Christmas Day in the Philippines

Christmas Day for me was full of blessings from God. I spent Christmas early morning with the Lord, reading His word, and praying. The rest of the morning I spent opening presents from my family, and talking to my family on the phone. I ate a late lunch with my roommate Kim Courtright and her family. Then I spent a couple hours with the Long and Burke families. For the remainder of the evening I was with Charis Jones and her family where we (of course) ate, had a family singing and devotion time, played nerts (skirt), and Mexican dominoes. (Why's it gotta be Mexican?) I'm sorry to say Charis won our game of nerts, but I did win all three games of dominoes.....sorry Jones family! Maybe they let me win because I was a guest ;-) It really was a great day. Even though I wasn't with my family, God provided many families for me to spend the day with. And God answered my prayers by providing me with families, His peace, His comfort, and His love. I felt the presence of the Lord so strong all day. Praise God! It was my first Christmas away from family, but my Heavenly Father was always with me.