Cats and Dogs

Alright, I realize it has been awhile since I have blogged, so I know you are all DYING to know, how is the little kitty doing? Well, truth be told the cat is no longer in our possession.

Shortly after I first blogged about the cat, Elsie, a Senior 2 student (Junior in high school), approached us about taking the cat home for the weekend. She absolutely loved the kitten and has always wanted a cat of her own. But she had to see what her mom thought of it. So we loaded up cat food, kitty litter, and some bowls, and let Elsie have the kitten for the weekend.

On Monday morning, I went right away to find Elsie and get the cat back. Much to my joy, Elsie did not have the cat with her. She said her mom was not sure about keeping it, but said they could have it for another week until she decided. I have not seen the cat since, and I know Elsie is very excited about having a new pet. Good for the cat, and good for Elsie. The situation worked out perfectly.

The more recent news about pets around her is the addition of baby puppies to our campus. One of the stray dogs was pregnant and baby puppies. For period of time, the small dogs were living right behind my house. The mother has moved them since, but the little dogs are very cute. They are probably about 2 weeks old. So in the not too distant future we might be trying to find some homes for cute little puppies.

For now I will add a picture of the baby pups.

Holy Cats!

I think the title says it all for this one. I actually cannot believe that I am blogging and talking about the cat that is living in my house. I guess it is such a surprise because I am not much of a cat person. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate cats or have a fear of cats, but when it comes to owning one...thanks but no thanks. So how is it that one is staying in my house? Well...

Earlier this week a co-worker of mine, Amy, came knocking on the door of my house in the early evening. Me and Kevin were home, and answered the door, expecting it to be a fellow missionary asking about dinner plans or something like that. But much to my surprise it was in fact Amy and her little daughter. They had with them a stray kitten who they had found on campus. Amy asked if we could watch it for the evening, and then it would be taken some where else the next day.

Me and Kevin agreed to this. I mean, how can you say no to a fellow co-worker, her little daughter and a cute stray kitten. So we decided to watch it for the evening. I can only imagine what James was thinking after he heard we agreed to take it in.

So the next day came and there was not a place for the cat to go. Another day came and went, and no one has wanted to take the cat. We are currently on day 4 of caring for this kitten, and honestly I don't know if the end is in site.

The kitten with no name is living in our back enclosed porch area. This is a non-finished part of the house that has the washing machine, and clothes racks for drying. It is dusty back there, but very hard to keep clean because it is cemented with screens for windows. Thus when any typhoon or rain storm comes blowing through, dust and every else gets kicked up and the room gets dirty.

So to close I will leave you with some pictures of our furry friend. Enjoy and God's blessings on your day!

New Photos

Hey everbody! I just wanted to let you know that I put some new pictures on my photo page. These are from the school trip to Taipei. The school gave all of the teachers a 3 day trip to Taipei (the capital). While there I had a great chance to talk with many of my co-workers, and also got to see some great sites. Here is a picture of me next to Taipei 101, which is the tallest building in the world. Check out the photo album for more.

One Week Down

Hey everyone! Well, the first full week of the semester came and went. It went rather fast, and I am very excited for the things that God has in store for the upcoming semester. I think most of all I am anticipated the growth, learning, and relationships that will be developed in my Senior 1 Advanced English Class. I have 35 students in that class, and I will get to see them 4 times a week. 4 TIMES A WEEK!!!. That is twice the amount that I saw any of my classes last year. We have already met 5 times, and I think they are a real fun group of kids and I am know this is going to be a great year with them.

As I am teaching this class, I definitely feel more like a real teacher. I have found myself typing lesson plans, preparing weekly schedules for the students and creating a sheet of notes for the upcoming classes and their corresponding discussions. It is a little different than last year, but I do think it is a good thing.

I am also very pumped about all of the other ministry opportunities that will continue this semester at school, with church, and in other places. I will try to elaborate on these in future blogs and newsletters.

Finally this past week I found an Chinese teacher for the upcoming semester/year. Her English name is Grace, and I first met her on a school weekend trip to Taipei this past July. I had the chance to have a conversation with her and found out that she was Pastor Carl Hanson's former Chinese teacher, and she is also a Christian. Furthermore she teaches Chinese to the students at Concordia, so this is what she does professionally in her life. She is a really nice lady and we are going to start lessons this week. Each week we are going to do both work in a book and also reading from the Bible. Praise God for the opportunities He has provided this year.

