But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
-Luke 2:10-11 (NASB)
Merry Christmas from the Knickerbockers!
This year we welcomed Tallis Pax to the family on November 8th. He had a brief stay in the NICU for monitoring, but was soon sent home healthy and happy. Tallis is named after Thomas Tallis, a 16th century English composer, to honor John’s dad. Kira loves “baby brother Tallis” and likes to take care of him by putting entirely too many blankets on him.
The other big news this year is that we became official members of Wycliffe Bible Translators on November 1st! We are so excited to finally be moving toward our goal of bringing the good news of great joy to all people. We have been invited to join the Wycliffe ministry team in Papua New Guinea; John as a translator and Kelly as a nurse. We are beginning to build our team of prayer and financial partners and would love for you to join us! You can find our ministry page at www.wycliffe.org/partner/knicks.
Kira is now 2 years old and still loves the zoo, her extended family, and seeing new places and things. She knows all her letters, numbers, and colors and puts together surprisingly eloquent sentences. One of her favorite places is our church and she especially loves to play there with her friend Melanie.
John is working for Opportunity Partners, Inc. (an organization that provides vocational and residential services to adults with intellectual disabilities and traumatic brain injuries) in their IT department and is planning to be there until we start working with Wycliffe full time.
Kelly is on call at a family practice clinic and working part-time for our church (Eagan Hills) as a Missions & Pastoral Assistant. She loves the opportunity to work with missionaries from the sending church side and coordinate prayer and support for them. She is thankful she has been challenged and grown in this role and really enjoys her job.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from our house to yours!
– John, Kelly, Kira, and Tallis Knickerbocker –
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