​Dear Friends,
I arrived home from Lviv, Ukraine January 25th, after 8 days in Ukraine and a day in travels each way. It was a short trip after a long 5-year absence from Ukraine, and only by the last day in Ukraine was I fully transitioned to the time zone! But the trip was well worth it.

I had one full day in Lviv before the staff conference started. This day was scheduled, from my experience on past trips, simply to help me arrive ready to be able to teach when the conference started. I enjoyed a day in Lviv with Svitosar, the son of my friends Irena and Misha, whose English was excellent and who gave me a great tour of the city and of the principal universities, at one of which he was a student and a leader in the Christian student fellowship.  
The staff conference focused on Situational Leadership and the Leadership Development pipeline (see diagram below). We spent 3 sessions talking about the different leadership styles leaders need to be able to use when appropriate with people they are trying to lead, focusing on helping them to assess which style is appropriate for their specific students and contexts. This training is really helpful because everyone has a preferred style, and without thinking will tend to use that style even when it is not the right style for the person and situation at hand. Each staff person used as a case study for this training one or more of the students who would be attending the student leadership conference the next week. I heard from many of the 20 staff that this training was clarifying for them and helped give them specific directions on how to coach their student leaders over the following few days.

​Happy New Year! Nearly 20 years ago, I (Rich) went to Ukraine for my first time, teaching a "Developing Student Leaders" conference for staff in Eurasia. Staff from around the former Soviet Union attended the conference. In my class was a young staff person from Ukraine, Irena, and her English was good enough that we had conversations outside class about her life and ministry. Since then, I have been back to Ukraine many times, and Irena remained a fixture on that team, becoming more senior in the leadership of the movement in Ukraine. I always appreciate Irena's thoughtful and deeply poetic leadership style, and I have benefited from her meditations on scripture and our posture as leaders and servants. I've visited her home, with her husband Misha and their two growing boys, now mid-teens. A week from today I will once again be staying in Misha and Irena's home. They are hosting me again for the staff training conference and then student leadership conference that happens every year around this time. 
 
The IFES ministry to students in Ukraine is growing, and adding to their numbers through outreach and conversion. A growing ministry is fueled by growing leaders, and this strategic conference addresses that need. I will lead Bible studies in leadership and help students to sit at the feet of Jesus for a few days to learn from his example and teaching on shepherding and servant leadership. I will also be with the staff of the Ukraine student movement next weekend, just before the conference, to talk with them about leadership development, again learning from Jesus' model about how to develop rather than use students. Ministry and leadership with IFES should be a gift to students, an opportunity for them to see God at work in their own lives in a vital way. Watching a student fall in love with loving, serving and leading others in Jesus' name is, apart from conversion to faith itself, one of the great joys of being in student ministry.

I was especially pleased to be invited back now. Five years ago Lisa and I went to Ukraine several times, and spent time helping Yulia, the new GenSec (senior leader of the IFES movement) and the staff there come around a renewed vision for the movement for the next five years. Recently, that young GenSec just stepped down from her leadership role, and a new leader, Misha (another Misha, which is Russian for "Mike") has been appointed as GenSec. I have a great deal of appreciation and affection for Misha, because he reminds me of myself in more than superficial ways. I look forward to getting to work more closely with him, at least during this next week, and potentially beyond that. Please pray for a good connection with Misha during my visit in Ukraine, and to listen to and serve him well as he leads to movement.

​Conference Flyer for the "SALT" conference,
"Richard Lamb, Sketches of Leadership"

I was especially pleased to be invited back now. Five years ago Lisa and I went to Ukraine several times, and spent time helping Yulia, the new GenSec (senior leader of the IFES movement) and the staff there come around a renewed vision for the movement for the next five years. Recently, that young GenSec just stepped down from her leadership role, and a new leader, Misha (another Misha, which is Russian for "Mike") has been appointed as GenSec. I have a great deal of appreciation and affection for Misha, because he reminds me of myself in more than superficial ways. I look forward to getting to work more closely with him, at least during this next week, and potentially beyond that. Please pray for a good connection with Misha during my visit in Ukraine, and to listen to and serve him well as he leads to movement.
 
