December 22, 2004

Here it is just three days before Christmas, and we just got our Christmas Cards in the mail yesterday. So our supporting churches and others we send to are going to be getting something more like “New Year’s greetings.” I guess another New Year’s resolution (that’s liable to be forgotten by next fall!) is to do our Christmas cards in November! Even though our cards will be late for Christmas, we can still wish you a merry Christmas by this instantaneous email! (And of course, the way the mail goes sometimes, maybe our cards will reach you just before next Christmas, and you won’t know the difference!)

This week, we are holding our annual “open house” with the Christian center all decorated up to provide a homey, Christmas atmosphere for those who come to share in the warmth and goodies. Every year we have more than a hundred people come, many for their first time, and so it’s a good way to make contacts and introduce people to our ministry. Last night, we had about 30, mostly young mothers and their children, who stayed an hour or more, enjoying Tim’s “gospel magic” (magic tricks performed while illustrating a biblical truth). Each also received a lovely Christmas pamphlet on the true meaning of Christmas.

In less than two weeks, we will be on the plane to the United States for our three-month home assignment. We look forward to seeing some of you then. God’s richest blessings on you all this Christmas and throughout the New Year of 2005!

Love,

Tim and Juji Boyle

The 2005 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 251