🧑‍🎄Christmas 2024 Newsletter 🤶

We are nearing the end of another year. Where has 2024 gone?! 

I can hardly believe it! We are fast approaching Christmas in the new year. Today, I want to share with you a few updates from the Carder family.

Having grown children is exciting. I am proud of our adult children and grateful for the blessings that God has given us this past year.

Cindi and I are truly blessed for family. God has given us good health, ministry responsibilities, and plenty of opportunities where we can see God’s hand in our lives. We don’t know what is ahead yet, our faith in God, through Christ has sustained us. 

Just last year, at this time, Jon‘s wife, Staci graduated from the Police Academy. She has been serving for over a year at the Elwood Police Department. 

Jon continues to serve as a K-9 handler and deputy for Hamilton County Sheriff. His dog, Jaeger is a faithful partner. 

Grandkids are incredible! Jase and Ellie are growing too fast! They are excelling in school and aside from getting glasses this year, they are doing well. Jase is finally getting my dad jokes, spontaneously bursting out in laughter when he finally gets it. Of course, Ellie just simply rolls her eyes! 

Jeremiah got married in October of last year to a wonderful young woman, Destiny. We are truly blessed to have her in our family! 

Their two dogs cannot be more opposite of each other – one is huge and the other one is tiny (Zeus and Pancake). Of course we can’t forget the opportunities we’ve had to babysit the dogs and their cat.

Destiny serves as a veterinary technician, and Jeremiah has recently added Detective to his role at the police department in McCordsville. 

   (While at a family wedding.)

Josslyn is doing well. (Pictured in the center.) She is living on her own and in a house that she purchased a while back. She definitely loves animals. I enjoy taking care of some of the maintenance around her place, including her lawn service. ;-) 

It’s been a busy year! 

Cindi remains full-time at Taylor University. She also is serving in a part-time role working with children at Lancaster Wesleyan Church. Her role is to reach out to children and coordinate ministries with children. 

I cannot believe that I have been serving with Youth for Christ for 2 1/2 years. My role is to help discover the resources needed for the ministry to reach young people. It feels funny being a missionary. Serving a donor funded organization can be scary. Raising support can be hard. I am grateful for the support of friends to the ministry. Thank you for your support. 

While Cindi and I are empty nesters, we do have three pets. 🐕 Daisy (pictured below).  🐈‍⬛ Meeko and Frankie are rival cats 🐈 competing for our attention. 

Cats are so very independent and I am not certain how I feel about our having 2.

It is an irony that they are so very independent creature. 

I am not a cat person. Frankie has “chosen” me. (Not exactly what I planned on.)

We are very blessed to have opportunities to serve in our ministries and find time to spend time together. With exception of (most) Hallmark-type movies, Cindi and I enjoy watching certain seasonal movies. We also enjoy being able to plug into our community when possible. Volunteering is fun for me with New Life Meal ministry as well as Hot Dog (meal) Ministry connecting with those who have  food insecurities. Cindi is baking and preparing meals for individuals when needed as well through church involvement.

As the New Year unfolds, though uncertain, we can anticipate with hope that God is in control. His plans, yet unrealized, are good. 

Jeremiah 29:11 reads: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Ellie, Jase, & Daisy

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Yeager and Jon