A common theme for me throughout this past month has been presence . With Christmas having just passed, we’ve been meditating on the beauty of Immanuel, God WITH us. How incredible that He stepped down in humility to rescue us. And, through His Spirit, He is just as present with us now. We’ve felt the blessing of presence through my parents - they planned at the last minute to fly across the ocean and spend Christmas with our family! Jack and I had two weeks’ notice, but t
Every year, our English-speaking community gets together for an annual Christmas Carol Sing! This is special because we don't really sing Christmas carols as we know them in the Ivorian culture. So we take a couple hours during the holiday season to sing out these familiar songs and enjoy some cookies together. It feels just like home...but about 80 degrees warmer. This year, the song "Angels from the Realms of Glory" stood out to me as we sang. Of course it sings of Jesus an
