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Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas!! It is Christmas Eve & I just love this time of year!! We are getting ready to spend this AWESOME DAY getting the chance to see Trents' Mom & Hank. Also hoping to see Trents Dad & Cynthia and their kids Jake & Tyler! We are so looking forward to the Christmas Eve Feast at my Parents house!! It is going to be sooo great to eat all the delicious food my Mom and Dad are preparing! The kids are so excited to see their cousins!! My brother Jeff will be there with his kids Brittany & Dylan. My other brother Jason and his beautiful wife, Allison, will be there with their children Shane & Tessa! I must tell this: Our kids think of Shane in rockstar status! There is something that has awestruck our kids with Cousin Shane!!!
This time of year is so awesome & it is great to be able to have our kids at an age where they are starting to receive the true meaning of Christmas. At a time when Santa is getting all the hype, we have decided for our family that we are going to let Santa be a "fairy tale" and not a reality. I respect the choice of each family. It was cool to hear a friend of ours tell of how her family was doing the same thing by not participating in the Santa theory. She told me that they were driving down the road & her 4 year old son asked her if the clouds he saw in the distance were Santa Claus. Well she replied, no Santa is not real. Her son responded, well is Jesus real? Wow! That is so powerful! Now I am not saying what is right for every family! I am no mans judge! But what I am saying is how important it is to make Jesus a REALITY! He is ALIVE & REAL TODAY!
So with that, Trent & I are encouraged to let our kids see Jesus in us & make sure they continue to know the Reality of Christ! This is the best gift we can give them this year! Yes, they are getting Thomas the Train stuff & dollies etc., but how cool is the gift that never gets "old"! God Bless & have a Merry Christmas! I hope you are encouraged as I was by friends story!

The Call

After months of prayer and confirmation, we have shared it with our family that we have a call to Thailand. A call to preach the gospel. A call that we believe in the deepest part of our heart and soul is God's Will for our family. It is to our heart that the Holy Spirit has revealed this to us. We know the temporal pain that we will feel as we begin to adjust to our lives as they are now, to what they will be. We know that the Lord will provide peace and healing. Just as it hurts us, we know that it can be painful to those we love as well. We know that not everyone will "get" what the Holy Spirit has spoken to our hearts, but it is our hearts desire that our loved ones get that we "get it".

A Letter of Faith

written 06.19.05

by Amy Pruett

My Father says, "Go and serve me. My call upon your family is greater than your hearts desires in Texas." Clearly I hear my Fathers word & we obey. What is yet to unfold is the reaction of our leaving to serve our master. The way our family and friends will tug at our hearts. Will they understand how impossible it would be to deny my God? How to turn away from what God has called our family to? That it is not understood why God has moved in our lives & pressed & disciplined us for the time He has called. That I wonder, "Who am I to go spread the Gospel?" I am nothing but a daughter; but no I am more because I am an heir in the royal family! That God has called us as a family. That His plan and wisdom is far greater than I can comprehend. So I go. So we go. I know He is in control. I know His Will is the safest place to be. I rest and worry not because I continually surrender control to Christ. That I pray that my friend, the Holy Spirit, will guide our ways and protect us. So now I pray for my friends and families hearts. That they would receive the calling placed upon our family. That the hearts of those would be comforted and blessed. That the devil would not be able to take root, in the Name of Jesus! The devil will not like our serving God. Knowing in Faith that our God has authority over all and will keep us under teh shadows of His wings. That the Lord is our refuge, and in Him we will be safe and comforted. With the knowledge of the mission in which we are to partake is known, now we wait eagerly. How soon will we go? The need is great, our hearts are being prepared - when? It will be beautiful to see the work of God unfold our paths & overcome our obstacles. So today, tomorrow and for the days to come - we put on our armor and get before our God until He says, "It is time."