Isn’t it amazing that the God who created the world with His words wants to be so personally involved with His creation? He loved us so much that He sent Jesus to rescue us from our sin, gives us faith to believe and trust in Him, and has given us the Holy Spirit to grow our faith and give us a better understanding of Him! He has been faithful to bring us along for another year, and we are so grateful! It has been a year of growth for our family in many ways.
Aaron graduated from high school this past year, and we have been so glad to have him at home with us as he has been taking classes at Delta College online. He has been working on and off, doing house painting and odd jobs, taking a lot of photos and helping out with the church video ministry. He was able to jump in as an assistant for the CBA middle school boys’ soccer team and enjoyed it more than he thought he would. He is fairly certain that college life is not for him - online classes have been kind of a dud and feel like a time waster to him. He wants to take some time to explore some other options, possibly in the trades. Would you pray that God will make the path clear for him? We are cheering him on toward whatever God has for him!
Evan is in eleventh grade already and taking a few classes at Calvary to augment his homeschool. He’s done so well this year, enjoying his drama and art classes as well as a personal finance class and choir. Last year’s play was “The Sound of Music” and he had great fun serving as propmaster and creating some very detailed props to help things feel very authentic for the actors and the audience! He has been able to wean off one of his epilepsy medications, with no ill effects! We are waiting to hear what that means for his driving this summer. Evan continues to maintain a sense of humor that just won’t quit! This year’s spring play is coming up and he’s already been scouring Marketplace for possible props. He’s so creative and inventive and it’s fun to watch him use those gifts! He’s also enjoying his part time job on the set up crew at church.
Cadey is in eighth grade and taking some high school classes at home this year - and it has been more challenging than expected, but she has risen to that challenge. She’s incredibly responsible and has us all in awe of her organizational skills. She’s been a great help to me in cleaning and mowing grass at the Airbnb, and enjoys working in the church nursery. She’s also very creative with LEGO building, skilled at art, and is looking forward to participating in MACS fine arts later in April. It’s been particularly fun to have her in my teen girls’ Bible study, and I can’t believe this is the last year for that before she takes off to high school.
Amos is cruising along, as ten year olds do, and making us all laugh every time he gets the chance. He’s in fourth grade and getting ready to start his second season of recreational soccer. We are hoping for another great season of learning and growing soccer skills and friendships. Amos is also quite the creative mastermind, loves building with LEGO, and often comes up with other projects we would never dream up - entirely on his own! It will be interesting to see how God uses his mechanical skills and brain in the future!
Michael and I are involved with many of the same ministries at church as we have been for awhile, and have been very excited to watch what God is doing in the junior high group - we have seen growth both in numbers and in the individual students which is absolutely delightful. And, we’ve been at it long enough that we are able to see growth not just in the current students but those for whom we’ve had the privilege of knowing and praying for - for years! It brings so much joy to see them being faithful to their calling and serving God in local churches, and serving alongside some of them at ours!
I’ve had some personal challenges with kidney health this year, but through it all I have been able to see the goodness of God and the love and support of friends and family. Hopefully next year I will be able to report with fuller understanding and with a solution to those issues behind us! Michael continues to work for Bright Construction and do a little work on the side, and I’m managing the Airbnb and homeschooling - and we are grateful for God’s provision for our needs. We are praying about the future and hopeful that at some point, the two of us will be able to work together at something that could provide for our family, but we are just waiting on God’s timing for all of that!
All in all, the Muths are growing, we are thankful to God, and we are prayerful about the future - and in that prayerfulness, hopeful because of all we celebrate this time of year - the power of the resurrection of Jesus from the grave! May His victory over death and the promises in His Word give you great hope for the future, too.



