MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 
 

I hope you enjoy this time of rest, and get to spend some quality time with your family.  I’m thankful to be in the US for the holidays, and it seems the simplest little things just make my heart happy.  I missed all the traditions and decorations, and child-like anticipation that stirs in me before Christmas Day.  This year I even got a hug from Santa!  He was standing and talking to a group of people…I locked eyes with him and he knew I wanted a hug.  What did he do?  He cut off his conversation and made a bee-line for me to give me a big one!  I was the first of a long line of Santa-hugs that night!
 
Watch the video to see some of the people I spent last Christmas with.  It was certainly one I will never forget.  Three World Race teams, Judah, Hephzibah, and Karis, spent the month of December crammed into a three-bedroom home with an African family.  It was quite an adventure.  You can recognize me as a “pink sleeping bag” or “Rudolph”.  You’ll understand when you see it.