Let us go out with Immanuel and see....

To come to Bethlehem, and having an encounter with Jesus and receive the Bread of Life – is fantastic. We had a good Christmas Eve in Omkoi together with around 70 Karen children. In all simplicity we entered together into worship and had a wonderful time with Jesus. But after meeting Jesus in Bethlehem it’s natural to go out there to others with the Good News. Now the Immanuel (=God with us) is reality. This years Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day, a day to remember the martyrs (Greek=witness) was for us a very interesting day. We woke up in Omkoi. Went to Mae Sariang where we met a Karen Pastor and his wife, an Australian missionary, a Thai pastors family and an English missionary. After coming to Chiang Mai we celebrated one of our Thai coworkers on her 38 years birthday. Before the end of the day we received sad news that Christians in Laos are tortures and are suffering. We are thankful that the ”God with us” is indeed reality in Bethlehem and also reality out there with others in the community. Christmas and mission belongs to each other. Ingvar