My heart is full (and so is my stomach!) as I sit and reflect on the past few days. It's been a wonderful combination of baking, visiting, eating, worshiping, giving, singing, receiving.
I knew the pastor had spent a number of his growing-up years in Germany while his dad was in the military, but I never expected him to sing in German! (And he has a wonderful voice! He should sing more often!)
After the Christmas Eve service, we spoke with him and expressed our thanks, and then we went to meet their new music minister. His wife is a cousin of a man in our church, so we wanted to connect with him. When I introduced GG, he turned to her and began speaking in German! As it turns out, he and his wife were IMB missionaries in Germany for eight years! Not only that, but they were in Munich, which GG lives just outside of! We told him she had just accepted Christ last Sunday, and he told her that when she returns to Germany, he can help connect her with some believers and a Christian church. I thought my heart would burst from joy!
On Christmas Day, we enjoyed opening gifts and stockings and then headed to my man's brother's house for lunch and visiting. It was a wonderful day. And I decided no one sleeps as soundly as a parent on Christmas night!
Yesterday it was a joy to go back to church for worship, then go out to eat with my MIL, and then spend the afternoon reading, dozing, and generally relaxing with no to-do list! It's been a perfect Christmas!
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I bet it was beautiful in German. Would loved to have heard it :) Glad you had a good Christmas :)
How wonderful! God is good!
I love Silent Night sung in German. If you ever get to Frankenmuth, MI....there is a Christmas store there...called Bronners and they have an outdoor replica of the chapel where Silent Night was first performed...and the words in every language. It is awesome!
What a wonderful blessing for your family and GG!
I got chills reading this. God is SO good!!!!
Loved reading this, just another reminder of what a good job our God does in orchestrating events.
Blessings to you these last few days of 2010!
Isn't God amazing?!? Who else could have worked all that out? He is such a wonderful God of the details!
Thank you for sharing this story.
Such a joy to read this. I will pray for GG.
happy New Year!
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