Ornament of the Year

Today we were blessed to visit with several close friends from Indy. The Lord has blessed us with so much love and support from among His Body. Let us tell you about some of them.

Ernie and Thelma love the Lord and faithfully pray for us. They have blessed many others in the church with their love and generosity. One of the ways Ernie loves to bless others is through his gift of woodworking.

Ernie has a little workshop in the back yard, which he perfectly organized to make use of every square inch. In the summer he has a little fan that blows cool air on him. In the winter he has a little heater to keep him warm while he carves ornaments with his scroll saw.

Today we got to drop by and see his latest creations. Ernie has created many amazing things out of a piece of wood, but one of my favorite things was an ornament of a U.S. postal truck.

Everyone loves to get a letter in the mail, but in the Philippines we do not get to see that symbol of a letter at all: the U.S. postal truck. Ernie took a photo of one and then created his own ornament out of his photo. I call this one his “Ornament of the Year”!

While we were standing in their home a U.S. postal truck even drove up to deliver mail right then, and I noticed how precise Ernie’s design was. His ornament even had the exhaust pipe and frontal mirrors! Ernie was generous enough to give us a few of his pieces of artwork, so we are thankful that every time we look at his creations in our Philippine home we will think of the love he and his family have shown!