Boxing Day!

Here we are a week after we return to Canada at it seems like a whirlwind. WOW. In one week we spent time with the children, 3 days in Sarnia, time in Kitchener and today we are going back to Kitchener again to spend time with Jane's family. The following 2 weeks that I am here will be spent visiting churches, schools, supporters and family. Almost every day and evening I am committed and am going to go back to the DR for a rest.

Boxing day is just a little different here in Canada than in the DR, actually the whole season is celebrated differently. Christmas Eve is called Holy Night because it is the eve that Christ was born. Christmas is celebrated as Christ's birthday but most shops and stores are open at reduced hours. Then New Years Eve and New Years Day are celebrated the same as here but considered more reverent than we do. Many still get looped, which is always a problem in every country, but New Year Day is celebrated as the kick off day of the new year which is going to be dedicated to God and so the day is actually spent as a religious celebration. The Christmas gift exchange that we do usually around Christmas, is done on January 6, the "Day of the Kings". This is the day they use to remember the Maggi coming to see Jesus and so its the gift exchange day.

Now, there you have it, I hope your just a little bit enlightened on a different way Christmas is celebrated. However you remember the birth of our Savior, just remember to keep Christ not only in Christmas but also in your heart and life throughout the years!

Jane and I would like to take this opportunity to wish and pray for you all a Blessed Christmas and Christ centered New Year.