Thursday, March 01, 2007
Freeds, Family & Friends has Moved
Freeds, Family & Friends has moved. I know I didn't do a very good job of keeping it up anyway. Maybe I'll continue to put our almost annual "Christmas" letter here. Anyway at least for now I've consolidated my blogging efforts here, but this new blogger interface is pretty slick so I may have to reconsider.
2006 Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s Day Letter
Dear Family and Friends,
Well, this started out as a Christmas letter, then we thought new years greetings would be nice, now were thinking a Valentine’s day epistle might be unique. I guess we’ll just send it out when it’s ready.
Well here’s a rundown of the clan:
Since October, Mike has been working as a security officer. Currently he is assigned to a jr. college where he unlocks doors and generally keeps an eye on things. His bipolar condition has given him a great deal of trouble the last few years and going back to work has been very difficult, but so far with some medication adjustments and a lot of patience from Linda and the family he is hanging in there. In March he added diabetes to his high blood pressure and bipolar. He spends his spare time on the Internet, and dreams of working from home. He is consolidating some of his blogs into one site (for now) at rmichaelfreed.com. Feel free to stop by and read sometime.
Linda continues to teach 7th grade emotionally disturbed kids in a special ed setting. She is in her sixth year at the school. Last February she gave us quite a scare, being taken by ambulance to the hospital with a racing heart. After several thorough check ups they couldn’t find any cause, though she did wind up on high blood medication. She teaches a middle school Sunday School class, directs VBS and serves on the Board of Education at church.
Elizabeth graduated with honors in May from Wichita State University with a BA in Nursing. In July she passed her state boards on the first try and officially became an RN. She has been working 12 hour night shifts in labor and delivery at a local hospital. At last count she has helped to deliver over 35 babies, including one she delivered by herself before the Doctor got there. In April she attended a National Student Nursing Conference in Baltimore; she was not impressed with Baltimore. She is the proud owner of a red Suzuki Reno and she cringes every time it hails.
Rebekah finished her senior year in High School, also graduating in May as valedictorian of her class with a perfect 4.0. She is currently in her second semester at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska where she hopes to become a Director of Christian Education. She is involved in CYM (Concordia Youth Ministries), Mission-Minded Students, and Vocal Music. She had a solo in the college’s Christmas Concert. Last March, she went on a mission trip to Mexico where she helped to build a small house for a family there. She had an amazing summer working as a camp counselor at a Lutheran Camp near Junction City. In September she survived a T-bone auto accident (thank God), but her car didn’t. She works as a Student Recruiter for the Admissions Office at CU and recently started volunteering as a Youth Leader for the Jr. High Youth Group at a church in Seward and loves it. LIFE IS GOOD!
Well here it is in a nutshell, Mike and Linda are getting old (they both turned 50 this past year) and Elizabeth and Rebekah are young and thriving. We wish you peace and love and all God’s richest blessings.
Love,
Mike, Linda, Elizabeth & Rebekah
Well, this started out as a Christmas letter, then we thought new years greetings would be nice, now were thinking a Valentine’s day epistle might be unique. I guess we’ll just send it out when it’s ready.
Well here’s a rundown of the clan:
Since October, Mike has been working as a security officer. Currently he is assigned to a jr. college where he unlocks doors and generally keeps an eye on things. His bipolar condition has given him a great deal of trouble the last few years and going back to work has been very difficult, but so far with some medication adjustments and a lot of patience from Linda and the family he is hanging in there. In March he added diabetes to his high blood pressure and bipolar. He spends his spare time on the Internet, and dreams of working from home. He is consolidating some of his blogs into one site (for now) at rmichaelfreed.com. Feel free to stop by and read sometime.
Linda continues to teach 7th grade emotionally disturbed kids in a special ed setting. She is in her sixth year at the school. Last February she gave us quite a scare, being taken by ambulance to the hospital with a racing heart. After several thorough check ups they couldn’t find any cause, though she did wind up on high blood medication. She teaches a middle school Sunday School class, directs VBS and serves on the Board of Education at church.
