What was your Christmas like?  We hope it was wonderful!  Here’s a photo of Andrew, Sarah, Rebekah, and Bethany near our tree, Christmas night.  Our Christmas Eve started at the church we’ve attended here in Indianapolis, Aldersgate Free Methodist.  We were to have Christmas brunch with some friends afterward, but one of their sons became sick, so we postponed.  Instead, we came home and made our own meal, and relaxed during the afternoon.

Once it was dark, we all piled into our van with honey roasted peanuts and drove around our neighborhood and looked at lights.  We returned to watch the "Muppet Christmas Carol."  We started watching this 11 or 12 years ago when the kids were much younger, and every year we still enjoy this Christmas Eve tradition.  (BTW, my very favorite Christmas Carol is titled "Scrooge" starring Alastair Sim –I think it has the most dramatic transformation and the redemption theme is very clear.)  We closed our day with a nice time of prayer.

Christmas morning were were all up to exchange and open gifts after breakfast.  Virginia prepared a great Christmas dinner, complete with Turkey and pumpkin pie!  Yum!  Late Christmas afternoon, we read the Christmas story from Luke 2, sang many Christmas songs as Sarah played the piano, and prayed prayers of thanks for all that this wonderful day has meant.

We prayed for you too.  May this week be filled with an ongoing special sense of Jesus’ presence!