Merry Christmas!

It’s been a busy year but a great one for our family. Hard to believe that we’ve been living in France for almost two years now. We’re blessed to live in a beautiful, quiet area of Provence that has enabled us to get to know some wonderful locals and allowed us to feel like we’re getting into the culture. At the same time, this area affords us the opportunity to also have friends from all around the world because of a strong expat community. We continue to love to travel at every opportunity we get, though our list of “must sees” seems to grow more quickly than we’ll likely ever have time to visit. That said, we’ve very much enjoyed the visitors we’ve received so far and would love more anytime!

Matt: continues to work for the ITER Organization and enjoys the challenge of the project and collaborating with people from all over the world every day. Mesia: I still feel I’m living a dream and am eternally grateful to have the chance to be here to get to know more about my heritage, my family who lives here, and to learn the language and customs. Seneca: now 3 and has (already!) started at the international school here and attends 2 days of school in French and 2 days in English each week. She is a perfect mix of girly and rough as she loves to dress up and carry her purse around everywhere but is never afraid to play hard and get dirty. She is such a gift and we feel blessed every day to have her in our family!

 We appreciate your love and friendship and hope you have a wonderful Christmas. We are grateful for this season and the opportunity to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

 Matt, Mesia, and Seneca Rae