Christmas Parade 2010

It's parade time again!! Since the state government had given the permit to the Methodist church to hold a parade , then by all means we should use this opportunity to share the gospel and the love of Christ to all.

The afternoon before the day of the parade, I was trying to snatch a couple minutes of nap after all the housework but I found that I couldn't sleep coz the thought “ Go get Christmas cards and write messages n scriptures inside to give away at the parade” kept bugging me. So I got up and called the Perkata Gallery and ordered Christmas cards for this very purpose. That very night, our family took some time out to prepare more than 50 Christmas cards by writing Christmas wishes or scripture verses inside to be given away. Hubby had to write all the ones in Chinese . Ha ha … we really made him work !!! Heather and I shared the load of writing in English. Hubby said next year, we will print instead !!

We found that during the parade, it was so much easier for the public to take a tract from us . They even thanked us and wished us “Merry Christmas”. I love it when we shouted out “Jesus loves you” and I felt really blessed when a kid on the street responded to me saying “ Jesus loves you too” !!! Amen to that.

That nite , those who went to the parade freely distributed gospel tracts, “Jesus loves you”balloons, Christmas cards and other goodies to those who came to watch the parade. Eventhough it rained half way through the parade, we had fun and it was GREAT to sing carols in the street.

Next year, we will prepare MORE tracts, little gifts and cards to be given away. God the GREATEST GIVER of all, gave His only begotten Son so that we could have eternal life with Him. So in the season of Advent let us also give. Our prayer is that may those who received the tracts, cards and gifts will turn their eyes upon Jesus, who is....... the reason for the season.

Blessed Christmas to all who read our blog.