Christmas in the canyon

It is hard to believe that the day we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jaynie and I have been busy baking cookies and making candy for our Christmas dinner. We could have anywhere from 9 (our family and the Kaemingks) to 30 for our celebration this year. I had hoped to post a picture of all of the goodies we have made, but I haven't had the camera the last couple of days. Jose Luis has been helping out the Christians in San Luis Majimachi get ready for their special service and meal. They are planning to make a beef soup/stew and menudo. This morning Jose Luis, Jaynie, and I went shopping to buy the food necessary to make these things. Can you just imagine buying 10 kilos (or 22.5 lbs.) of menudo (roughly cow's stomach or intestines, I am not sure!) and 10 kilos of beef. We spent about $100 dollars for the supplies. But, the neat thing is that the members of our church have been collecting money for this and they purchased all of the food. It is hard to say how many people will come tomorrow - we will be there all day. You can rest assured that I will do all in my power to stay away from the menudo. We are praying for a great turnout and that the Lord will bless the effort of the Christians who desire to share the joy and truth of Jesus Christ with their neighbors and families. Well, I had better close so that I can braid Jaynie's hair before she goes to bed.
I pray that you all take time this week to meditate on exactly what Christmas is - the King of kings humbling Himself to take on the form of man - the Lord of lords being obedient to the Father, obedient to death and death on the cross. It is impossible to separate Easter (or Christ's resurrection) from Christmas (Jesus' birth).

Camper or Topper?

In October, we bought a 1995 Nissan King-Cab pickup truck. What a blessing that little truck is! We were able to buy it because of some generous gifts by some very special people. Our truck is 4-wheel-drive with a manual transmission. We have had to do some major maintenance work on it (including the new radiator we had to install this week); however, it is running good now. The one thing that Jose Luis wanted to get for it was a camper (as they say in Spanish). There has been some confusion over exactly what this is, so I am adding a photo of our truck with its campler: