Last Sunday the Filipino Congregation said goodbye to our beloved Pastor Ricky and Jean Yambing. There were many moving stories of the love, devotion, and hard work they poured into people’s lives. A lengthy presentation of photographs portrayed how this couple dedicated the last 15 years to the Beijing ministry and the Filipino congregation. […]
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Our daughter and son-in-law just gave us a great gift. It isn’t the price they paid, though I know it was expensive. I wouldn’t have asked them to get it for us, because they have three children and many other loved ones to buy gifts for. I loved the gift because it was so thoughtful
This is the time of year when people think of giving and receiving gifts. I don’t want anything because I am blessed and have what I really want. I appreciate more the love behind a gift, than the gift itself. My daughter asked what I wanted for Christmas, and I gave her a few modestly
That was easy for my grandson! Grandma bought him a laser tag set and he immediately opened the package. He recruited his sisters, who had their own presents, to play with him and his gift. At 13 years old, he received mostly “teenager gifts,” but the kid in him still wants to play. Grandma’s gift
We lived overseas for the past 15 years and weren’t always able to come home for Christmas. The last time we spent Christmas with family, in our own home; our daughter was still in college, she and my two sisters-in-law were single, and my mother-in-law lived with us. That means this Christmas will be different
