23 December, 2013: SKYPE!!

We got to Skype with Calvin on Christmas Day (at about 7:30 PM). We are so grateful to the brother who shared his home with Calvin and his companion on Christmas Day, and let him Skype with us! It was wonderful to talk to him! I got some video of the conversation too, so I can watch it over and over! :-) Merry Christmas to all of you (yes, I know it's the day after Christmas) and we wish you a very Happy New Year filled with blessings of peace. I should mention that the scarf Calvin is wearing is an Ottawa Senators' (ice hockey team) scarf. Our own Binghamton Senators are affiliated with the Ottawa Senators.

Hey all!!!!!!!!!!
 Boy this wek was busy! We had splits with the Zls, then a christmas party, and Two live Nativities. We also had the lady who cancelled her baptism show up to the nativity with her child!!!!!!! YES!!! She still wants to get baptized, so we are super happy about that. Also, one of our investigators came to church. She is super cool! She really enjoyed church, though it was a little on the wierd side. We had a lot of singing in complex formations. It was interesting, and fun. 

   so thats what happened this past week. This week we are going to try to get out to see as many lonely people as we can this week to bring them some holiday cheer. Its so fun to go to someones house, and help them out and see the joy on their faces. Thats been something i have been trying to work on, looking for ways to help people out. I feel like we all need to be more accepting and christian in general, but especially at this time of the year.

  Oh! So We had two cool expiriences thisweek with our neighbors. So one of them, this nice older lady across the hall from us gave us some cookies for thanks giving, so we made her some cookies and gave them to her. Well, she returned the tin we gave the cookies to her in and as she did so, she was like "My mother taught me to never return a dish empty!!" So She had given us some chocolates in return. And the lady who lives directly below us came up and gave us some chocolates, and wished us a merry christmas. So, we were like "WOW thanks!!!" So we are going to have to think of some cool ways to do nice things back to all of them. This will be fun! 

   Any who, I hope all of you have a great Christmas. Remember that Christ our Lord is the center of this wonderful season. Remember the life He lived, and the things and miracles He did. This is a special time to remember the Light He brought into this world.
I love you alll!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reach out to someone else this Christmas!

Love

Calvin