Well Christmas has come and gone and 2008 has only one more day before it is gone as well. Today has been sunny but just cold enough not to thaw the ground or the ice on the Northeast Indiana lake where we have a home. The snow that gave us such a beautiful white Christmas as well as the sheet of ice that covered our streets and trees has all melted away till another winter storm blows in. Only the most ardent hater of Winter could not fail to see the beauty of it all. I'm often asked how I can leave the warm tropical weather of Haiti and come back here where many nights the temperature is single digit. Yet I can't imagine not being here, even in the winter the beauty of God's creation shines through. It's a time to get together with family and friends to rejoice in the real meaning of the Season. Our family also has five birthdays to celebrate in Dec. and this year we added another with Edgard Milace a Canaan student who is staying here till April . A group of his friends got together and gave him a real surprise birthday party.
In less than a week I will once again return to my home in Haiti and jump back into another culture and routine. The next several months people from Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas and S. Carolina will join me at Canaan. They are men, women, teenagers and even children from not only different states but a variety of backgrounds and careers. Yet they all have one thing in common. They have come to Haiti to be a part of something much bigger than themselves, they come to be a part of the Great Commision. They come with love and compassion and empowered by the Holy Spirit they come to "make a difference". Whether it's through construction projects, ministry programs, teaching, evangelizing , medical outreaches or just being there they leave us with many blessings. Yet in the process they go away being blessed themselves . They go away seeing the world and their part in it a different way. They go back to their homes, families, churches and communities and because they changed the world has changed, they really are "making a difference". In God's love, steve
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