Today we celebrate Christmas in a country that doesn’t have Christmas. For unbelieving Cambodians this is just a normal work day…they don’t know about the JOY Christ brought to the world. They have no reason to celebrate.

 Since there are a lot of expats in the city, many restaurants and stores have some decorations for Christmas. It’s a good way to make money and nice for the expats. But Christmas to the unbelieving Cambodian is what we call the “commercialism” part of the season.

Last Saturday we joined our helper (Yayyi) for her church’s special Christmas program. She really wanted us to come and see her 18 year-old son dance (think choreography with a traditional Khmer flavor). The program started at 8AM and lasted 2.5 hours. It was a mixture of Scripture recitation and worship dance. The pastor spoke and they showed an edited version of the Jesus movie in Khmer. (Isaiah cried during the crucifixion.)

Today we’re planning to deliver Christmas cookies to some of our neighbors and some businesses we frequent (copy shop, seamstress, hardware store, and rice shop). Please pray with us that we can continue to build relationships with these people and show them God’s love.

Becca was delighted to have snow in Cambodia.