The Wilkes Team

The family is the building block of society. Undermine the family and society will grow unstable. Stability in family life comes from purposeful decisions to maintain relationships.

Grandpa and Grandma have long been an example of loyalty and faithfulness. They have helped to impart to their children the building blocks of strong, Biblical families.

We always enjoy the opportunity to be together with our extended family. Dad’s siblings have younger families. Watching them grow up and seeing their love for God grow is a blessing and truly a testimony to the grace of God and the faithful prayers of Grandma.

For the June birthdays, we had one large celebration here at the farmhouse. Two of Dad’s siblings with their families and Grandpa and Grandma made it out.

Our time together was truly precious. Just before opening gifts, there was a meaningful time of remembering God’s grace upon the Wilkes family in preserving Grandma from cancer. Through a series of miraculous events in 1991, the Lord halted the inevitable death that stage four cancer would have resulted. Now almost 20 years later (next year), the cancer has not returned. Grandma has lived a vibrant life these past 19 years, has had the joy of seeing the birth of her 20th grandchild, and abundantly blessed the lives of untold hundreds through her loving and servant’s heart.

As we counted our many blessings this year and celebrated the births of Grandma, Aunt Summer, Sarah, Kenan, and Joshua, there was also much joy over the preservation of Grandma’s life.

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