Valentine's Day is a Day of Love for Family

Today is Valentine's Day so I can't help but focus on my family that means so much to us.   Our daughter, Leigh Ann Dotson and granddaughter, Tatum Dotson, pictured here, moved to the Port Richey/Clearwater, FL area at the end of 2019.  They both seem very happy to be away from the Georgia winter weather in January and February.    They are both happy the move is over and they are settled into their homes.

Tatum is working with Spearhead Investigators, LLC and they are opening an office in Florida.  She was transferred to head up that office.  Leigh Ann wanted to be close to Tatum so she moved to Florida for that reason.    I have always been close to Leigh Ann and I have treasured that relationship so much and want her to enjoy the same thing with Tatum.

Leigh Ann and Tatum lived in Ronald's house in Woodstock, GA.  We have agreed to move our stored furniture into the house in Woodstock this summer and make it our base home for both us and for Ronald and Gigi.  They return to the U.S. at least once a year to report to their supporters and need a place when they arrive to recover from the long, tiring trip.   We will both continue to share the RV and travel a lot in the U.S. to fund raise for both of our mission works.  

Our son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Gigi Brown, live in the Philippines.  They are the founders and directors of Casa Esperanza of Angels (Philippine Mission) in Tanjay, Negros Oriental, Philippines.   We visited them in the Philippines in late January, 2019 and plan to spend the last week of March, 2020 there before we return to the U.S. about April 1, 2020, the Lord willing.   They took a five-acre plot of land in the middle of a sugar cane field and have the most lovely orphanage I have ever seen.   They began admitting children to the first house last fall.    They are constructing the second house just for Save Asian Souls to house teenage girls that are at high risk for traffickers.

 

Our family is small but very close.   We are so very thankful for technology so we have a chance to talk almost on a daily basis no matter where we are located.  We all work together with goals to help others in every way we can.   Life is short but our family's loving relationships with each other will never die. Nor will our desire to help children, and others who need our help  

Ron and I had a Valentine's lunch at a Japanese restaurant in Mukdahan, Thailand today with a chocolate treat for dessert at Swenson's, a famous ice cream restaurant.   Truly a celebration of love and thankfulness that everyone is healthy and doing well as God continues to bless us richly.