Outreach into the Community

Every year for the last four of five years, we have been asked to tell the Christmas story at Lincoln Paper and Tissue's Christmas party. We have told it with Terry flipping pictures. We have told it while having children from the audience come and help act it out. This year we had our children act it out while Papa told the story. Nate was both Joseph and a shepherd and you can tell from the picture who Lanie and Mikayla were. The picture was taken by a local photographer who requested it and then she emailed it to me. I thought it was kind of cute, so decided to share. We feel blessed to have this opportunity for another outreach into the community. The first year the people seemed very rude and talked loudly throughout. The next year they were better and many sat with their kids. Last year, just about everyone sat down and listened and then commented on how nice it was afterwards. This year people greeted us like they knew us, listened well, and thanked us for doing it again. It's interesting to me how long it takes for some things in this area. But, with Terry working at the local Sears I think they recognized him better. So that is a good thing, too.