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12/07/07 November 21, 2006 Dear Prayer Partners, Well, the holiday season is upon us. Where has the year gone!?! While this is a special week in the States with Thanksgiving and the start of the Christmas season, the folks down here just see it as another regular week. Some of them may have heard about the "day of giving thanks," but few understand the history or the significance of it. Frankly, I wonder if many Americans have forgotten the significance of it as well. Mike and I
plan to change that with our groups. We are going to give them a slice
of Americana this week with a scaled-down version of a typical
Thanksgiving dinner. After eating turkey, dressing(stuffing) Both of the groups are doing well. We are moving along through the studies and on Dec. 13th, we will be sharing with our Wednesday group the story of Nicodemus. At that time we will ask them to pray and be born-again. Pray that hearts and minds will be open to receive this invitation to pray for Christ to be their Savior and Lord. Since we are a few lessons behind in the Tuesday group, this will not happen for them until sometime in January. We will also be having our holiday parties with our groups here in Maracay and then travel to Coro and Punto Fijo to celebrate with our friends in Falcon. Please pray that this Christmas would be a special one for all the people in our groups. Let them see the birth of Jesus as they have never seen it before. Pray that they would see beyond the babe in the manger. Pray that they would see Jesus, high and lifted up, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. One of the things for which Mike and I are very thankful is your faithfulness in praying for us and our ministry. As we think about the professionals in Coro and Punto Fijo that have given their lives to Christ and ones in Maracay whose eyes are being open to the truth of the gospel, we realize how much your prayers have meant to our work here in Venezuela. We could not do this without you. Thank you again. Always, JAN
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