Its Party Time

December the 9^th  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