Paige and travis are in town and visiting with us. We are putting up a few pictures. You can see them @ our website. Just click on photos on the black bar above.
jackie

Isn’t it just unreal? Can it really be that over 70,000 120,000 150,000 lives have been lost? Would you like to help but just don’t know how?
Here is one way
J&F

Just found out that our good buddy Jim Tinsley goes in the hospital today to begin the process to prepare for a stem cell transplant. Jim has beat the big “c” with God’s dinive intervention several times now. We trust God’s hand be evident, and may He be glorfied as Jim rests in God’s peace, knowing God’s will, will be done. Our prayers are with Jim, and his precious gal, Kathy. If you read this, pray for them today.

It’s old news but I just read an article on yet another striping away of traditions of Christmas. if you’ve got a minute go on over to . . . .Merry “You Know Who“mas
jackie

I just got back from the BSF leaders meeting a while ago. At the LM each week we start off with two hymns. One of the hymns this morning was a hymn that I wish we would sing more often. Fran says that it was her step grandfather’s favorite. The name of it is “The Love of God”. The third stanza is a terrific word picture for “something” vast. Click the title to go see (& hear).
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jackie

The weather here is really helping us get into the spirit. Cold and rainy. Of course you have to understand a term like cold is relative. My Wunderground link says it is 61 in Taipei now. I have on a light jacket. This morning on the way to language study I rode the scooter (not raining at the time) and it was pretty nippy. When I was finished and rode home it was drizzling and even cooler. Most of the locals are wearing hoods, scarves, and gloves now
I just chased a link to the cover of Newsweek to see what they have to say about Christianity. I guess the major magazines want to appeal to the Christmas spirit also. It says that 79% of Americans believe in the virgin birth of Jesus and 77% believe the entire biblical Christmas story is historically accurate. If that is true why don’t 77-79% of Americans live like they believe it? Wouldn’t you think if the creator of the universe supernaturally put Jesus on the earth, there was a purpose for it? Hmmmmmm . . . .