Christmas Blessings

This year the children at the children’s home got the double blessing of getting Christmas presents from two different sources – a generous family from the States and the Dutch Reformed Church in Livingstone.  While they only received them in January due to us being gone over Christmas – they truly enjoyed the gifts.  In fact – not getting the presents at the “normally appropriate” time served as another blessing because it helped the children relate more to their local village friends and village way of life where people don’t normally have money for presents.  While we want to do what we can to give these children a wonderfully blessed life, we definitely don’t want them raised feeling that they are “entitled” to everything so God even worked out the timing of the gifts this year in a special way.  Thank you to all of those that have given to the project in the past and who donated to these presents now.  Just look at the joy on these kids faces.  Thanks for bringing a smile to these once struggling children in so many ways.  To God be praise and glory and honor forever and ever.