Saturday, January 20, 2018

Keep Up With this Jones Family in 2018

I give up. One's best laid plans are often thwarted by a basketball schedule, a small marketing agency (aka our fourth child) and the flu. In my fevered, cold medicine induced dreams I'll get New Years cards in the mail but they will be few in number and may not arrive until March. 

I thought I'd use this alternative method to keep the masses informed:

Emma is loving Furman and just completed her hardest semester yet. An A- in Mandarin only intensifies her gratefulness to be done with foreign language requirement. She continues to write articles for The Odyssey Online and was hired as a social media intern for the admissions department. Check out #PaLabri on Instagram to see her work. Her hopes and dreams are a conglomeration of providing mental health care to inmates in the justice system and a young man named Winston (not an inmate, just her boyfriend). She has no idea she’s the size of a shoe box but we are so proud of her insatiable desire to care for the under served and to be salt and light to those around her. 

Eliot is thriving during these high school years by filling his time with climbing, cross-country, chorus, musicals, and working at Ruby Falls. He fills every second of free time with church friends, school friends, and a special young lady named Kalee who he calls "Kale". He has been to Colorado twice this year and is convinced he is called to bike, backpack and play in the Centennial State for life. He is the hardest worker we've ever met and his heart is as kind and caring as ever. He would drop everything to help a stranger on the street.

Daniel continues to impress with his mad cerebral skills. National Standardized Tests show him in the 97th percentile in most subjects except for math where he lands in the 99th percentile. He made the JV basketball team at his middle school and transitioned from being so nervous he avoided the ball to begging his teammates to pass him the ball. He scored, stole, broke ankles, rejected, and boxed out like nobody's business. He loves being a part of the youth group and is super stoked at any sign of puberty. Danny Mac is sweet, sensitive and may possibly have his mama wrapped around his finger. He created his first cinematography exhibit and had his biggest fan in a bucket of tears. Grab a tissue and click here. 

Roundtree is now the focus of not only Andy's work week but also my own. We're thankful for how God continues to bless our efforts and excited to see it flourish in 2018!

Much Love from the Jones Family



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