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Kirsten’s Christmas Poem

THE NEW KING Stars are shining far away, baby Jesus on the hay, Wisemen coming from Eastern lands, shepherds watching their sheep and lambs, When what to the drooping eyes did appear but a host of angels who sang in good cheer! “Christ Jesus the king has been born this night so go see himContinue reading “Kirsten’s Christmas Poem”

Food packets for Christmas

We’re so thankful for a family in our church who is organizing a great outreach to poor Roma children and families in NE Hungary. By God’s grace we were able to help buy food packages for over 30 families. Each packet had the following contents: (By the way, 1 kg [kilogram] is 2.2 lbs., 1Continue reading “Food packets for Christmas”

Christmas shoeboxes for Roma children (part 2)

We have such a wonderful church here in Budapest. A family in our church is organizing outreach to Roma children with 500 shoe boxes for Christmas. We were privileged to help pack some of them up after church a couple weeks ago.

St. Nicholas Day shoes

One of the traditions we discovered years ago when we moved to Croatia is St. Nicholas Day. On Dec. 6, the kids set out an empty shoe each (by or near the front door) and in the morning the shoes are filled with a few treats. We started this with our kids and they loveContinue reading “St. Nicholas Day shoes”

250 Christmas shoe boxes for Roma children

Our church in Budapest helped packed 250 Christmas shoe boxes for Roma children. Here Daniel and Ariela are picking out gifts, donated from Holland, to put in boxes.

Christmas shoeboxes for Roma children (part 1)

We headed to the store to buy gifts to fill 5 Christmas shoesboxes for Roma (Gypsy) children. A family in our church here in Budapest is organizing an outreach to give Christmas shoeboxes to 500 Roma children in north-central Hungary.