DearFriends December,2011

WearehappytoshareourNovembermonthactivitieswithyou.Wehadanadventureto NationalScience

Museum,hometheatre,enjoyingthekitesfestival,nicelunchesforthechildrenontheChildrensday; Christmascarolpractice,dentalcheckupfor120children;andourregularpersonalcounselingsession.

We thankyou for being with us for this past year. We hope we will be partnering with you for the many moreyearstocome.WewishyouaveryMerryChristmasandawonderfulNewYearahead.

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Christmas brings new hope and courage, as through the darkness, the Christmas star shines its promise of God's unfailing Love. A Candymaker's Message A candymaker in the state of Indiana in the USA wanted to make a candy that would represent God's Message to us, so he made the Christmas candy cane. In that simple shape, he incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy--white to symbolize the virgin birth and the sinless nature of Jesus; and hard to symbolize the solid rock of faith and the firmness of the promises of God. The candymaker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the precious Name of Jesus, Who came to Earth as our Savior. It could also represent the staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs. Thinking that the candy looked somewhat plain, the candymaker stained it with four red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received, by which we are healed. The single large red stripe was for the blood shed by Him on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life. The candy became known as the candy cane--a familiar decoration seen at Christmas time, though few understand its intended symbolism. For us it can serve as a reminder of the wonder of Jesus coming down at Christmas and His great Love that remains the ultimate and dominant positive force in the universe today. "Let's Never Lose the True Meaning of Christmas!" Even the Christmas tree can be made a witness and a testimony to others, symbolizing the beauty of life and living. In wintertime the evergreen, even in the midst of death and decay, is a symbol of everlasting life. In spite of the hardships of winter, the evergreens survive and stay ever green and continue to be living and beautiful all winter long--just like the Lord! So make the tree a reminder of Jesus, the Evergreen Tree of the Spirit!--Of Jesus, Son of the everlasting eternal God of Heaven!--Of Jesus and His gifts hung upon us continually, and of our everlasting evergreen eternal life! Let's never lose the true meaning of Christmas, nor let the true symbolism of the tree and the genuine Christ Spirit of Christmas become drowned in all the confusion of this world and its worldliness. Let's glorify the Lord at Christmas time!--David Brandt Berg
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Has the Christ Child come into your heart this Christmas? To have His Love and the happiness and peace He brings, all you have to do is open the door of your heart and invite Him in. He says, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hears My voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him (The Bible, Revelation 3:20). Just pray, Jesus, please come into my heart. Please forgive me for my sins and fill me with Your Love as You have promised to do. Thank You for giving me Your new life. Amen. Once you have asked Him into your life, Jesus will never leave you, and you'll have Christmas in your heart forever!