Christmas At The Peavy's

Can I brag? We are here in Boise, Idaho spending Christmas with Rebekah's family. We have been having such a great time up here. This morning the kids woke us up with screams of excitement, because Santa had come and left amazing gifts. We got up, and passed all the presents out, and had so much fun. Then, we had an amazing time of prayer. This is when it got good. As we gave thanks to our God for His many blessings, we began to realize that all of us love God, follow God, have been or are currently in ministry, and have a passion for missions.

I mean, Jacob (brother-in-law) went to the Brownsville School Of Ministry during the historic revival there, studied under Pastor Kilpatrick, Steve Hillqand and graduated as a pastor. He and Erica, his awesome wife are preparing to start a youth ministry here in Nampa. Cosmo (brother-in-law) is a minister from Nagaland, India. Sarah (sister-in-law) graduated from Asbury College and works for the Boise Rescue Mission. Kevin (older brother)is spending this Christmas in Nepal with our dear friends with whom he was a missionary for years. He was also a missionary to Thailand for years as well. Kevin is called to the nations! Keith (younger brother) led his wife, Carina, to the Lord, and they live in Norway, a light to that nation. They have traveled back to Georgia this Christmas to be that same light to Carina's family. Rebekah's mom and dad have been on missions trips with Rebekah and me, with Sara and Cosmo, and on their own as well. They love missions, and have a passion to see others come to have a personal relationship with Jesus. My mom and dad have been traveling to the nations for years, and fund many non-profits and missions organizations. Through the years, it may have been rebekah and me on a missions trip leading teams, or Cosmo and Sarah in a nation ministering, or whoever. No matter what our family each rise up t support the others t get them where God is telling them to go.

I realized this morning a glimpse of the amazing feats God has accomplished in the generations of our family, and I saw the legacy my children are already beginning to walk in. Because of God's unfailing love for us, and because we turned our hearts to Him and repented of our sins, because we asked Him to invade our lives and rescue us t Himself, and because of His great power to redeem us t His dreams for us, we are one big Christ-dependent, missions-loving, evangelistic, sold out family who's members love God and one another. We genuinely want to see each other flourish in the blessings and favor of God. We are a family that speaks life over each other, and loves to support each other. I saw this morning just how awesome this family really is, and I wanna say thank you God for my wonderful family.