More Clarity about What is Next
While I have been in touch with people in Ukraine about my upcoming trip, Lisa has been communicating with a number of people in Malaysia, the Philippines, and elsewhere in Asia. As of now Lisa and I are planning to move out of our home by the end of June and to move to Malaysia, at least at first, expecting to teach two courses at a Bible College/Training Center near Kuala Lumpur for the month of July, and then for Lisa to teach her homiletics course at the Asian Theological Seminary in the Philippines in August. If you want to hear more about the process we've gone through to gain more clarity on where and why we are moving to Asia, please visit Lisa's latest post. We hope to be able to continue to invest in leadership development, in the context of the IFES work in Eurasia as well as in seminaries, training centers and with local church and ministry organizations, following our relational connections and going through doors as God gives us openings. We have are excited about the possibilities, but of course right now we are very aware of the losses, the dislocations, etc. If you have more questions, I encourage you to visit our blog. In general, more information is available at our blog, including our current understanding of our schedule in 2020.

You may well be asking, "Are you raising funds for this ministry?" The answer is yes. We will be raising funds, not just for the trip to Ukraine that starts in a few days, but for an annual budget that would support our salary, our regional airfare and other ministry expenses. Of course, we would like for each person who reads this letter to consider becoming a part of our prayer/support team, and we do hope to connect with you directly over the next couple of months. Please prayerfully consider it, and please do pray for my trip and for the ministry in Ukraine (and the country as a whole, which still suffers in its war with Russia). If you know you'd like to be a part of the team, please visit our donation page to make a donation today.

With gratitude and joy,
Rich and Lisa Lamb

by Lisa Lamb

Some major life changes come from big, startling invitations--like the time the IVCF Area Director for Boston invited us, over dinner at a national staff gathering, to consider doing campus ministry work at Harvard. It was startling, utterly out of the blue, and eventually seemed to be God's clear invitation through that Area Director. Others come by way of a series of small invitations, which also seem to have the fingerprints of God on their envelopes. I"m guessing you have experienced both of those. Our sense of calling to devote the next 3-5 years to ministry in Southeast Asia has come to us more by the latter route, yet it leaves us no less excited to say yes. I (Lisa) want to share here five of the invitations we've received that lead us to this point:
First, we were invited four years ago to teach at the Nepal Theological Seminary, when its dean was visiting Fuller Seminary. I have taught there once, and Rich twice, for the seminary and for the IFES students and staff; Rich will return in June to teach again. We loved the passion and devotion of the gifted leaders who serve the church in Nepal, which is growing rapidly under gifted leaders who are eager for more training in ministry skills. While we sensed that it would not make sense to attempt to relocate to Nepal due to visa restrictions, we have both articulated a desire to invest in the Church there. 
Second, Fuller Theological Seminary invited me in 2017 to teach full time as a Visiting Professor for three years. This is significant to the discernment picture for a few reasons. One is that I absolutely loved it! I had been teaching part-time while pastoring churches part-time for several years, but the chance to devote myself to teaching full time confirmed my sense of calling to the ministry of teaching. Not only did I love it, but I received confirmation from many students that I was quite good at it. My 'ratings' from student evaluations are consistently excellent. For various reasons, that has not been enough to garner a long-term position at Fuller. I have chosen to embrace that as guidance, and began during the second year (2018-2019) to inquire about opportunities to teach where the need was even greater, in the majority (developing) world. As I listened to where responses to those inquiries were positive, South East Asia consistently emerged.  Out of all that inquiry, I received a third invitation. 
Third, Theresa Lua, the General Secretary of the Asian Theological Association, a consortium of 326 institutions from 33 countries, invited me to attend their triennial gathering in Singapore this past summer. This was an amazing, inspiring event. While there, I connected with deans and professors from schools throughout the region, and gained a clearer picture of how I/we could contribute. I learned, for example, that few seminaries have a homiletics professor. Their faculties are more skeletal, filling the 'crucial' positions of OT, NT, Theology, etc., and teaching homiletics in an ad hoc way. This is why I am not seeking a long-term faculty position at any one school. Rather, I am developing a curriculum that could work in a two-week module as well as a semester-long format, and we expect to itinerate as we build relational trust and receive invitations. 
Fourth, coming out of the conference, we did receive a few concrete invitations. One is to teach month-long courses near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in July at Alpha and Omega Christian College, followed by a two week module for Asia Theological Seminary of the Philippines in August. While at the ATA meetings, I met half a dozen faculty and church leaders from Malaysia who extended a warm welcome to Malaysia. Considering its cost of living (compared to say, Singapore or Hong Kong) and its relative stability, we believe it is a good place to make our home base. 
Fifth, we freely admit that we are also drawn to the region due to the invitation of our son and daughter-in-law to locate ourselves closer to them while they pursue business ventures in Hong Kong. Who knows, they may have thrown that out in jest, not thinking we'd take them seriously, but here we are! We enjoy them very much and are eager to connect more frequently than once a year. While we will be sorry to be much farther from our daughter, son-in-law, and my mom, we do look forward to that. 
Every invitation comes with a cost. Jesus told some parables about that. Saying yes involves saying no, to checking on one's oxen or, in our case, to hanging on to the home we've loved for 19 years. (We have come to the decision that it is too complicated to rent it out from this distance for this long, and that the best stewardship of our resources is to sell. We are sad about that, and daunted by the shedding task ahead, but we believe it is right.) But, as 2020 begins, we find ourselves excited and grateful to be able to say yes to the season of fruitful service we believe is ahead for us, and immensely grateful to you, our partners who help us to say yes. 