Elizabeth graduated with honors in May from Wichita State University with a BA in Nursing. In July she passed her state boards on the first try and officially became an RN. She has been working 12 hour night shifts in labor and delivery at a local hospital. At last count she has helped to deliver over 35 babies, including one she delivered by herself before the Doctor got there. In April she attended a National Student Nursing Conference in Baltimore; she was not impressed with Baltimore. She is the proud owner of a red Suzuki Reno and she cringes every time it hails.
Rebekah finished her senior year in High School, also graduating in May as valedictorian of her class with a perfect 4.0. She is currently in her second semester at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska where she hopes to become a Director of Christian Education. She is involved in CYM (Concordia Youth Ministries), Mission-Minded Students, and Vocal Music. She had a solo in the college’s Christmas Concert. Last March, she went on a mission trip to Mexico where she helped to build a small house for a family there. She had an amazing summer working as a camp counselor at a Lutheran Camp near Junction City. In September she survived a T-bone auto accident (thank God), but her car didn’t. She works as a Student Recruiter for the Admissions Office at CU and recently started volunteering as a Youth Leader for the Jr. High Youth Group at a church in Seward and loves it. LIFE IS GOOD!
Well here it is in a nutshell, Mike and Linda are getting old (they both turned 50 this past year) and Elizabeth and Rebekah are young and thriving. We wish you peace and love and all God’s richest blessings.
Love,
Mike, Linda, Elizabeth & Rebekah
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Quick (or not so Quick) Updates
Maybe it’s time to let this project go. I seem to have trouble keeping up and I’m not sure what if anything it accomplishes, bur here are some quick updates for now.
I am now working part-time as a Child Attendant Care worker for the Mental Health Association. I work with emotionally disturbed kids. Kind of a big brother thing, but a little more detailed with a lot of paper work. They bill Medicaid, so you can imagine. It’s been hard getting back into the work thing and a lot of days I want to hang it up, but so far I’ve stuck with it, thanks at least in part to a lot of encouragement from Linda.
Linda is back into the full swing of teaching again, only this time 7th graders instead of 8th. After working with a few kids similar to the ones she works with everyday, I have a new respect for what she does.
Elizabeth is hard at her last year of nursing school. Only this semester and one more. It’s tough; one class especially is hard, but she keeps at it and we’re very proud of her. Combine that with working part-time as a nurse tech and the irons she keeps in the fire around church (Sunday School, Board of Ed, etc) and she stays more than busy.
Rebekah is always busy with something. Hard to believe she’s a senior in High School. She still run’s cross country and keeps busy at church (she’s added leading music to at the Saturday night service a couple times a month to Kings Kids and Youth activities) We’re still working on college plans (anyone got an extra $100,000.00 they’d like to donate to the cause).
Our nephew Dan had a pretty good season with the Navigators and Got called up to the big league with the Giants this fall and got a fair amount of playing time. He’s playing in the Arizona Fall league in October and November and then gets married in December. We’re looking forward to the wedding.
Our Niece Erin is in her second year of teaching in China and seems to be doing well. The rest of the nieces and nephews likewise seem to be doing well as far as we know We love them all and are proud of them.
Well that’s about it for now. Take care! God Bless!
I am now working part-time as a Child Attendant Care worker for the Mental Health Association. I work with emotionally disturbed kids. Kind of a big brother thing, but a little more detailed with a lot of paper work. They bill Medicaid, so you can imagine. It’s been hard getting back into the work thing and a lot of days I want to hang it up, but so far I’ve stuck with it, thanks at least in part to a lot of encouragement from Linda.
Linda is back into the full swing of teaching again, only this time 7th graders instead of 8th. After working with a few kids similar to the ones she works with everyday, I have a new respect for what she does.
