Christmas Party at our House

Tonight we hosted a Christmas party at our apartment with another couple in our language school. We cooked several different American foods and shared with our language teachers and Levi's preschool teachers some of our traditions in celebrating Christmas. Page shared -- in Chinese -- how our family each year makes a birthday cake for Jesus and sings happy birthday to Him so we will not forget the reason we celebrate Christmas. Keith also shared in Chinese the story of the candy cane and how it can relate to the Christmas story. The other couple shared some Christmas traditions from their families and read the Christmas story from the Bible. Our spiritual language teacher, Teacher Lu, shared a true story about God's love as compared to human love. She is a wonderful story-teller, and the teachers couldn't take their eyes off of her when she spoke. Everything was wonderful. Milly and Wade helped with the party, and Wade even taught one of the preschool teachers some words in English! We were able to give each teacher a Chinese Bible and a candy cane with the printed candy cane story. Please pray God will use words shared at the party and His printed Word to draw these precious people to Himself and that they will come to know Jesus, the reason we celebrate this special season.

As for the pictures, the one of both of us is with Levi's two preschool teachers, Teacher Nancy and Teacher Esther. The one of Keith is with two of his teachers, Teacher Shu and Teacher Wang. The one of Page is with her two teachers, Teacher Xiao and Teacher Lu (who told the story and teaches us spiritual langauge). These ladies are very precious to us - now you can remember them in prayer by name! Thank you for holding the rope for us!