Good morning, I pray you had a good weekend and that you enjoyed the time with family and friends. Last Saturday, we celebrated the Kick-off Christmas Season; anticipating Christmas. We came together at my place and first we had a devotional, we had the Lord's Supper & we prayed together..... and then we had dinner. Two faces are missing in the picture, Carrie and I, but unfortunately the other group picture was blurry. During the week I will share more pictures and more testimonies about our gathering. Rosa & Brunella, you were missed!

The focus of the devotional was to clean our hearts, trowing away all the junk that we collected throughout the year and embrace the Savior born on Christmas Day. Everywhere we see, "Season's Greetings", but really, the message is that the season has no meaning if we do not include Christ in it. Long ago, angels foretold the birth of Christ to the Shepherds. In our day, we are those angels talking about the birth of Christ. In order to share that joy, we must live it ourselves, despite of our hardships and pains. We will deny ourselves to serve Christ and to bring Hope to the hopeless, to share a smile with the broken and to lift each other in prayers.