To close, I want to have a new picture of "The Family." This is a photo taken from the last English worship and includes all of the missionaries in addition to some of our Taiwanese friends.

More Basketball Camp Pics!

Hey everyone, I know this is getting out of control, I mean I have blogged 3 times in less than a week. But I wanted to post some more pictures of basketball camp. Enjoy!


Jack takes a shot


Group Photo: Victory!


Ending each day with prayer

New Links

Hey everyone! Check out the side the 2 new links on the side. They are for Emilie and Jenny, two of the new missionaries serving here in Taiwan. Go check out their perspectives on the ministry and culture.

Basketball Camp

Hey everyone! I just wanted to give a bigger update about the Basketball Camp. Everything went really well. God blessed us with 4 days of perfect weather. It did rain on the 5th day, but it all worked out ok. We were planning on ending early that day to have a pizza party and give out certificates of participation. So the rain did not interfere too much.

There were 9 kids who participated in some fashion at the camp, and we also had 5 teachers who helped run things. Each day we started with stretching, and then broke into two groups. One group was the really basic skill group. I led and helped with this group. We did VERY basic dribbling, passing, shooting, and defense drills. It took me back to my days of basketball practice.

After the drills part we played some sort of game. Games throughout the week included knock-out (a Camp Okoboji favorite), a dribbling competition, hot-shot, 3-on-3, and a free throw competition. The kids really enjoyed these and us teachers also had a chance to compete in some of them.

After the competition we took a small break and then had a Bible reading, message and prayer. I posted the theme verse for the camp in a previous post. Each day we tried to relate the message to how Christ gives us victory in life with some component of playing sports or competing in basketball. For some of this kids it was their first introduction to Bible from the foreigner teachers here at Concordia. They all will have Bible class starting next week, and I think this was a great foundation for them from which the year's Bible class can be built upon.

Here are some pictures from the camp.


Practicing dribbling


Pastor Lio gives a message


Get the rebound!

Victory!

"But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!"

This is the theme verse for the Concrodia English Baskteball Camp. I just wanted to give a quick update. We have had 4 days of camp and so far it has gone great! God has blessed us with four beautiful days of weather and also some great kids and teachers who are all having a good time. My ankle has even recovered well enough to allow me to participate and help in the drills.

I will post more information and some pictures some time in the near future after the camp is finished.


Mark

Dr. Wolfram

As I have said earlier, I loved the chance to be home and to visit everyone. I also loved all of the delicious foods that I ate. Upon my return to Taiwan, I realized that I indulged a little bit too much on all of this great food.

I think in total I gained close to 10 pounds in that month home in the States. Like most Americans, I ate out too much and my portions were always too big. So as I was sitting around my first day back home, I decided that I should make some changes in my diet.

So I have a new-found commitment to health. I am not trying to go over-board on strict diet, but just in general eating more fruits and vegetables, and trying not to drink as much pop or eat as much junk food. Also, I was going to start running feveryday and trying to play basketball or lift weights whenever possible.

My roommate Kevin adopted a similar attitude upon his return from the States, so during the first couple of days both of us were reading up on ways to eat healthier. I ended up reading several articles about the health benefits of drinking green tea and eating the seeds of grapes (both of which I have tried to incorporate into my eating).

So far the new eating habits have gone well, but the physical activity is another story. In the above passage I wrote "was", because everything was going great. I was playing ball, running and lifting a bit...until I sprained my ankle.

Initially the injury hurt pretty bad and for the last 30 hours I have been icing and elevating the ankle as much as possible. I have also been reading up on the anatomy of the ankle and how best to treat, repair, and prevent ankle injuries. So to connect with the title...between reading up on ways to have a healthier diet and to treat sports injuries I feel like I have been in med. school for the past week.

But alas, I am not a doctor, however God is. So a prayer request goes out for my ankle, so it would heal properly and quickly (according to God's will of course). I especially ask for this because I am supposed to help lead basketball camp in 9 days. I also ask for prayers for this camp as me, Sam, Kevin, and James prepare for it. May God bless all of you!

Mark

Back Home

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that I made it back safe and sound to Taiwan. (Yes, I know it has been a while since I blogged, so in the mean time I have finished the school year and spent nearly for weeks in the U.S. Sorry for the lack of updates.)

