2013

The Mark and Jill Brazle 2013 Christmas Newsletter

This has been a year full of transitions for the Brazle family. In July, Mark accepted a position with Missions Resource Network serving as Co-director of Missionary Care. It is a wonderful opportunity to work alongside Dottie Shultz and serve missionary families. Since the organization is based in Bedford, TX,  this new adventure required a move to Fort Worth.  Texas has never even been on our radar so it has been extremely difficult leaving dear friends and family in Ohio as well as moving further away from children and grandchildren. Thankfully, God has provided wonderful friends to welcome us to our new home 
and help in our adjustment.
Please keep in touch! Our new address is:
5729 Ozark Drive, Ft. Worth, TX 76131
Our email addresses are:
mark.brazle@mrnet.org
jillbrazle@yahoo.com

Our family was blessed to all share time together this summer at Aunt Mindy's cabin just outside  Bozeman, Montana. It was an amazing time for making memories - hikes with Opa, horseshoes with great grandpa, flying remote control airplanes with Caleb, kayaking down the Yellowstone, puzzles, moose-sightings, reading books, singing, water fights, hugs and cuddles, and the list goes on! We continue to cherish those moments in our hearts.

Here are the boy cousins - Isaak, Gideon, Jeda and Graydon.

Holly and Luk with their sons Isaak and Gideon still live in Gent, Belgium working with the church there.  In November, we enjoyed spending some time with them at a retreat in Rothenburg, Germany.  You can read more about their work at belgianbreeze.blogspot.com.

Adam & Rebekka Mathews with Lily and Mireya have been living in Monroe, Louisiana, but are moving to Raleigh, NC in January.  Adam will be teaching in the Marriage and Family Graduate program at Pfeiffer University.  We have mixed emotions - thankful that God has provided this wonderful opportunity, yet sad that we are exchanging a 5 hour drive with a 20 hour one! That will make us equally far away from all of our stateside children. I am really starting to believe that Texas is a foreign country!

Reya and Lily are ready for pre-school!

Big news! Ameya Marie Brazle was born November 18, 2014 - the latest addition to David and Lara.
We were so excited to be with them for Christmas!

David & Lara, Graydon and Ameya, just moved to Bloomfield Hills, MI
where David teaches at Lasher High School

Karina & Rafael Fluker live in Harper Woods, MI. Karina works for Portable Church Solutions while Rafael works as a paraprofessional in Seaholm High School while he works on
a Masters in Counseling.

Kristina and Caleb with Aletheia and Jeda live in Tanzania working among the Makonde people. It was great having them here this summer, but hard to watch them leave, not knowing when we will see them again (and be able to hold those babies)!  To follow their work, you can log on to calebnkristina.wordpress.com