Thanksgiving and Christmas were extra amazing this year by the presence of our Montangard friends. Arriving in the States on Sept 14 as refugees, they spoke no English, but the universal language of food and kids playing did wonders to connect us. Montagnards (who are not ethnic Vietnamese, but are the aboriginal people of Vietnam) are Christians and celebrate Christmas, another point of connection. I meditated on the foreigners who traveled to worship Jesus in Bethlehem--Jesus who was not just for Jews, but for all of us from Vietnam to Nigeria to the States.Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Siu Family
Thanksgiving and Christmas were extra amazing this year by the presence of our Montangard friends. Arriving in the States on Sept 14 as refugees, they spoke no English, but the universal language of food and kids playing did wonders to connect us. Montagnards (who are not ethnic Vietnamese, but are the aboriginal people of Vietnam) are Christians and celebrate Christmas, another point of connection. I meditated on the foreigners who traveled to worship Jesus in Bethlehem--Jesus who was not just for Jews, but for all of us from Vietnam to Nigeria to the States.
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