December the 9th 2011,
its one year since we opened and that is an excuse for a party which means food and
drink here in Chad. So at 12:30 we all stopped work and we enjoyed a sandwich and a soft drink together. So it is time to reflect and ask what has been done in 2011 . About 10 000 new out patients have been seen, over 300 operations performed and a similar babies have been born. We have sought to not only bring physical healing to people but also witness to the love of God as revealed in Jesus to them. In His name we have prayed as the occasions arise and for the past couple of months on a Tuesday morning at the bedside of each patient, thanking God for his gift of healing.
Soon it will the biggest party of the year as we celebrate the arrival
of Jesus into the world. How should we
celebrate? Have Father Christmas arrive
in a boat as in the hand painted card we found at the artisans market in town?
Perhaps not. Our plan is to stick to the
real story and act out the Nativity with the staff miming to a sound track pre recorded in Arabic, then party again with
food and show the Jesus film.
This year we hope to also join the party at our nearest Church, 6 miles
away, where there will be a Christmas eve
event with songs and plays to the
small hours of the morning and a big party on Christmas day afternoon. We need
to catch up on last year and I am not
planning on spending the day in bed with typhoid again.
Our wish for you and us this Christmas and coming year is that we will
be constantly be able to celebrate the coming of Jesus into our towns and
cities throughout the world.
Enjoy the party as you celebrate
Enjoy the party as you celebrate