Dear Friends and Family,
No year can be quite as momentous as last year, when both of our adult kids married the loves of their lives. But 2019 was a good year for us, as a couple and a family. First, a couple of updates and cute photos of our kids in their new locations and homes: 

• Becca and Avery are enjoying their new life in Durham, North Carolina, where Avery is pursuing a dual master’s degree in Environmental studies and theology. Becca has continued to do consulting work for Pathways to Housing, DC while searching for full time work. They love their incredibly speedy dog, Sierra. She’s cuddly when she’s done running for the day, which can take a while! 
• Mark and Leslie continue to enjoy their lives in Hong Kong--as you can imagine, it has been quite a year to live there! Both are thriving in the world of financial technology. They also love their new dog, an adorable, blue and brown eyed Corgi, Moka. They enjoy hosting barbecues on their outdoor deck--a rarity in tightly packed Hong Kong!  

​We too (Rich and Lisa) have had a great year. A special gift of our year was the way that both long and short-term guests filled our home with laughter and joy. Nelson, a graduate student at Fuller from Liberia, and his wife Esther completed a year living with us and will complete a second year with us while Nelson pursues his PhD studies in missiology. They have been a gift and a delight, sharpening our cross-cultural communication skills and offering enjoyable friendship.

Another highlight of our year was our trip to Hong Kong. It was a gift to get to know the city that has become home for Mark and Leslie--a vibrant and cosmopolitan place. Lisa went on from there to Singapore to attend the triennial meeting of the Asian Theological Association, a gathering of deans and professors from over 170 schools around Asia. Her hope in attending was to explore possibilities for teaching in Asia, and several strategic and fruitful connections were made there.
 
That brings us to a significant update: we are discerning a calling to invest in leaders in the majority world, primarily in Southeast Asia. We are super excited about this! Lisa will complete her work at Fuller in June. We have re-engaged with our missions agency, Paraclete Mission Group, and we are in many conversations with deans, parachurch leaders, and missionaries in the region. Rich’s first missional venture, deepening his 18-year connection to the IFES in Eurasia, will be to Ukraine in January. We will then go to (between us) the Philippines, Nepal, and Malaysia this summer, offering training in preaching and leadership at a seminary, a Bible college, and for IFES campus ministry leaders.  We hope to relocate to SE Asia long-term, as early as this fall. More details coming soon! We appreciate your prayers as we step out into many unknowns in the year ahead, trusting in God’s goodness and faithful provision. We wish you all a joyful new year!

Merry Christmas! 
Rich and Lisa Lamb

By Lisa Lamb
I attended the Asian Theological Association (ATA) meetings in Singapore this past August. I had expected to be impressed by the devotion and diversity of this gathering of over 300 leaders of schools served by the ATA in over 30 countries. I had not expected to be so inspired, even moved to tears, by moments such as when Dr. Ivor Poobalan, Dean of Colombo Theological University, brought out his guitar during a morning devotional and sang a profound lament for those killed in the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka. Three other takeaways stand out for me:

• Under the visionary leadership of Dr. Theresa Lua, the planning team made the bold decision not to have any plenary speakers over the age of thirty-five, in keeping with the theme of reaching emerging generations. The speakers were vibrant younger faculty, pastors, and even one CEO of a digital-learning start-up company. They brought fresh energy, artistic creativity, and strong challenges to their talks.
  
