My annual Christmas letter to family and friends was named many years ago as the Haberstock Herald to share the good news of what God has been doing in our family over the year. 2015 has been quite the eventful year for us!
Nate and Kara celebrated their first anniversary. Kara really enjoys her work as lab coordinator and data mapping specialist at UofA (go Wildcats!) while Nate is overstimulated with information as a second year medical student.
Lauren is stateside this school year at Pepperdine, having spent an entire year in Heidelberg, Germany. Jim and I flew to Germany in April, trekking from Berlin to Prague to Heidelberg to meet up with Lauren at the end of her year. The 3 of us went up to Cologne and then over to the southern tip of the Netherlands to the lovely little village of Margraten where we visited the gravesite of Lyn's Uncle Robert where he was buried after his death in World War II. We then sampled waffles in Belgium, traveled through Luxemburg so Jim could cross that off his bucket list, then boarded a plane in Switzerland headed to Malaga, Spain where we spent four wonderful days with friends who are missionaries. We spent Easter celebrating the resurrection of Jesus in the rain in an outdoor amphitheater, singing the English version of songs we recognized. From Spain it was back to Switzerland and up to Frankfurt to put Lauren on her flight home. We stopped in Wittenburg to tour Martin Luther's home and visit the church he posted his theses on the door, putting a spark to the Protestant Revolution before catching our flight in Berlin.
June began a process that has us in major transition. After months of prayer, dreams, hopes, applications for commercial real estate loans, lots of no's and naysayers, we are the new owners of the White Mountain Lodge in Greer, AZ. In the last 45 days we have sold our Phoenix home, Lyn resigned from her workplace, we have been back and forth to Greer to tear out carpeting, paint, oversee wood flooring installation, shampoo carpets, and begin to learn about reservation systems and Quickbooks, sorted through 25 years of stuff to pack or sell, and held a yard sale. We move Dec. 20th. We will begin running the lodge as just lodging, but after a kitchen remodel to bring it up to date and to code with health standards we plan to make it an official bed and breakfast. Jim will be telecommuting with Honeywell while Lyn manages the lodge. There is a lot of work to be done, but we are excited about this opportunity we've been given. Please pray as we come to your mind that all licenses we need are approved, that we learn the "business" stuff quickly, and most of all that we enjoy what the Lord has entrusted to us and give Him glory.
All our contact info is changing! Our mailing address is now P.O. Box 123, Greer, AZ 85927 while our physical address is 140 Main Street, #7, Greer, AZ 85927. New telephone numbers are Jim: 928-751-8172; Lyn: 928-751-8197
Personal emails are: jkhaberstock@gmail.com, llhaberstock@gmail.com,
Our business website is wmlodgesuites.com and e-mail is whitemountainlodge7@gmail.com
May you and your loved ones have a blessed Christmas, rejoicing in Emmanuel, God with Us! We are thankful for the love of family and circles of friends from every stage of our lives at this wonderful time of the year and hope you all have dreams come true!
With our love,
Jim and Lyn
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