelia ran the Soaring Wings Half Marathon together last month, but she still loves riding on the back of dad’s motorcycle too! She loves Pinterest and is always trying out new recipes on us…Dad likes that!
Shelia still loves working in the registration hub with her friends. It’s hard work but the people you work with can make or break the situation for sure. She continues to run and has also tried some various fitness classes at the Jacksonville Community Center. She loves to visit with Matt and Jessica but we really think she especially loves to visit with their dog, a Corgi named Scarlett. Shelia has already enjoyed a few snow days and continually watches the weather in hopeful anticipation of another, she’s worse than a kid!
Ole’ Jeff just keeps on trudging along. Over the last year our church hired a Pastor of Family Ministries and a Worship Pastor, this makes Jeff very happy. All four pastors work together well and things are going great at Faith Baptist Church in North Little Rock. Jeff has gone back to playing the drums in the church orchestra and enjoys every minute of it. When he’s not at church he does’t have any problems staying busy. He and Matt have redone completely both bathrooms at their house and he’s just finishing installing new ceramic tile in the laundry room of the Hulsizer Hacienda. After this we’re stripping the wallpaper out of the hall bath to make way for a fresh coat of paint. Ah, home ownership, your work is never done!
We hope you and yours realize just how precious life is and how important family is. We pray for you and yours and wish for you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. Come see us when you can!
With the hope and joy of the Season,
Jeff, Shelia and Jennifer Hulsizer; Matt and Jessica Petty (and Scarlett)
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