Hey Guys, guess who?
	Just wanted to wish everybody my own "Merry Christmas!"  I'm sure 
lovin' mine.  We have no snow.  It's in the 40s and it isn't raining 
either, though, some clouds are rolling in.
	We had a great day yesterday.  Our evening service was loaded with 
seekers.  It was so awesome just to begin to make in roads in their 
journey of faith.  After the service, some of us took candles, to 
light the way, and armed with a fruit basket, a poinsettia and a 
Christmas card signed by everybody in the congregation, we 
headed  over to our former pastor's house to do some caroling on his 
lawn.  It was loads of fun. He was blown away by the surprise.  His 
whole family was there and they all poured out onto the lawn to join 
us in singing and then hugs were had all round.   Then, after that, 
Caleb, Liz, Greg and I loaded our van full of gifts that people in 
the church had purchased for a very poor family that we are working 
with and we headed off to change their Christmas.  Caleb and Liz got 
to see first hand how much fun it is to give.  I mean, we were loaded 
down with stuff, food and all.  I think we each took six arm loads 
full of stuff into this house.  The little girl was just blown 
away.  It was kind of funny because they were at our evening service 
last night too and it was cool to be sitting there, leading worship, 
with them there participating,  and know how we were going to change 
things for them.  It is so fun to be used by God for that kind of 
thing.  Blessing others is definitely the fun part of ministry.
	Today has been very quiet.  Greg and Chris are playing ping pong 
right now.  Tomorrow, Greg is going to help Chris get around so that 
he can put in applications and look for a full time job.  Matt has an 
interview with I.HOP, out in Grand Rapids.  Of course, the ideal 
would be one full time job,  but even another part time job would help.
	I pray that all of you dear people are having a blessed 
holiday.  I'd better get around to writing my belated christmas 
cards.  That is beginning to be a characteristic of ours, being late 
that is.  Whhich probably explains why it took me until the evening 
of Christmas day to wish you guys a blessed Christmas, but I mean it 
sincerely, no matter when it is actually spoken.
God bless,
Kathy