Merry Christmas

  • Tim Challies
  • 12/25/07
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It has been a long but good day here in Woodstock, GA. We got up early and had the kids dig into their stockings. Then, once family had arrived from far and wide, we got busy opening what looked like just an obscene amount of gifts (there are, after all, eighteen people involved). After a great breakfast, a few of the menfolk (mostly) headed downstairs to package up copies of my book to be sent all around the world.

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That’s my brother-in-law Rick checking labels against the spreadsheet, me stuffing books into envelopes, my brother-in-law Justin putting the 3 cent stamps on, my dad putting on the rest of the stamps, and my brother-in-law Pat writing “Media Mail” in hundreds of envelopes. It wasn’t fun work, but we had a good time. Or I did, anyways.

We got most of the tough work done and it remains just to take all of those books to the post office tomorrow.

Anyways, from my clan to yours, have a very Merry Christmas…

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a comment from Rodney Olsen • 12/25 @ 7:01pm
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A very merry and blessed Christmas for you and those you love.

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a comment from Mrs. J.D.Darr • 12/26 @ 12:46am

What a gorgeous family!! We are looking forward to getting our book :) God bless all of you and may you have a safe trip back. God bless all of our brothers and sisters who frequent this site as well!!! Merry Christmas from the Darrs.

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a comment from Jeri • 12/26 @ 1:40am
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Merry Christmas!

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a comment from Marco • 12/26 @ 3:40am

That probably would have been a great time to use MS SQL Server. Ah, maybe its just the DBA in me.

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a comment from Eunice • 12/26 @ 9:47am

I bet you really appreciate the post office workers now! Looking forward to getting the book. God bless you and your family, they look like a lovely bunch!

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a comment from Jordan Reed • 12/26 @ 9:52am
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3 cent stamps?

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a comment from diane • 12/26 @ 10:57am

Can’t wait for the book! Merry Christmas!

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a comment from Bibliomaniac • 12/26 @ 11:18am

That’s a great assembly line operation every author could wish for! The timing of your book’s release was great—you were able to get some helping hands at a key time.

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a comment from Brian • 12/26 @ 11:57am

Tim,

Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope you had a great time to reflect on the past year and its accomplishments and look forward to how God will continue to use you this coming year. Thanks for your faithfulness and openness in writing.

I too am eagerly awaiting delivery! Appreciated being along on the journey!

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a comment from Pastor Paul Martin • 12/26 @ 1:04pm
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Happy Boxing Day!

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a comment from Larry Geiger • 12/27 @ 11:34am

So the work table is a pile of sheetrock and the chairs are five gallon buckets of “mud”. And the “menfolk” are all working diligently together! Don’t know what that says to all those receiving your book in the mail, but if there’s some white dust on their cover when you receive it, they shouldn’t worry about it.

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a comment from Michele • 12/27 @ 5:34pm

Am I the only reader who’d like to know who’s who in this photo, down to the babes? Just that weird connection you feel with blogs you read regularly where you think you know the guy. Plus, I’m nosey.Beautiful, blessed family.