• My own workshop, on the pros and cons of moving a preaching (or any) course online, had a lot of interest, and many lingered at length as I walked them through a week in the life of a course on Canvas, how we post and offer feedback to sermons, etc. Many schools, especially where pastors are in remote locations (such as rural corners of Nepal and Mongolia) are poised to expand their offerings beyond the classroom locale, and were eager for guidance.
  
• Finally, it was so inspiring to meet many Fuller grads, who are capably teaching and offering administrative leadership to seminaries and colleges in the Philippines, India, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and elsewhere. They spoke with gratitude of what they gained at Fuller. Fuller Theological Seminary's influence has been broad and deep throughout Asia, and meeting them made me proud to be part of the mission of Fuller to serve Christian leaders everywhere.

Dear Friends,
I have been back from Nepal for 2 weeks and have been reflecting on my time there. One theme of my teaching over the past 35+ years has been "multiplicative ministry." Multiplicative ministry is that training aspect of Jesus' ministry, when he is focused on reproduction of his own ministry in his disciples, calling them to go and do likewise. One key passage for this strategy is Mark 3:7-19, where you see Jesus teach the many, call together a selected group (those whom he desired), appoint the 12 as apostles, and rename the 3, his innermost group. I reflected on this because, during my time in Nepal, I had times of influence that seemed multiplicative and satisfying in inverse proportion to the size of the group to which I was ministering:

1. The Many. Twice I preached in churches, through a translator, to groups of several hundred. Once in Kathmandu, and once in Surkhet, a much more rural area. My host, Sharad Lama, said that his church in Kathmandu was quite used to hearing from Westerners who would preach. He thought that the sermon went well, and it was warmly received. But in Surkhet, Sharad mentioned that the church was not at all used to having westerners come. They feel isolated, in a remote part of the country where they are greatly in the minority, and expressed what a real, tangible encouragement it is to have guests bring support and good news to their church. There I preached on the the healings of the "two daughters" (the woman with the flow of blood and Jairus' daughter), I think the message was very timely and quite well received. I said that both the high and powerful Jairus and the lowly and unclean woman understood that Jesus had power, but they both only came to experience his surprising love for them through responding to his invitation in an act of faith. We all meet Jesus the same way. 
2. Select Groups. The two conferences were about the same size, of about 25. The second conference was students in Surkhet, most of them with very little ability to talk with me in English, either in the teaching times or during the meals and breaks. Still, because we had three days of 6 hours of teaching together, I was able to enjoy this second group of students who were motivated to study God's word and apply it to their lives. During our times of corporate, symphonic prayer, I could not tell what they were praying, but I could tell they were praying fervently (pictured above)! 
3. The Few: Smaller groups of staff and students. At the end of both conferences we gathered in smaller groups for further and deeper reflection and conversation. After the alumni conference I met with the Nepali IFES staff team to discuss situational leadership and its application in the Nepali context. After the student conference in Surkhet a group of 10 student leaders of the IFES group there met with me and with Sharad, who served to translate for the students as they were able to share their conversion stories with me. It was inspiring to hear from about half the students who had been the first in their families to become believers, often as the result of a dramatic healing or release from addiction.
4. The One: My time with Sharad Lama, the General Secretary (national leader) of the IFES movement in Nepal. Because Sharad was with me during both conferences, and translating for me during the second one, he and I spent a lot of time together. We stayed in the same housing locations, and shared our meals together. When we were not with students, we talked about ministry, his life, and about Nepal. I quite enjoyed him, and I enjoyed sharing a meal with him and his wife on my last full day in Nepal. He expressed what an impact it had on him to translate the material I was teaching, and I am confident he will continue to teach and train from the materials I left behind. All 20 or so of the Sketches of Leadership I taught from in Nepal have been translated into Nepali and formatted nicely for ongoing use there in the student ministry.

