Our first night in NY we stayed at Joseph's cousin Jen's house and had a good visit with her and her husband Noah, Joseph's Aunt Liz (who happens to visiting from Ketchikan) and little Sadie.
We took a train from the city up to Sleepy Hollow yesterday where we have been visiting with Christy's Great Uncle Bob and his wife Denny. They are a lovely and hospitable couple; we are so blessed to get to spend this time with them!
We have asked (seemingly) hundreds of questions about the family and have learned so much from them. They have quite a treasury of genealogical records on the Chandler side of the family including many original letters written back and forth by the missionary family in India (Christy's Great-great-great/Great-great Grandparents and their families).
For some reason the 3 hour time difference really got to us and we've had jet lag which has caused us to stay up hours later than usual. This has worked out divinely as it has given us an opportunity to spend the time we would've been sleeping, uncovering countless gems of Christy's family history. It has been incredible, as we are setting out to Northern Ireland, to see how many of the family has devoted their lives to Christ, missions and serving, to hold my Great-great Grandfather's Bible and read his loving letters to his children.
More on this later...
Sending love to you all as you celebrate with family this season of Joy in Christ,
love,
Joseph and Christy
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Nice to hear you guys are healthy and whole! Ireland will be a hoot! I finally updated our blog. Can you "follow" us? I just asked my brother to do the same too, haha. Writing you to the sounds of Collin experimenting with a new song in our home studio. We are seriously blessed; we have all our dream equipment. Bless you!
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