Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and a cool Yule to y’all from the Bernhisel family on the south side of the Alafia river.
It is exciting to be writing my traditional missive to you again this year! I know that your mailboxes are on red alert with the letters of so many proud moms and dads.
Julee and I have now been back in our Riverview home for the past six months. After coming home from our mission in Raleigh, North Carolina, we vowed never to move again. However, we are now going back to Bountiful, Utah and I will be working at my alma mater, the University of Utah's School of Medicine. We also lost both mom and dad Bernhisel (87 and 92 years) this year.
We love our home here in Florida and will keep it unoccupied so that we can visit periodically. Our kids are scattered to the four winds along with our 18 (going on 19) grandchildren. Our two motley adopted cats and our two odiferous Basset hounds are ministering angels in the heavens for animals. Even our crazy cardinal, Jennifer, who constantly and jealously attacked her own reflected image in our bedroom window, has taken off and deserted us for celestial realms.
We are often asked the question, “how are you adjusting to not being a mission president and companion”? It is a hard question to answer as we loved our missionaries and our work there in the mission field. I don't think that loving people and helping to lift them ever is a responsibility that's taken from us, nor would we want it taken from us.
Here's a brief rundown on the kids:
Heidi and Tyler Rex are in Seneca, South Carolina with their four wonderful children, Mckenzie, Savannah, Christian and Jackson.
Preston and Karee Bernhisel are in Carrollton Texas, close to Dallas, with their four superb children, Cole, Carter, Caroline and Cambelle.
Brooke and Mike and their outstanding children Leila, Andee, Ethan and Brooklyn recently moved to Centerville, Utah which is very close to where we will be living In Bountiful.
Lyndi and Kevin Ballard and their very superior children Annie, Rhet and Elsie (“Putt-Putt”) live in Acworth Georgia, northeast of Atlanta.
Jenny Leigh and Lance Pendleton and their wonderful, superb, outstanding and superior children David, Gavin and Millie (JLBP paid me the most :-)) live in Kingswood, outside of Houston Texas. We are expecting our 19th grandchild from Jenny Leigh this May.
Julee is doing great. She is the kind, loving and generous person that she always has been. She has been especially patient with my adventures, including my recent trip with my brother-in-law Ryan and niece Brylee, to Nepal, trekking up to the Everest base camp.
We hope that y’all’s families, children and grandchildren are doing wonderfully. We appreciate each and every one of you. I especially appreciate the love and grace of our Savior, whose birth we celebrate. He is the light and life of all the world and we love Him dearly.
Have a Merry Christmas and the best of New Years.
Marc and Julee Bernhisel
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A greeting from our Missionary Leadership Council (and grandsons, David and Gavin) last Christmas |
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Our complete missionary force in a Missionary Conference with Elders and Sisters D. Todd Christofferson and Ulysses Soares and Elder Tony Parker in February 2015 Tyler and Heidi Rex family
 Mike and Brooke Walden family
 Lance and Jenny Leigh Pendleton family The whole Bernhisel clan. After completing our mission at the end of June 2015, our whole family came to Utah. This is in Big Cottonwood canyon    Jackson Hole/ Teton Trip    Nepal trip. Trek to Everest Base Camp |
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