Dear Family and Friends,
Please pray for Juan Carlos. He is a new believer and he has some difficult family issues. Tim has a new Nikkei ESL student starting next Wednesday.
(ICSL Christmas Play: Luke middle Shepard)
The end of the year is a great time to reflect on what God is doing in our lives. I realized today that we have been given an unusual opportunity to study the culture of Venezuelans, Peruvians, Costa Ricans, the Wayuu, the Japanese, and the Nikkei. The one thing all these cultures have in common is that God loves each of them. Christmas is a wonderful time of year to think about God's love for us. Today, Joy shared the story with a Japanese lady that told her that this is the first time she had have ever heard the Christmas story.
Please pray for all the people who have not heard and for those that are just now hearing this wonderful news.
It is difficult to be away from home, family, and friends during the holidays. Please know that our thoughts and prayers and hopes for wonderful blessings for the new year are with you.
Have a Merry Christmas!
We truly need and appreciate your prayers along with about 5,000 other IMB missionaries around the world. We would also like to take a moment to say thank you for your support of our IMB missionaries. We could not be here without your financial and prayer support.
THANK YOU and God Bless!!
Tim, Joy, Gray, Caleb, Jacob, Luke (in Lima and Athens)
(ICSL High School Choir: Jacob front left)
