It has been TOO LONG that the Quintans’ Nest Newsletter has been on pause! 2025 has been marked by love, waiting, standing alongside others, and joy. This year has only produced in us a heart of humble gratitude, and the importance of “one-anothers.” 🤝❤️

We visited the Oregon Coast, camped in San Diego, and took this photo at the Grand Canyon beside Desert View Tower. 🌊🏕️🌄

Lily is three years old now and wants more phonics and numbers! She cannot wait to resume ballet classes in the new year. 🔠🩰 All three kiddos are in Koine Greek phonics and Latin.📜⚔️…Also, Nash is jealous that Lily knows how to roll her “RRRRrrrrrrrr….”

Talitha is vigorously learning to read from the Bible and also loves ballet! This little five year old is as adventurous as ever, officially starting Kindergarten with our local Charter school and thriving in our Classical Conversations community. She attends a piano class every week, where her teacher reports she has a natural talent for. It was her first year in the Christmas Choir! While she enjoys work books, she is still most in her element when she is playing in the dirt…with slugs. 🐌 🌱

Johnny is turning nine in a few days. It’s hard to imagine that we became parents about a decade ago. Some days it feels like we are still only starting. In 2024, he completed reading over fifty books, two of which were novels. This year, he’s working on a similar goal with eight of them being novels. He is also enjoying piano classes and learns to play new songs every week. 📚🎹

Our family still participates in Classical Conversations, a homeschool program that focuses on community with a Classical Christian approach to education. In fact, Nash tutors families with students four to five years old, and Rachel is directing the community this year! We are learning about Medieval Geography and History, along with Ecology, Astronomy and Physical Science. Oh, how “the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands” (Psalm 19:1). BUT the Law of the Lord is perfect🎒

We still have a heart for God’s glory among the nations.🌍 Nash was formally ordained this year and serves at The Anchor Bible Church as a teaching and preaching elder. His opportunities to preach bi-weekly also aid in sharpening his Hebrew and Greek translation skills— tools that will serve him well in translating the Bible. Our church enjoyed preaching through the books of Revelation, Titus, and a few Messianic Psalms to prepare for Christmas. Please pray for him and the elders as they joyfully co-pastor our church.🙏 Both Nash and Rachel are working towards their Biblical Counseling Certification through ACBC. Rachel is enjoying being the homemaker of our home, and the joyful helper, the “good” in Nash’s life (Proverbs 18:22). The kids (and the dog) and the hubby are constantly fighting for time with her.🏡💛

As the year ends, we have been reflecting on Yahweh’s goodness in our lives. He has abundantly provided all that we have needed…BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION…

From our family to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in our King and Priest,

He who came and is still to come, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (Psalm 110),

✝️🎁✨ The Quintans’ Nest✝️🎁✨