Jay's Christmas Letter!

So, I didn't get Christmas Cards sent out to everyone, so I am posting a variation of the official letter that was sent this year. I realize this is almost like cheating for a Christmas Post, but I thought it was very appropriate for our first Christmas together. Especially since we're snowed-in together! Enjoy! Life. Is. Good!

Yo!
Jay here. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Shortone’s new friend! Okay, I’m a dog, but I’m her FRIEND too! ☺ I joined her July 6th, after she moved to Kansas City, Missouri. Shortone decided that I could do the Christmas Letter this year! So, I’m going to do my best to let you all know what happened in her life this year.
She says that she prayed for 7 years to live here, and she really likes being here. Her focus was to be near the International House of Prayer (IHOP) located in Kansas City. We now live 15 minutes from the Prayer Room, where she spends a lot of time. She also serves as a shuttle driver for their Saturday and Sunday Evening Services. She LOVES the shuttle and is meeting MANY cool people who have a heart for God too.
I miss her while she’s gone, but she always takes good care of me when she’s here and we walk at least a mile each day! We live one-half mile from a lake, and we walk down by the lake when it’s nice outside. When it’s colder, like now, we walk a mile each day around the neighborhood. She says I’m spoiled, whatever that means!
She went out to Camp Barnabas to serve as a Cabin Mom during the Autism Week in July. She let me stay with my old family while she was there, which I loved! She LOVED her week at camp, and hopes to serve out there next year too! It is one of her favorite weeks of the year! She was different when she came back, I could tell! ☺
She started working at a new Elementary School in August. It is a brand new school and she teaches the Learning Center Classroom. She has students in grades K-6 that have Learning Disabilities, Behavior Challenges, and Autism. She likes her job a lot, and especially enjoys the fact she doesn’t have to be at school until 8:20 because it’s a late-start school! ☺ She also likes living ten minutes from her school!
The hardest part for her this year was leaving her friends where she used to live. She was blessed by a surprise going-away party from her friends in June, and her Sunday School Kids were there too, which made her happy! Email has helped her keep in touch with her friends as she started this new chapter in her life. I hate the computer, and I let her know that, but it makes her happy so it’s okay!
Her favorite scripture this year has been Hebrews 11:1 that states, “Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.” She said it has given her encouragement and hope in ways she can’t even put into words. She hopes it blesses you too!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is a GREAT year for you. Shortone does too! She’s ready for a new year, with very little change next year! ☺ Merry Christmas!
Love, Jay and Shortone