Elizabeth is hard at her last year of nursing school. Only this semester and one more. It’s tough; one class especially is hard, but she keeps at it and we’re very proud of her. Combine that with working part-time as a nurse tech and the irons she keeps in the fire around church (Sunday School, Board of Ed, etc) and she stays more than busy.
Rebekah is always busy with something. Hard to believe she’s a senior in High School. She still run’s cross country and keeps busy at church (she’s added leading music to at the Saturday night service a couple times a month to Kings Kids and Youth activities) We’re still working on college plans (anyone got an extra $100,000.00 they’d like to donate to the cause).
Our nephew Dan had a pretty good season with the Navigators and Got called up to the big league with the Giants this fall and got a fair amount of playing time. He’s playing in the Arizona Fall league in October and November and then gets married in December. We’re looking forward to the wedding.
Our Niece Erin is in her second year of teaching in China and seems to be doing well. The rest of the nieces and nephews likewise seem to be doing well as far as we know We love them all and are proud of them.
Well that’s about it for now. Take care! God Bless!
Friday, July 29, 2005
Hanging in There in Kansas
We all survived Vacation Bible School in pretty good shape. It went well we had about 85 kids that attended and about 140 people at the program on Thursday Night.
Bekah was supposed to be home all this week, but wound up working in the camp office this week. She did get home for the week end. Boy was it good to see her. She has the rest of this week and next week then she’s pretty much home for the summer.
Elizabeth finished her class up for the summer and has a couple of weeks to work as much as she can before starting in again.
Next week Linda and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We plan to celebrate by buying a new TV for the bedroom (the old one went out a couple of months ago). Are we an old married couple or what?
Bekah was supposed to be home all this week, but wound up working in the camp office this week. She did get home for the week end. Boy was it good to see her. She has the rest of this week and next week then she’s pretty much home for the summer.
Elizabeth finished her class up for the summer and has a couple of weeks to work as much as she can before starting in again.
Next week Linda and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We plan to celebrate by buying a new TV for the bedroom (the old one went out a couple of months ago). Are we an old married couple or what?
Monday, July 18, 2005
Summer Update
I haven't done very well keeping up on this blog, but maybe I'll do better from here on out. Our summer has been a busy one and is fast slipping away. We just started Vacation Bible School today. Linda is again directing it and I'm helping out as needed. We had about 80 kids there today. We have a band from Youth Encounter, Captive Free in to do the music and that is a big help. We have lots of youth and adults from the congregation helping out as well. It should be a good week.
Last week we baby-sat our two year old great niece, Sara Grace. It was interesting and a little bit challenging having a two year old around again. Boy has it been a while. All in all we got a long pretty well though she was not always a happy camper. Sara is very verbal and vocal for a two year old. Linda and Elizabeth went to the mall with her and he told one of Elizabeth's friends Hi, my name is Sara Grace. I'm two. I live with these people now, because they won't take me home. My mommy will be so mad.
Rebekah has been a counselor (I guess her official title is Jr. Cabin Leader) at a Lutheran Camp near Junction City. She gets home for the occasional week end and we have been up there to see her , mom and my sister's crew a couple of times. She really enjoys working with the kids and has a real servants heart. Last week she even got pressed into service as the camp cook.
Elizabeth is taking a class, Tertiary Care, this summer. She works three 12 hr shifts Monday - Wednesday as a part of the class then usually gets in at least a couple of 8 hr sifts as a nurse tech. She is very busy, complains about not having a life, but is doing well.
In addition to getting ready for VBS Linda has been taking some computer classes offered by the school district. She will be teaching 7th grade next year and helping with the implementation of a new computer project.
If things weren’t busy enough Linda, Mike and Elizabeth also helped out with the Churches firework stand again this year. It gets bigger every year. This year we sold $259,000.00 worth of fireworks and when it is all said and done should make about $42,000.00 for the church and missions.
We’ll that’s about it I guess. Take care.
