Great Is Your Faithfulness, Oh God

The Thorson Family

 Greetings friends and family,

WOW! In reigniting this blog we realized it has been almost 3 years since we last posted anything in the tales of the 'Thorson Adventures'! Needless to say, quite a few things have happened in our life since then. We have had the privilege of living in Gresham and Sandy and serving at two wonderful churches in the Portland Metro Area. Our sweet Avery Anne was born on Jan. 29th of 2012 and our amazing, energetic twins are now 3 1/2 years old!

We now live in 'Beaver Town', home of the OSU Beavers, Corvallis, Oregon! Above is a picture of us on our first day in our new home last September. We love living back in the Williamette Valley and God has continued to be faithful to us as we have done our best to follow His calling in our lives.

We are blessed with 3 amazing kids: Annabelle, age 3, who loves to sing, dance and organize her room:

Annabelle Faye

Levi, age 3, who loves to play baseball and wrestle and enjoys fixing trains and bikes of all kinds:

Mr. Levi Robert

And our sweet Avery Anne, age 15 months, who loves to laugh and smile and read books and go on walks (and do whatever her older brother and sister are doing):

Sweet Avery Anne

Kealy is spending her days with the kids, taking them to the library, aquatic center and the various parks around the Corvallis area. Ryan is serving as an Associate Pastor/Senior Leader in Training at  Corvallis Evangelical Church. We are so blessed to be a part of a community of followers of Jesus committed to engaging our world with the Good News of the Gospel!

Our Family, Sept. 2012

One of our main purposes in re-launching our blog is not just to give you family updates (as exciting as those are) but to give you a chance to get a window into another adventure we'll be embarking on in less than a month. Through the generosity of many people around the Northwest, Kealy and I will be traveling to Israel for a 10 day tour of the Holy Lands! Our adventure begins on Tuesday, June 4th and we are excited to be able to share this experience together, along with Ryan's dad, Greg, and 6 others from Sandy, OR. We will be traveling with Educational Opportunities and will be visiting the sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Masada, the Dead Sea and of course, Jerusalem.

Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, Israel

While we are on our trip, we will be attempting to keep you updated each day on the things we have seen and experienced. We are extremely excited to see, touch, smell and hear the sounds of the land where so much of our spiritual heritage and history has taken place and hope you check in before, during and after our trip so that we can share this experience with you.

Thank you for all of your support, prayers and love for our family as we continue to embrace God's will for our family and cling to His faithfulness in our lives.

Grace and Peace,

Kealy, Ryan, Annabelle, Avery and Levi