The Holidays

As I get ready to head home to spend Christmas with family and friends, I figure I would update everyone on what has been going on the last month or so. Work at Door of Hope has been going well. We had our big Christmas Party this past Thursday, and 50 families that were either past or present residents came and enjoyed some really good food, Santa, and presents. It was really cool to see the family type atmosphere created out of a program like Door of Hope.
Our neighborhood ministry has been something that I have really enjoyed being a part of and watching evolve. Thanksgiving was a great time. Some families and kids from the neighborhood came by to spend some of their day with us and eat a really good meal. The bible study on Wednesday nights has continued to go well and I have really enjoyed getting to know the teenagers in our area.
Last night we had a Posada at our house (A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging.) We walked around a couple of blocks holding candles singing Christmas carols. At two different houses, Mary and Joseph knocked on the door to ask if there was “room in the inn” (we designated each of the two houses ahead of time and the occupants read a little script basically telling Mary and Joseph “no.”) We ended the journey at our house, and this time when Mary and Joseph knocked on the door and asked for lodging, of course the response was “yes.” So everyone then proceeded to enter, where the kids and their families were welcomed to deserts, gingerbread house building, and a piñata. A great time was had by all.
Merry Christmas!!!