Last week we baby-sat our two year old great niece, Sara Grace. It was interesting and a little bit challenging having a two year old around again. Boy has it been a while. All in all we got a long pretty well though she was not always a happy camper. Sara is very verbal and vocal for a two year old. Linda and Elizabeth went to the mall with her and he told one of Elizabeth's friends Hi, my name is Sara Grace. I'm two. I live with these people now, because they won't take me home. My mommy will be so mad.
Rebekah has been a counselor (I guess her official title is Jr. Cabin Leader) at a Lutheran Camp near Junction City. She gets home for the occasional week end and we have been up there to see her , mom and my sister's crew a couple of times. She really enjoys working with the kids and has a real servants heart. Last week she even got pressed into service as the camp cook.
Elizabeth is taking a class, Tertiary Care, this summer. She works three 12 hr shifts Monday - Wednesday as a part of the class then usually gets in at least a couple of 8 hr sifts as a nurse tech. She is very busy, complains about not having a life, but is doing well.
In addition to getting ready for VBS Linda has been taking some computer classes offered by the school district. She will be teaching 7th grade next year and helping with the implementation of a new computer project.
If things weren’t busy enough Linda, Mike and Elizabeth also helped out with the Churches firework stand again this year. It gets bigger every year. This year we sold $259,000.00 worth of fireworks and when it is all said and done should make about $42,000.00 for the church and missions.
We’ll that’s about it I guess. Take care.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Our Niece Teaches in China
We got an e-mail from our niece Erin Freedlund. She has been teaching this past year at an international school in Wuhan China. She is enjoying the warm spring weather after freezing in an apartment with no heat all winter. It’s been a challenge dealing with students who don’t always speak much English, as well as trying to learn Chinese herself. It is also a challenge to live in a place where Christians are sometimes persecuted for their faith. Keep her in your prayers. You can learn more about Erin and her adventures at her webpage.
Freed's All Back Home At Least for Now
Sorry I've been a little slow with the updates, but last week I was pretty worn out from all the traveling.
The trip that Linda, Rebekah and I took to Concordia Seward was great, Especially since Bekah drove most of the way home. Everything at the school was first class we were very impressed with how the visit. The food was good, the professors and students were all very helpful and the Choir was awesome. I really think this is the school Bekah wants to attend if we can swing the impressive tuition and fees. The admissions person all but guaranteed she would qualify for there top scholarship, but that still leaves a lot to come up with. So please send donations to SENDBEKAHTOCOLLEGE.COM (just kidding). Seriously keep her in your prayers, that God would work it out to get her to the college He wants her at.
The trip to Colorado was also good. Elizabeth, my mom and I went out for my cousin's daughters wedding. OK so we visited the Coors plant while we were there. Anyway the wedding went well, the scenery was beautiful (just enough snow to cover the ground without causing driving problems) and we only got lost a couple of times. It was good to see my Aunt and Uncle and my cousin Beth. We got caught up and reminisced about old times at Grandma's house. Elizabeth did most of the driving. She even handled the Denver traffic well.
The trip that Linda, Rebekah and I took to Concordia Seward was great, Especially since Bekah drove most of the way home. Everything at the school was first class we were very impressed with how the visit. The food was good, the professors and students were all very helpful and the Choir was awesome. I really think this is the school Bekah wants to attend if we can swing the impressive tuition and fees. The admissions person all but guaranteed she would qualify for there top scholarship, but that still leaves a lot to come up with. So please send donations to SENDBEKAHTOCOLLEGE.COM (just kidding). Seriously keep her in your prayers, that God would work it out to get her to the college He wants her at.
The trip to Colorado was also good. Elizabeth, my mom and I went out for my cousin's daughters wedding. OK so we visited the Coors plant while we were there. Anyway the wedding went well, the scenery was beautiful (just enough snow to cover the ground without causing driving problems) and we only got lost a couple of times. It was good to see my Aunt and Uncle and my cousin Beth. We got caught up and reminisced about old times at Grandma's house. Elizabeth did most of the driving. She even handled the Denver traffic well.
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