My, oh my, how the time has flown! Here we are already in the last month of 2011.

I trust that all of you have been blessed this past year.

I know some have had hard times for one reason or another, and some have even lost loved ones, but all in all God has been good to us. He has seen us through a lot of different circumstances. He has kept us safe on the roads as some of us has traveled many miles on our bikes. We have received some new members to our group, and God has allowed us to make new friends along the way as we do what we do, in reaching out to others.

One family, in particular, is the Stroup family. These are some precious people. Daniel Stroup was in a motorcycle accident on October 13^th. We were made aware of his situation and visited his family while he was in surgery. More visits were made and we were amazed at how closely connected they were to some of the members of CROP, even though we didn’t know the family. As it turned out, we selected Daniel and his wife, Kristen for our Thanksgiving blessing family. A large group of us went out to Cabrini Hospital, as he had to go back in for another surgery on his leg, to present them with the gift. We have become pretty close to this family now and are blessed by their friendship.

As you all know, this time of year gets to be really busy for most people, with all the different events being held by our churches, jobs, and families. So once again we have decided to have our Christmas party in January after all the hustle and bustle settles down. We did that last year and it turned out great. Date will be forth coming. We also cancelled the date nights for this month for the same reason.

I want to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a blessed time with your families and friends. May God pour out his blessings on you during this season.

We look forward to a fresh, and wonderful new year in 2012. Each year we anticipate what God will do through us as we open our hearts to be used by Him. He always amazes us as we reflect back on what he has done. If we can touch just on life, and make a difference, it is worth it all.

Thank you all for being the best group of motorcycle riding, God loving, Christian men and women anyone would want to be a part of.

It is such a pleasure serving Jesus with you.