So why is it worth it to take all that time and expense and to travel to Nepal? The student ministry, like the church, in Nepal is growing, and there is a need for leaders, for a multiplication of people who can be servant leaders, shepherd leaders, who can lead in styles modeled after the stories and teaching of Jesus, Paul, David, Moses, and Elijah, as we looked at them in the Sketches of Leadership. If my time in Nepal were about the number of people to whom I preached, it might well be argued that it would be better to save all that time and money. (I'm just not a world-class preacher.) But my time was spent, in the company of many, but significantly among just a few, and that those few, Sharad, the other IFES staff, the key student leaders, are worth it, as the ministry I shared in the opening up of the scriptures, is seed that has landed in good soil, and it will grow up to yield a harvest, some thirty-fold, some sixty-fold, and some hundred-fold. This is what makes it worth it. Thank you to all who prayed, who contributed, who sent words of encouragement to me along the way. I am so grateful to have the chance to partake in this ministry and to be supported by a team who feel similarly.

In Jesus,
Rich Lamb  
(Below is the view from the prop plane flying at 16,500 ft altitude, looking up toward the Himalayan foothills at around 20,000 feet. I had this view for most of an hour-long flight.)

Dear Friends,
I have been in Nepal for 2 weeks and have less than a week before I leave. It has been a fruitful time. Some of the highlights:

1. Biblical Leadership Class: I taught for the Nepal Theological Academy MDiv Students a 10-session, 40 hour class where we studied scripture to develop a Biblical model of leadership, using the Sketches of Leadership tools I developed in my IVCF days. I so enjoyed getting to know the students in the class! Pictured above, the 1 woman and 9 men are training to become pastors and are already serving as lay leaders in their churches. In our penultimate session, students presented their own real life case studies they had prepared as a course assignment, following the models of case studies I presented in class. It was an excellent discussion of the real challenges in leadership development in the (relatively young and rapidly growing) Nepali church.
2. Pokhara IFES Staff and Alumni Conference: The conference overall was a success, and I so enjoyed the engagement level of the staff and alumni in the five sessions I led. These were all university graduates, many pursuing or having completed advanced degrees, and the focus on Shepherding and Servant leadership and having a missionary mindset in our places of work or campuses really resonated. The sessions I led were done in English, without the need for translation with these very sharp folks, who I sincerely hope I will see again at next year's conference.
3. Daniel, who is in the picture below, is my host at the student dorm in Kathmandu, where I have spent most of my days. He was in the class I taught last June, and he was in Lisa's preaching class two years ago. He serves as staff for the seminary and he looks after folks like me. I eat most of my meals with him and I've heard much about his family (who are rural farmers living on about $300/year income + the food they grow to consume themselves) and the church where he will preach all summer (while working in the rice fields all week). He's very bright (was my top student last year) and has many prospects, and has such a servant's heart.  
4. Ahead, March 2-6: I leave in an hour to go with Sharad Lama to Surkhet, The difference in Surkhet will be that the group is students, not alumni, and will need translation, though they all will have some facility in English. I have been told to expect it to be much warmer there, though more remote/rural.

Prayer Requests and Update

1. Thanksgiving: It has warmed up a little bit, and though I have been sick with a cold, it was short lived and I was back up to 90% in about 36 hours, improving quickly after my class prayed for me, at the lowest point of my illness a week ago. 
2. I will be preaching in Surkhet in a few hours, by the end of your evening if you are reading this on Friday night. I have a simple message from Mark 5 about the healings of the woman with the flow of blood and Jairus' daughter, one meant to be encouraging to a rural church population seeking a touch of God in their life.
3. Continue to Pray for Nepal: The church in Nepal is growing, and with that growth has come added scrutiny from the government and persecution from locals who are not pleased to see it. Please pray for the persecuted church worldwide, and in Nepal as well. It is often costly to be a believer here.

Needs Update
Thanks for your support and prayer for this ministry. If you still had hoped to join the team, please visit our donation page today at Paraclete Ministries, and make a one-time donation. 
     
In Jesus,
Rich Lamb

Dear Friends, 
I arrived in Kathmandu (via a layover in Istanbul) yesterday around noon, and have been installed in the guest room at the seminary where I will be teaching starting this morning. As I arrived I was heartened by the warm weather, the air was fresh after a rain, and the temperature in Kathmandu was in the upper 50s (I'm guessing).
     I soon met with Sharad Lama, the General Secretary of the IFES movement in Nepal, and we went over details for my time here. Sharad is such a capable and gentle person, pastorally concerned for the comforts of my stay here, completely well organized regarding our various logistical details we need to arrange. I am confident my time in Nepal will be well used.

