Merry Christmas to You From William and Becky!

Dear Family and Friends,

We hope everyone has been enjoying as wonderful a Christmas season as we are. We have very much to be thankful for this Christmas season. We are both very grateful for a Savior who came to save us from sin, by dying the death which was ours to give us the life which is His.

On Friday, 5 December 2025, my girlfriend Becky rang the bell after her last radiation appointment, celebrating being cancer-free after her breast lumpectomy last August. Through it all, Becky has maintained an upbeat attitude, keeping the Wal-Mart, where she was associate of the year last year, clean and sparkly, and teaching her children’s Sabbath School class. Not knowing what the future held, Healthwise or financially, we entered this journey realizing we were not trusting or holding doctors or insurance companies responsible for the outcome. Our faith and trust were in Christ alone. Now, months later, as we are just beginning to close the final chapter of this story, we are awed by God’s goodness and healing power, as Becky is cancer-free and financially stable. Becky is once again a testimony to the goodness of God.

In my third year of serving the Bushnell, Homosassa, and Inverness Seventh-day Adventist Church district here in Florida, I finally moved from Wesley Chapel, a suburb of Tampa, to Inverness, so that I now live right in my district. Having lived in major cities all my life, I worried I might not find small-town life to my liking. Well, let me tell you, this is the smoothest move I have ever made. I am enjoying renting a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom duplex where a couple from my church, with whom I am good friends, live right next door. Two other families from my church live right in this neighborhood, which also has a nice executive 9-hole golf course. I am finding that Inverness has everything I need, and I do not miss living in the big city. Becky and I enjoy the beautiful parks by the lake and the nice restaurants. Sometimes we drive a few more minutes to see the Gulf. And Tampa is still only an hour away.

My dad came down to visit last November, and while he was here, he fell and broke his hip. Once again, we saw the goodness of God, as his surgery went well, and thanks to the excellent rehab center that was recommended to us, Dad was walking out with his walker two weeks later. At 90, Dad has a wonderful, upbeat, positive attitude, which the PTs said was helping him continue his remarkable recovery. He has since gone back home to Kathy, my sister’s home in Tennessee, where he has been living for the last two years now. He is continuing to make even more progress at home. Next time Dad tells me he is coming down for the fall, I hope he means autumn!

These are only three stories, while there are many more that have helped us experience the goodness of God this year. As Seventh-day Adventist Christ followers, Becky and I believe Jesus is coming soon. 2 Peter 3:9 tells us we prepare people for the second coming by leading them to repentance. Romans 2:4 tells us it is the goodness of God that leads them to repentance. Becky and I are so thankful for these testimonies that help us experience and share the goodness of God. We both pray and hope that you are experiencing and sharing the goodness of God in your lives this year as well.

Christmas blessings!

William Earnhardt and Becky Gadway