Carol,
Sadly most young people are not going to take the time to go and sing to 
those people.  Sometimes the most difficult tasks are the ones that give us 
the most blessings.  My prayers are with you and Mike.
This year I am visiting my sister for about 8 days but I have spent many 
Christmases and other holidays alone.  The first ones I spent alone I felt 
really sorry for myself, probably some of the best or worst pity parties 
anyone could have.  However, I began to realize it was a wonderful 
opportunity to praise the Lord, read my bible, sing His praises and pray.
When I started taking advantage of those opportunities I really started 
enjoying my holidays. May the Lord bless you and Mike and may your Christmas 
be the best you have ever had.
Huggs and blessings,
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: AT THE END OF ANOTHER DAY


> Hi all,
>
> Well, we're nearing the end of another Sunday which has been quite a busy 
> one.  We went to take carol service at another establishment where elderly 
> people live.  It was all a bit hurried, organisationally, and folk were 
> tired from lots of Christmas type engagements.  With some reluctance, Mike 
> and I sang again, as we had at the ladies' lunch.  I just felt, "God, rain 
> down your Spirit on that place and those people".  There seemed a hardness 
> there and it was a real effort for us to go out and do it again.  Somehow 
> I kept thinking, "Why don't the young people go out and about and do these 
> things, as we did when we were young?"  Then I remembered that nobody else 
> would go in the place of Jesus to die for us, and that made it worthwhile 
> for me, even if the going was tough.  With additional pain in my spine and 
> neck, as well as difficulty in singing, this was not one of my easier and 
> most enjoyable assignments.  Now Christmas will soon be here.  Mike and I 
> will stay home together.  Please pray I'll be able to make our meal 
> enjoyable to us both and that we'll have a good time, even without any 
> family and probably no friends around either.
>
> What are you all going to be doing?  Do you have a flurry of engagements 
> still to do beforehand?
>
> My love and prayers are with you all.
>
> --
> Carol - Reading, UK
>
> To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
> In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.