Our church
celebrated Christmas as one big family in Christ!!
We presented
the biblical Christmas story narrated in poem and acted out by our children’s
classes. Between
each scene, the
congregation sang a Christmas carol by candlelight. Afterwards, our pastor shared the message of
God’s love for us revealed through Christ’s birth.
For our
Christmas dinner, the church purchased a sheep! -
which we had slaughtered and
cut. We prepared it in chile sauce for “mixiotes”
and cooked it over a fire the morning of the celebration. (I imagine very few
American churches would purchase and slaughter an animal for their gatherings-
but it is widely done in Mexico!). We
served
the mixiotes with rice, beans, and salsa, and “ponche”- a seasonal
Mexican hot fruit beverage. God multiplied
our food for the brothers and many guests that arrived to celebrate with us!
Praise God
for the gift of His
Son that united such a special group of people!
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