The break in Iowa was really good, but now I do feel little more like I am back home here in Taiwan. It is weird to think of it as being "home", but I did have that kind of feeling as I unpacked my things and saw some of my friends and students again.

What a difference a year can make! Last year, I came over almost in shock, having no idea what to expect. This year I am filled with excitement to continue the relationships that I already have established. Praise God for this and the new joys and challenges that will be provided in the coming year.

My time in the States went really fast, and I saw a TON of people and had a great time. I did not get a chance to see everyone however, so if I missed seeing you I hope that will change next summer.

For my picture today, I am going to post the latest family photo. This has my parents, Michelle and her husband (and her baby still in the stomach), and Janelle and her soon to be husband Tracy, and me.

We took several pictures. One was traditional, and another was "Taiwanese style". I will post the Taiwanese style picture. Each one of us is doing a gesture. The gesture that looks like a peace sign mean "victory", and the one with the thumb and the index finger mean "handsome". The handsome one is kind of like a frame around one's face, as if to say that the person is so handsome or beautiful that his or her face should be framed in a picture.



Enjoy!

Dinner with the Kids

You want me to eat what? What did he say? He is not even using real words! Such thoughts could go through one's mind before trying a new food, especially one that you do not eat in your culture. And these might have been the questions being that some of the Concordia students were asking this evening.

This summer, a group of 10 students from Concordia will be going on a trip to America. Norfolk, Nebraska will be their home for 4 weeks, with a brief stay in Des Moines for 3 days. On the trip they learn more about American culture, practice English, and hopefully hear more about the good news of Jesus.

This evening the 10 students for the trip were invited over to Andrew and Noel's house(they are the two chaperones and coordiantors for the trip). Me and Molly also joined the group for an evening of food and fun. Tonight, they had the joy of tasting the cheesy, meaty, tomatoey goodness that is Lasagne.

I absolutely loved the meal. And after asking several of them, found out that kids enjoyed it as well. I hope this boads well for their what will be many new tasting experiences this coming summer.

After the meal, we chatted, watched some DVDs to show the kids Andrew and Noel's family, and then played a game of Mafia. There is such a different feel and atmosphere when you do things with students outside of the classroom environment, and I am really thankful for tonight's opportunity. I had the chance to talk NBA basketball with one of students. Her two favorite players are Dirk Nowitski and Steve Nash. I really had no idea she was such a fan of basketball. We had a chance to talk about the latest happenings in the playoffs. Praise God for these small opportunities to grow in relationships with students.

To close, I would ask that all of you keep these 10 students in your prayers. May, Antonia, Teresa, Linda, Lily, Sabrina, Michelle, Irene, Babie, and Joyce. Pray that God would bless them in their preparations, and then on the journey to America. Pray that God would prepare their hearts, and allow for them to grow closer to Christ through this entire experience. Pray that Andrew and Noel would have strength, wisdom, patience, and endurance as they prepare to leave and then travel with the kids in America.

Until next time!

To be or not to be...

I walked into Molly's Senior 1 Advance English classroom as a special guest. I smiled as I saw some of the faces of students that I myself teach for regular Senior 1 Writing class. On their desks was chocolate cake, that the students were quickly finishing eating. They have been studying Shakespeare for a couple of weeks now, and today they were having a small party in honor of his recent birthday.

I introduced myself not as Mark, but as Hamlet. I did not talk about class or school but instead described the problems that I (Hamlet) had been having. My father had recently died, and my uncle married my mother and became the new king. What is worse, I had recently seen a ghost of my father who informed me that he had been murdered by the current king. How would I solve my problems? Who would believe me? Life is so difficult?

After this brief introduction, I broke out into Hamlet's famous soliloquy that starts with the lines "To be or not to be..." After wrapping up the speech, the students gave a boisterous applause. I had a huge grin on my face as I described how and why I had learned this speech.

I told them how this is a speech that I was required to memorize my Senior year of high school, for Mrs. Blake's English class. Molly had given me the idea to come share it with the class, and I agreed to give it a whirl. I had remembered a great portion of the speech from high school, but did have to brush up on a few parts of it.

