Dear family and friends,
I hope this Christmas season finds you full of joy and anticipation of celebrating the birth of Jesus. This past year has had new and exciting things for our family. My nephew Christopher and his wife Michelle had their first baby, James, to carry on the Kapp family line. Additionally, we began attending Two Cities Church last December and recently became members, which has blessed us.
Jack is 17 and a senior, graduating in May. His past year was NOT filled with shoulder surgery, which we are all grateful for, but it was filled with coaching track, working at the Coffee Mill in Lewisville and also working with a subcontractor for Band of Brothers building decks. We are also so glad he’s driving! He even drove us 6 hours to Nashville and back for Joel’s National Cross Country Meet! Jack has been doing classes with Classical Conversations like he has been since second grade, but also taking classes at Davie/Davidson Community College. He is looking to pursue becoming a general contractor when he graduates. All his previous mission trips to Mississippi have really influenced this desire to go that career path. He is very active with the youth group at Two Cities, even being on stage as Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite! He has been involved with many Bible studies and his faith has truly grown since his baptism last year. He will again be headed to Guatemala March 7-13 for a mission trip with youth from Two Cities and parents…like me! We will be sharing the gospel with people in need and installing water filtration kits so they can have access to clean water. We are so grateful for this opportunity! If you feel so inclined, you can donate at these links:
Caroline-https://app.managedmissions.com/MyTrip/carolinefleischer1
Jack-https://app.managedmissions.com/MyTrip/jackfleischer1
Joel is now 15 and in 9th grade. He is extremely active doing Forsyth Home Educators (FHE) swim, track/field and cross country! He even plays basketball in the winter on a YMCA team and does summer swim with Brookwood Pool with friends from FHE. He loves all things guns and is great at shooting, and fishing. He still is active in Trail Life (Christian Version of Boy Scouts). He is still doing Classical Conversations for his homeschool as well, where this spring he did a mock trial and debate this fall. He is quite the debater. With all that activity there has to be things that happen. In March, he fell off his one wheel and got a concussion, now he wears a helmet wherever he goes! In the triathlon he did in July he did something to his back, but after PT, he is finally on the mend. He’s been practice driving using a clutch and is mastering it well. Pray he will be a safe driver!
Mike has spent many months building a fence to keep our three huskies (Rex, Sylvie and Baby Bear) secure in our yard. In addition to fence building, he has also become a beekeeper, only being stung just a few times! He is always creative with how he decorates our trunk for Fall Fest at Calvary and does many other handy things around the house while still working hard all week at Honda Jet in Greensboro.
I, Caroline, had a busy spring with coaching 98 athletes with the Forsyth Home Educators Track and Field Team! After coaching was finished, I returned, almost weekly, to Solus Christus to do Bible study and crafts with the ladies recovering from addiction, this has been such a blessing. I started working with the kid’s ministry at Two Cities in June as well. I still participate in CBS (Community Bible Study) and BSF (Bible Study Fellowship). Studying the Bible is so important and such a gift! I have been sewing with some ladies on Friday mornings and finally finished the quilt I started in November 2023 with artwork from the kids at Eagle’s Nest in Guatemala. In the midst of all of that, I have had some physical struggles. My iron is low, which makes me tired and my right shoulder keeps freezing. I have been through so much PT just for it to freeze again in July. Pray it will heal and I can gain more movement. I think all three times it froze are stress related, two from Jack’s surgeries and this last one was right after our former neighbor Jerry Goodman passed away while I was holding his hand. Pray for his family and ours in this difficult loss.
We are so grateful for
Jesus who was born to be Immanuel with us, giving His life for ours so that we
can spend eternity with God our Father in heaven. Glory be to His Name.
Isaiah 9:6
“For to us a child is
born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and
his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:2
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great LIGHT; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has LIGHT shone.”
Praying for LIGHT for all of you,
Mike, Caroline, Jack
and Joel Fleischer
http://thefleischers.blogspot.com/
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