Merry Early Christmas!

This past Sunday we were blessed to be able to speak at Dodson Church of the Nazarene in Dodson, TX. When I say that WE were blessed, that's exactly what it was! Part of our "job" is to speak at churches on the district (and surrounding areas) to share about CNMC, but it always ends up being that these churches BLESS US in immeasurable ways!

God had laid it on our hearts to look at this year's Advent curriculum, Celebrate, from NPH (which follows the lectionary) to see what the Scripture passage was for the first Sunday of Advent. Wouldn't you know that the passage provided was the passage that leads into our theme verse for CNMC?!?!?! Coincidence? I think NOT. That's just how awesome God is! So, we brought a sermon on Matthew 24-25 and shared about CNMC, enjoyed Christmas dinner with the church family, and participated in their Hanging of the Greens service. What a powerful day and a great way to bring in the Advent season!

It's typical for churches to take a love offering for us and/or the CNMC. Well, Dodson truly outdid themselves. Not only did they take a very generous love offering for CNMC, but they gave us a personal love offering AND showered our kids with Christmas presents! Every single present the kids received was EXACTLY what they would have chosen for themselves! Oh, AND they donated several items to CNMC! The blessings just kept coming and coming.

Thank you, Dodson Church of the Nazarene, for loving on our family and for supporting CNMC!

Olivia and Eli in front of their table of gifts!

The table of donations for CNMC.

This is just a fun one . . . the kids had never stayed in a hotel like this before. They were so confused! We explained to them that this was the typical hotels that we would stay in when we were kids. It may not have been what the kids are used to, but it was very clean and very friendly!