"Behold , the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son", and they call His name Immanuel which means God with us. Merry Christmas Everyone, I hope this finds you all well. It is a weird feeling not to be around for Christmas, to be honest it doesn't even really feel like Christmas here in India. It will be a different one for me for sure, but excited to see what the Lord reveals to me this year. The children are doing a play that my friend Stephanie and and other staff member wrote here. It is based off a movie called "Micah's Treasure" It is about a young boy that doesn't understand why if the Lord is so good then why does He allow so many hard things to come our way. Micah discovers that his treasure is when he comes to the birth of Jesus. Please be praying for this time, ( I am not good at putting my thoughts down on paper) but my heart is kind of feeling anxious about this play. Some of the children's parents will be coming, and they come from Hindu backgrounds, and also they are street beggers, rag pickers or other hard core lifestyles. The play will be done in English but they won't necessarily understand, please pray that the language barrier won't be in the way of hearing the Gospel message. Also just pray for the nation of India, in some parts of India it is illegal to celebrate Christmas and if they are found they could be killed. Same with so many other things, such as church, doing ministry, going to Bible school, and so many other things. I realize that my last few blogs have been about how lost India is but it is so SAD and it is breaking my heart. India needs more native people stepping out in faith and sharing about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. But it can be so dangerous here. Let's today just say a prayer for INDIA... for the many needs. Please remember them as you celebrate Christmas. They don't know what it is to celebrate because so many of them don't even know or want a Savior. I hope this is not too deep, May the Lord bless you this Christmas season. Love you all , rachel P.S. Tutoring is going well, at times it is hard to fit in all that I want to teach but I am doing my best.
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