Giving Thanks

Partners,

We are taking some time this week to pause and give thanks for all the Lord has blessed us with. As we reflect on the past year we truly feel like a blessed people with our family, our community, our business, this nation, and this wonderful creation we are so privileged to live in. We hope you are able to spend time with loved ones and special friends and strengthen and enrich relationships with the people close to you this season. We plan to have all our children and grandchildren in one place on Thanksgiving Day - something we truly cherish - maybe because as we get closer to the finish line we can appreciate the things that will outlive us.

Even now in the midst of tough economic times and the everyday challenges we deal with (like leaking water lines and leaking fuel pumps and adverse weather conditions), I feel so blessed that the second farmers in this country (Native Americans were the first) chose to leave a place of safety and strike out for a place where they could be free to worship the God of their choosing and engage in pursuits that were of their choosing. May we have the courage today to stand up for what we believe and take action to preserve our God-given rights.

Steve