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The Lanyons, Pat Christine, David & Joseph | wisesaver@yahoo.com

47 Long Hill Street | East Hartford, CT 06108 860-528-7205

Dear beloved family and friends,

Changes in Schooling

This year has brought to some influential changes. We are so very thankful to God for His blessings, and so often we feel so unworthy to receive of His kindness with such generosity.

For six years now, Chris has home-schooled David and Joseph. I have felt this was such a fitting thing for her especially since she spent the best 15 years teaching others. But recently I realized that sometimes we get too used to God's goodness, and loose our appreciation for His favors.

Secondly, we are in a very blessed area for the opportunities available. I am so very grateful for the training I received at Bob Jones University. And there is a really good school in our area with all BJU Grads as teachers. It has an excellent principal. It provides greatly enlarged laboratory opportunities and social training disciplines our family needs. Also, I can see great potential in our sons to become great and mighty men for God's kingdom in such a setting.

Thirdly, I have realized that the business God has given me is a true stewardship. He has truly blessed us through it. Unfortunately I have over-looked some of the needful ingredients to assure a lasting flavor that will provide for us in our later years of life. It is time that we focus as a team more upon it to use it as a stewardship.

The boys are learning a lot and I am so grateful they can attend such an excellent school. This is a blessing I never really had growing up.

This also frees up much time for Chris to do more for our business, and even more importantly, visitation for church.

America

Not long after our new routines began, we found ourselves cleaning carpets and furniture for a whole house near the airport on September 11. As those morning hours passed, we witnessed the nation-changing events of that day with unbelief that people could so coldly commit themselves to such a well-planned ill-deed.

But what it has done to revive American unity and patriotism is truly astounding!

When talking with many people about it and why God would allow such deeds to take place is hard to answer.

But I made an interesting observation: Of all the comments made about the CT natives listed as missing by the local news in a 20+ page paper I got from the internet, there was only ONE reference to a church, and NONE about God or the Bible! Would God let something like this happen to influential world renown financial chiefs? When so little is said about spiritual matters, maybe He would be willing to allow this kind of tragedy.

We were really encouraged to hear there were believers who died ready to meet their Savior. There were believers whom God sovereignly protected as well. Our school principal had a meeting that day at the White House. He apparently saw the low flying plane that hit the Pentagon! Perhaps the PA -crashed plane was headed there!

I have taken many opportunities to witness because of this, and give out many of my tracts.

Chris' Corner

I thank God that we could re-do the boy's room this past summer. We tore out two walls to insulate the room. We then replaced the ceiling and walls. We also built a closet.

God provided a Christian brother (in the Lord) to help us repair our bathroom floor and piping.

God continues to bless us in His unique ways. After doing a carpet job, my husband was given pumpkins and two kinds of squash. We have eaten a lot of pumpkin pies and we have given away almost as many pies. I was happy that one of my girls in Sunday School prayed to be saved last month.

Please pray for our assistant pastor's wife. Sara Prigge just gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome. I believe that they, as well as the church folks, will love the baby. They have done an excellent job of training their other two children.

May god bless and guide you.

Love,

From Pat, Christine, David, and Joseph Lanyon

Photographs--
Heritage Day at Hartford Christian Academy

Joseph in Daniel Boone Costume

David was Abe Lincoln (Minus Hat!)

Pat & Chris are

Very Thankful for all God's Goodness!

Picture from Attica OH of "Mom's Girls" April 2001