2021 Vaughan Family
Update
We don’t keep up with our friends as well as we’d
like. This family update is an attempt
to keep you somewhat up to date on the happenings with Dee and Linda’s
family. We’d love to hear from you about
your life.
Linda is now more than a year past her
fall that put her in intensive care, sent her to rehab, and wiped out ten days
of her memory. She has recovered amazingly
well and is doing all the things she loves.
She continues to work with GED and diploma students for Lexington School
District 2. She teaches the young adult Bible
study group at church. She reads
everything in sight. But, most of all, she loves being “Nama” to her four grands.
Elizabeth Vaughan
Davison and her husband, Rev. Josh Davison, live in Gaffney, SC, (Linda’s hometown)
where he pastors the East Gaffney Baptist Church and she continues her
wonderful work as a special education teacher.
Though they began their work at East Gaffney amid the Covid shutdown,
they are enjoying a fruitful ministry there.
Elizabeth continues to amaze us with her devotion to and engagement with
her scholars, as she calls them. Their
three boys, Liam, Creighton, and Josiah are now an amazing ten, eight, and six years of age. The boys are thriving in school and enjoying
everything from art to kickboxing in their spare time.
Josh Vaughan, and his wife, Jen,
live in Lexington, SC. Both work as physical
therapists for Prisma Health with Josh focusing on athletes and Jen specializing
in children and adolescents. Their
daughter, Juliana, is 2 ½ years old and pretty much rules the entire Vaughan
clan. Jules attends the Weekday Preschool
at St. Andrews Baptist Church, which allows Papa Dee to pick her up most days
at the end of her school day and have a few minutes with her before her parents
arrive from work to take her home. We’re
thrilled that Josh and Jen have a second child on the way, a little boy this
time. They will keep his name secret
until the time of his arrival, so, in keeping with their family tradition of names
beginning with “J,” we have tentatively named the boy, “Juan.” We’ll update you if that changes in March.
Andrew Vaughan made a career
change this year, leaving the baking industry to enter the world of finance
with Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union.
He has begun his journey as a floating teller which has allowed him to become
acquainted with different locations and get to know fellow workers across the
city. He’s enjoying this new challenge
and hopes to move up in the organization.
The difference between Andrew as baker and banker is he can no longer bring
his parents samples from work. He and
his friend, Richard, enjoy trips to the park, movies, and video games.
Dee celebrated his tenth
anniversary as pastor of St. Andrews Baptist Church. The church is in a process of updating its identity and focus for the next chapter of its
life. With several staff vacancies, Dee
stays more than busy enough, but looks forward to building a staff team for the
future. Dee has joined Pinnacle
Leadership Associates as a network through which he hopes to do coaching and consulting
work when retirement comes around. He’s
published a few articles and devotionals this year and has several books in various
states of incompletion. He hopes to finish
“Don’t Let Go Before Dawn” in 2022, the story of his struggle with depression
told in parallel to the biblical story of Jacob wrestling through the night
with an unknown adversary. He picks up a
guitar most days and loves opportunities to be Papa Dee with his four
grands. His puns, sadly, have not
improved.
Basil, our four-pound Pomeranian, protects the
family from backyard squirrels and practices his agility skills when Jules is
in the house chasing him, “Basssil!
Basssil!”
We lost Winston, our
Yorkie, just after Christmas last year to a malignant tumor.
He was with us for fifteen years.
We hope this snapshot of Vaughan family life helps you
stay in touch. Now it's your turn! Let us hear from you. May the Baby of Bethlehem
warm your hearts this Christmas and guide your steps in the New Year.
