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| A creche replaced the fountain for Christmas |
On Christmas we all brought a dish and enjoyed a Christmas meal together. It really doesn't feel like Christmas here because it is summer. I'm quite glad actually because then I don't feel homesick.
Today we video chatted with the kids including Andrea! It is such a great technology we have today to see each other as we visit. Andrea is doing great and she says it doesn't feel like Christmas in Brazil either.
It is nice to have a simple Christmas! It allows our thoughts to be more focused on the true meaning and remember that over 2,000 years ago, some shepherds were tending their flocks when an angel appeared to them, announcing the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. These good shepherds hearkened to the voice of the angels by walking to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child & there they found Him. Also at that time, there were wisemen. They must have been studying their scriptures & watching for the signs of the Saviors birth because when they saw the star in the East, they knew it was a sign that He had been born. They followed the star to Bethlehem and brought gifts to the Christ Child.
All these many years later, we still celebrate this occasion by remembering the sign of the star, the voice of the angels and the shepherd and the wisemen who came unto the Christ Child and the gifts that they brought.
I hope to be as the wisemen & shepherds, listening & watching & walking toward the Savior so that through His atonement, we may live with Him again.
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