The XM ChallengeHappy Birthday Via! – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 Happy Birthday Via! https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=56 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=56#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:57:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2013/04/14/happy-birthday-via/ Nineteen years ago Anni, at almost two years old, was delighted to get a baby sister. Even though they are now in Canada, we can still open a few birthday gifts together.
Olivia is the first girl in our family to have a birthday without either parent present.
NOTE: As far as I know, I only missed Anni’s birthday one time because of a church conference in Southern Brazil. This is only the second time one of our girls have had a birthday when I was not present (67 out of 69 birthdays), and Deanna’s first time. This has been a priceless gift from God to our family. May God give us grace to enjoy this next season of our lives as much as (or even more than?) we have enjoyed this first season.

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