Looking at this moment, it was a great joy to take something that I had learned when I was their age, and recite it for them to help them get excited about learning. Their faces showed an energy as they listened, even to words that were beyond my vocabulary (and how much more so theirs). But yet it was a fun opportunity that made me smile as a teacher. I am sure that if Mrs. Blake heard this story, she too would smile.

A day in the Mud

I love living on campus. It is beautiful, full of open space, and of course, it has basketball courts right outside my house (ha!). In addition to this, I love meeting the other people who live on campus. My house is located in the back of Concordia's Campus, near the Taiwanese teachers who also live on campus. These people are such a blessing from God. Over this past year, we have had some dinners and many conversations with these people, trying to get to know them better.

A couple of weekends ago, I walked out of my front door to see some of the neighbors hard at work. There was water and mud everywhere. As I peered around the corner to see what they were doing, I felt a little apprehensive about getting muddy myself. Then I saw the project that was being undertaken. Kevin, Debby, Amy,Esther, and Autumn, were out planting sod on open dirt area next to our house. They had sprayed water on the dirt to help in the planting of the grass. Of course the mud had made its way onto the sidewalk.

As I me, Kevin (Foley), and Michelle watched and talked to our neighbors about the project, they jokingly invited us to help. By now my initial hesitancy to get dirty had faded, and I thought it would be kind of fun to help them. So I kicked off my shoes and got dirty. Kevin and Michelle joined me, and there was a huge group of us making the work much easier.

I kind of felt like I was a kid again, playing in the mud. The squishy sensation of the mud sliding in between my toes was kind of weird. As I picked up the grass squares and placed them in their spot, I really was not sure if there was any proper technique for doing this. I guess I have never planted sod before. So if you see a blog in a couple of months commenting on all of the dead grass near my house, I guess we know who to blame, ha!






And in true Taiwanese fashion we were offered food after we worked. Debby gave us a bean soup, dumplings (that her mother had made), and something to drink. The dumplings were outstanding, better than any I had eaten. How Chir (chinese for delicious). What great time getting to know the neighbors, and to help make the campus a little more beautiful. Praise God for these little things in life.

A small triumph

So I want to share a small story of happiness from this past weekend. I had the chance to use my Chinese to order pizza for people that live here on Concordia's campus.

A couple of things, first if you know me, you know that I really like to eat pizza. So anytime opportunity to eat it is good. Second, I have really enjoyed learning Chinese and finding practical ways to use it and practice it. So this was a great accomplishment in several ways.

I must say I was a little nervous, and did not know for sure how it was going to go. I mean, it is one thing to order something at a restaruant where you can point, and getsture. It's a totally different thing to order over the phone. You can only hear the other persons voice. No gestures, no visual help. Also, I was ordering for a whole group of people, so I did want to get the order right.

Prior to ordering I called my friend Mike to get some confirmation on words such as Haiwaiian, Pepperoni, Thick Crust, and a couple of other essential pizza vocab. I picked up the phone, and the first words I said were "DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?"

Uhhhh. Was about all I could hear and then they told me to wait a little bit. A different person got on the phone, and she tried to speak English, but it became evident to me that the conversation would have to be conducted in Chinese.

After this initially exchange, the rest of the phone call went really well. A couple of times I had to say "Wo ting bu dong" (I hear but don't understand), but eventually words were found that could be understood. I hung up, feeling good. I was just hoping know that all of the pizzas and the kinds I wanted would come to Concordia.

And sure enough, about an hour later 3 pepperoni pizzas and 3 Hawaiian pizzas from Domino's were waiting for me at the front gate. I don't know if pizza ever tasted so good. Well, maybe, but it still was a great experience.

March Madness

Alright, I just want to reiterate for those of you who do not know me. The NCAA Basketball tournament is with out a doubt the best sporting event. It is so much fun to watch the upsets, the buzzer beaters, and so many games being played in such a short amount of time. I have been able to watch a lot of games from "On Demand" from CBS Sportsline. This afternoon I came home from school to watch unbelievalbe endings to the UCLA-Gonzaga game, and the Texas-West Virginia game (wow, that was GREAT).

Let me add, that I did witness a great ending at the expense of my beloved Hawkeyes, but it's ok. I still remain excited for all of this basketball that is being played.

To school news.

