Christmas time is always the exciting time of year to me. Often times I get the opportunity to receive some money from someone who wants to remain unknown and give some gifts to some people who could use them. Then my family and I always add to that or give extra for a family that is in need. This year I did not have anyone approach me about giving gifts, however, we still continued with our practice of giving gifts to folks over the Christmas season. This year we gave to four separate families. I will tell you about two of the households that we gave gifts to and that I captured some pictures from.
The first was a family of new comers from Vietnam that just arrived December 1st. They are a very sharp family, but seem to have a special need since they are just arriving here and trying to establish themselves. They were very excited to receive their gifts.
Second pictures are from a Karen household who regularly attend our church. Their father is still in Thailand and so the mother and two children just barely get by on what they have. I wanted to be a blessing to them and so we brought a gift for the mother and for each of the two children. They fully enjoyed their gifts as we brought them on Saturday morning and they were definitely surprised by the arrival of them. It is a great joy to bring happiness to others. Upon our departure we also had the opportunity to lead two Congolese people to Christ in their back parking lot. Praise God for the best gift of all... eternal life through His Son!
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| Dong and his family receiving gifts from me. |
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| One of our little Karen girls giving her approval |