1. February 17-February 25: I will be teaching at the seminary here in Kathmandu. Classes are normally 6:30-10:30 each day, with a 30 minute break for breakfast and another 15 minute break between the second and third sessions. My first class begins in about 4 hours.
2. February 23: I will preach at Sharad Lama's church on the topic of "Discipleship in Families". This is a favorite topic of mine lately. I will talk about being a "Story-Formed Family". Sharad said there'd be about 600 in attendance.
3. February 25-28: I will fly with Sharad to Pokhara, Nepal, where we will gather with about 25 or so IFES staff and alumni for a training conference. I will join the staff team in presenting a vision for servant leadership to the church, and in families and in society. I will teach four times and other staff including Sharad will also present to the group. I am looking forward to this time especially as the entire staff team and key volunteer alumni will be present. I will have given electronic copies of my Sketches of Leadership to the Nepali movement, translated into Nepali, for their use in the ministry, and we'll have some time to talk about how best to use these materials, after having seen them being used in this setting with their alumni.
4. March 2-6: I will fly with Sharad to Surkhet, where I will teach with a group of 20 or 25 IFES student leaders in the movement. Over three days we will cover 11 Sketches of Leadership. I believe this will be a great investment in the students, but also in the staff there as well. 
5. March 1, March 7: I will teach the final two sessions of the course at the seminary here in Kathmandu.
6. March 8: I will have one very long Friday and get home late Friday night of the same day I depart Kathmandu.

Gratitude and Prayer Requests 
Being here in Kathmandu has made me grateful for heating in my home in California--it is nice to enjoy the fresh air but it is also nice to enjoy climate controlled living. (The buildings I've been in here are unheated and astonishingly well ventilated!) l Last night I went to bed with two layers of clothing over most of my body, and several blankets on me, and a hat on my head, as you can see from the picture. Actually, I was quite fine once I had all those layers. I slept for four hours, for which I was also grateful, and after that realized that I wouldn't be sleeping any more before class starts, so I began to work on this letter. Finally, I am grateful for reliable internet connection, which I will have at least during my time in Kathmandu, and which makes this letter and communication with Lisa possible during this long stretch away.
Please pray: 

1. Health and jet lag recovery: I have been feeling pretty healthy, and this first week I can get rest as I need it when I am not teaching. But please pray that I remain healthy as there are few easy options for working around illness.
2. Good connections with the new students: The teaching content I am very familiar with, but I want to learn names and get to know the students in my class. Pray for heart-felt interactions (in class, over breaks and meals) with students over the coming days. 
3. Logistics: My schedule relies on 4 key domestic air travel days, and with distances and limited alternate flight availability, please pray that all four trips go without delay or incident.
4. Pray for Nepal: Everyone I meet in ministry asks me to pray for Nepal, and a part of why I am here is to ask my partners to pray as well. Not only for my ministry fruitfulness, but for the fruitfulness of my ministry partners here in Nepal, the seminary and the IFES student work. The church in Nepal is growing, from a tiny base, but it is finding plenty of good soil among the Nepali people. Please pray for a deepening work of God here.

    
In Jesus,
Rich Lamb

Dear Friends and Family,
We have so much we’re grateful for in this season! We will always look back on 2018 as the year of weddings, and we cannot imagine better partners in life for our children than Leslie and Avery are for Mark and for Becca. Mark and Leslie now live in Hong Kong, working as entrepreneurs in finance, and Becca and Avery live in Washington, DC, working for non-profits focused on homelessness and environmental advocacy.
But that is not all that happened this year! Rich saw his work in nutrition education grow this year, which was truly satisfying. He loved getting to go to Nepal to invest in students at the Nepal Bible College in Kathmandu, and connecting with the IFES student movement there;  he will return to teach two student conferences in Nepal in March. Lisa continues to be happy to be teaching at Fuller Seminary. It’s a time of transition for the school, but it remains a rich environment where gifted students are eager to sharpen their skills for ministry. She also loved a prayer retreat in Grand Rapids and a reunion with treasured old friends in Boston.
In March, we mourned the death of Rich’s father, and celebrated his faithful, good life as a scientist and a disciple of Jesus. Lisa’s mom, Nancy Washington, is doing well and we enjoy seeing her regularly.  
We wish you joy and peace in this holiday season. With love,
Rich and Lisa, with Mark and Leslie, Becca and Avery