Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas Guys. And a Happy New Year as well. I'm not going to take a lot of time here today, I just have a few things to let you know and talk about.

First, we have a couple of new newsletters out, since the last time I posted. The most recent one focuses on Christmas and our role as Christians in it. Basically, we are to be Christmas lights. No, I don't mean we should be brightly glowing, electrically charged, blazing filaments. Rather that, we are to embody the concept of turning back the darkness.

It is not by chance that Christmas occurs so close to the winter equinox that was revered by many pagan cultures that eventually turned to Christ. The idea that the longest night of the year would begin to give way to ever increasing light served to depict what Jesus did on the cross.

And that is what we are; Christmas lights. We live and breath the light of Christ and push back the shadow of sin, greed, pride and selfishness. Our purpose is to illumine the night and reflect the glory of the Lord. It is an awesome thought that we human beings get to bear the light of God to our world.

Speaking of spreading the light, RMW has been working closely with The Liberia Project, an organization who's mission it is to bring the lights of Liberia together, so that they can pierce the darkness of their region.

Churches coming together and working together is an awesome sight to see. In January of this year they brought together over 150 pastors for a 3 day workshop on Discovering the Heart of God. This coming February they are expecting over 300 pastors to converge on their facility for three days learning about the Heart of a Servant.

We will be sending Duane to represent RMW as a speaker and helper. Also a very talented photographer Mike Fietchner will be going to photograph and video the progress. We also have a bulldozer operator and a heavy equipment instructor going to begin work on the roads and to train Liberians in this skill.

As much as I would like to go, the resources are simply not there at this point. Nonetheless, I am going to continue to prepare to go up until the last minute. Also, we will have daily, if not hourly updates from the field on this trip via internet, so I will be able to comment from home, in my pajamas.

Oh! I almost forgot. The Liberia Project is delighted to announce that they have a bulldozer purchased and it will soon to be on its way to Liberia. God really is making this a nail-biter.

On a personal note, I am done with school for this semester and am enjoying some much needed quality time with my family. In fact, tomorrow begins a four day weekend. So looking forward to it.

Finally, I have a comment question for you. What is the first name of the person who, this year, shared the light of Christ with you, the most? Leave your comment in the space below.

Well, that it for me. I'm Locke Morgan with Restoration Ministries Worldwide. Thanks for watching, have a merry Christmas and a happy new year.