Christmas Service at new Calvary church building!

Our first worship service in our new church building was extra special (our Christmas service!) and extra full (standing-room only!)  We had many reasons to thank our God this Christmas- not only for the gift of His Son, but also the gift of our larger church space, and the gift of many brothers worshipping in our area! 

The extra space of the new building was especially helpful for our potluck and game times after the service: we had the buffet line of Christmas dishes that everyone brought to share in one room, and the tables in the other!  We had kids playing outside while adults served plates inside!  (Such a novelty! We had not had a

multiple-room church space before!)

Paco and I provided tiny gifts for the brothers to play a gift exchange that had everyone from our 3-year-old to our 70-year-old visitors laughing and happy.  Such joy!

Though we were praising God for our larger church space for the special time, the new building was not without its struggles: we do not have a full-functioning bathroom, the unfinished

floors are dust-covered, without shelves we were struggling to find dishes we needed for potluck, without electricity we could not project song lyrics, and without a finished-fence we had to carefully watch the children playing outside (honestly, it was a tough set-up for me as a mom of two babies!).  However, the Lord’s blessing over the service impacted the brothers, and all are encouraged to help continue the long process of preparing the church space the Lord has provided.