Christmas Concert

Last night Mark and I attended a Christmas concert in town.  Our friends, the Jackson's, were back in town to help Vietnam celebrate Christmas and remember what it is all about.  We met this amazing family last year when they were invited here for the first time to sing at the large Christmas event here.  We immediately felt a kinship with them.  This year they have traveled to South American, Mexico, all over the US and just recently, Hong Kong and Indonesia.  The last leg of their journey for this year is Vietnam.  They have seen many miracles on this trip and Brenda the mom even shared with me a vision she given to her about a tsunami of revival coming out of Asia and we are in the heart of it.  They will travel to Hanoi from here and then return to HCMC for a final performance in a couple of weeks.  They are an encouragement to us not just because of their singing but because we share a common passion for Asia.  They sang many more songs this year in Vietnamese and even recorded one that they will offer free of charge at their concerts, another miracle.  I invited our neighbor to attend with us and it was great to hear some of her stories.  She loves to sing and write and she works for a clothing company that sells to Gap, Express and others in the US.  She heard my English class practicing our Chistmas carols and wants to join us.  We will have a Christmas party in another week and will sing for her and maybe some others in our building.  The Vietnamese love to sing and dance. 

 We hope you are all enjoying the season.  It has been a year of trials but there is now victory and a special blessing from God as a sign of new beginnings, Jen is expecting our 5th grandchild.  It makes being away for the holidays hard but summer is coming and we are very excited.  We all would love a girl but a blessing is a blessing so we wait in amticipation.