This morning, the foreign teachers lead chapel for the Junior and Senior High Students. We made bracelets with different colored beads, each standing for part of the Gospel message (see previous post for a story on prep for this chapel). It was fun and the students really liked getting the bracelets. Giving them something interactive and tangible is great, because most of the time they just get a lecture or a message. Plus it empowers them, by giving them the opportunity to share the message with others.

For classes today, we had a fun day with the students. They had been taking tests all week, and this was the only day of full class. We did not want to do anything to get the students ahead of the schedule, so we played an smaller scale version of "4 on the couch". Some of you who read this might know that game, and if you are interested in hearing about it just post something and I could elaborate. Anyway, it was a much needed opportunity to have fun and build rapport with the students.

I only see some of these kids one time a week, and the others I only see 2 times a week. I realize that it has been a lot more difficult to build that relationship with the students. However, I have started to pray more about it, and asked God to give me ways to build stronger relationships with me students.

Until later....

Mark

Beads and other things...

We are trying to plan a chapel service for this Friday. Part of the service will involve giving each student a bracelet with different colored beads on it. Each color will represent some part of the Gospel message. Yellow-God created everything perfect, Black-sin, Red-Jesus' blood on the cross, White-forgiveness in Christ, Green-growth in faith, and Yellow-eternal life. (And yes, we repeated Gold).

To do this we needed to purchase the beads and string to make the bracelets. So Michelle asked a national to help us find a good store where we could purchase these supplies. Let me preface that our last chapel planning involved using technology and it ended up being an enormous hassle, but that could be a story for a different time.

Last night we went to find the store, all ready to start making our beads. Of course we got on the street and could not find the store that matched the character's in the name we had written down. So we wandered the street looking for the place to buy these beads. We finally come across the bead store, very excited that we can proceed with our bead buying. Of course when we get into the store they do not have all of the same sizes for the 5 basic colors we needed. In fact, they had about 3 different sizes for the 5 colors that we needed. Furthermore, it appeared as thought all of the beads could only be purchased in small packages of 7 or 8 (we need over 200 bracelets for chapel).

This was rather frustrating, but we rolled with it. In my broken Chinese I tried to communicate what we needed and that we required more beads than the small packages had. The situation took some more time than we had planned but, eventually we purchased materials that would suffice. Not ideal, but I mean why would a bead store have 5 of the same colored, same sized beads, right? Ah, the wonders of planning chapel!

We walked out of the store to go buy some dumplings for supper, satisfied that we would be able to actually make the bracelets. As we rounded the corner to go to the food stand, I saw a big sign with red characters. I looked at it closely to discover that those characters were the characters for the bead store we had originally been looking for. Ugh! We went to the wrong store, and did not even know it.

As supper was being purchased Michelle went to that store to see if the supplies were more fitting for our needs. And of course, that store also failed to have the 5 same sized beads with the five basic colors that we needed. So it had made no difference which store we went to, but was definitely something I can laugh about.

Ok, that is a story was just another crazy experience of trying to purchase things in Taiwan. I should share more stories on my blog, and will attempt to do this in the future. For now, it is way past my bedtime, and I still have 40 Senior 1 tests to check tomorrow. I would like to finish those before I get the 100 Senior 2 tomorrow afternoon. I must say I continue to have appreciation for all of those teachers I had in high school English, and upper level history classes at Iowa State. Reading all of those essays and paragraphs can get a little taxing.

Peace!

Mark

Thursday Night Fellowship

We just finished doing a Thursday night fellowship activity. It went really well. We sang 5 songs: This is the Day, Peace Like a River, Behold What Manner of Love, We are One in the Spirit, He Hung Upon the cross.


Song Time

After Song Time we had a short message. For the message we read a Bible Story, and the kids helped to tell it. They had an action for each time certain words were said. So when ever I said "Jesus" they had to point up to heaven and say "Christ the Lord!" Any time waves was said, they had to make wave motions with their arms. And there were 4 other actions. Then I read the story of Jesus calming the storm. It was a lot of fun, and the kids liked it. At the end, we said that just like Jesus was in control with the disciples and the storm, he will also be with you during life's storm.

After the message we played games. The Senior High students had an acting game where they had to make various kids of household machines. They had to act like it, but could not speak. The junior high students played balloon volleyball. Both groups had a lot of fun.


