Happy New Year

Happy New Year

from the Morehouses!

We were planning to wish you a Merry Christmas first, but time has slipped by and we’re already into 2006! Can you believe it?

2005 was good to us, and we’re hoping to build on God’s blessings in our lives in the year to come. As we grow older, we become more and more grateful for His mercy, forgiveness, grace and favor.

We’re delighted to have Sarah living and working in Rochester again after spending 3 years overseas completing her Masters in Design in Milan. She’s prospering in her work in graphic design as an art director in her current job in Rochester. Her circle of friends continues to grow along with her gifts of hospitality.

Nathan got married this September to a wonderful young woman he met in graduate school at Arizona State University in Tempe. Now we have a new daughter! Kari just completed her Masters in Environmental Biology and is working full-time on the nearby Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian reservation while Nate completes his PhD in Biology (you know it has to do with bugs). Both families gathered with friends for an unforgettable wedding in Texas.

Johanna is enthusiastically pursuing her Masters in Art Therapy at Nazareth College and living at home while raising her delightful daughter Zoya, now 2½ years old and full of life, as her name would suggest. Needless to say, Nana and Grampy (that’s Susan and me) are having lots of fun, too.

Joel graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College this year with a double major in Music and History. During his last year he “picked up” the organ and has taken off with sacred music, working this summer as a music director at St. Jude’s parish. He’s just begun a second degree program, having received a full scholarship to study the classics at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California. Yes, that’s a long way from here…

Being a family with all four offspring now grown and heading in adult directions in their lives is a bit like a multi-ring circus. Something is always happening somewhere else, so we were blessed beyond measure to have everyone home for a long Christmas weekend. We even got to ski into our cabin on the 23^rd and see Narnia together at the theater on the 26^th!

Susan and I are learning to mature gracefully as parents, grandparents, and members of Christ’s Body. Susan loves to practice, teach and play her harp out in the community, and I love to practice, teach and play my medicine similarly. We’re a team in our neighborhood, church and with professional colleagues, both students and peers. And we still love to get out in nature hiking, canoeing, skiing and just being in God’s Creation.

We value our friendship with you and appreciate all the emails and even cards and letters we’ve received this year. Thanks for keeping in touch. You’re in our prayers for a blessed New Year!