Less than 2 months now until Christmas. Can you believe it? Have you already started thinking about it? After Halloween's over, will you start thinking about it more?
What if we didn't really celebrate Christmas...what if it wasn't such a big deal? My missionary friends in Uganda, Africa, say that it's pretty low key there. Christmas is basically just a national vacation. People go back to their village to spend time with family, but Christmas services really aren't even a big part of it. Michelle said they did cut down branches of a juniper tree and did things at home with her own two little girls, but at church Father Christmas passed out candy and danced with the children.
What if that was it? What if we didn't do all the decorating, baking, parties, and church services? Why do you think they don't? I wonder how many people in the world don't celebrate Christmas. Did you know that only 1/3 of the world's population believes in Jesus? That means 2/3 are not Christians.
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Scary! There's so much mission work to be done around the world.
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