Balloon Volleyball


To end the evening we had snacks and pray time. I must say that this group is becoming one of the highlights of my time here in Taiwan. We have only met 3 times, but it has been such a great chance to have fun with the students, and to get to know them better outside of the classroom. I pray that God would use this group to help bring people closer to him.

Until later!

Mark

On Break

Alright everybody, I am currently on and have done a little bit of traveling, and will continue to do a little bit more. After the first week of relaxing at home, I went to Seoul, South Korea. It was a good time, and I had some pictures, however I have been unable to access them at the moment. So I am going to wait to tell about my trip until I can have some pictures to accompany the post. Tomorrow I will leave for Thailand, and that will be the last of my travels for break.

For this post, I would like to include a picture of me and my scooter. I bought it in early December, and have enjoyed riding it. Last week, during break, I went to the motor vehicle place and got my liscense. I had to take a computer test and a driving test. The computer test was not too dificult. On the driving test, the hardest part is driving in a straight line. For the test, you need to drive on a 10-20 foot straight line for at least 7 seconds. The line is between 1-2 feet wide, and there are sensors on the sides that trigger buzzers if you go off of the line. This is to simulate the need to drive straight when you have many scooters surrouning you in traffic. With some practice, I was able to pass this test on the first try as well.

Ok, I will write more after my travels.

Mark

End of the Semester

Well, the semester has ended. This past week was really stressful and long getting all of the grades together for my 200 students. Also we had there final tests to check, and I can now sympathize with all of those English teachers out there who check essays for grammar and content. But thank God, I am finished and now it is break time.

We have 3 weeks off for Chinese New Year, and I will have an opportunity to travel. I am going to South Korea for 3 days to visit my good friend Tom. Also, I will have the chance to go to Thailand for 6 days. I am very excited for both trips, and will be taking a lot of pictures.

One picture, before I go. Every other Saturday, students of Concordia come to school in the morning for 2 periods of club time and 2 periods of class. On campus there are many clubs. I have visited several including guitar club, drama club, dancing club, economics club, volunteer club, greenhouse/animal club, and various sports clubs. Another club is the Coffee Club. Students make coffe and also have some breakfast during this club. I have 6 or 7 students who are in this club, so I have stopped by a couple of times to see what they were doing. A bonus of course is that they immediately give me coffee, a small piece of the breakfast, and chair to relax in. To show my appreciation, sometime next semester I am going to try to make French Toast for them.

In the meantime, here's a picture of me with some of those students. I am holding a cup of coffee that they made.

January 15th

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Yes boys and girls it has been quite awhile since I posted on my blog, but now I am back.

For this entry I want to reflect on the Christmas season. This holiday season was a true joy for me. I was extremely busy preparing many things for school and church, it all of it came full circle when Christmas came. It was not at all a commercial Christmas. The entire focus of the holiday was telling the Christmas story to bring people closer to the Gospel of Jesus. This was done through songs, skits, readings, and countless number of conversations. These were done both at school and at church.

At Concordia, the preparation for Christmas is enormous. Students decorate Christmas trees and sing songs as a class. Both of these are competitions which get very intense. The cullimination of the event this year was Thursday during the week of Christmas. Students performed their songs during the day, and at night the students lit their Christmas trees for the first time.

The weather was cool, but the atmosphere was electric. Students were buzzing about their competitions both their singing and their Christmas trees. That evening after the major events were over, a group of teachers and students went out to sing Christmas carols in the neighborhood. This was my personal highlight of the entire Christmas season.

We sang songs at the 7-11 and the Family Mart Convenience store. We also went to a couple of local places that we frequent. One of these is a restaurant that we refer to as "the Curry place", because most people order curry when we go there. We also stopped at Mr. Wang's tea stand, where you can get fresh fruit tea with real fresh fruit.

It was enjoyable to walk, sing, and talk. A couple of people saw us walking and singing and motioned us to come sing in front of there house.



Their smiles and the enjoyment everyone received from our songs was amazing. They were so thankful and happy to have a group of 30 students and teachers stop by and sing a couple of songs. At every place we stopped, we handed out a small piece of paper. On the paper, written in Chinese, was a paragraph describing our joy. It said that we were happy because Jesus was born and He is our Savior. The entire evening was such a blessing. All in all we sang and walked for about an hour and a half.

If you would like to see more pictures from the Christmas season, I have new pictures on my photo's page. There you will find an album with Christmas pictures.

Until later!

Mark