The Last Piece of the Jigsaw.

Yesterday we had a memorable Nativity Service @ St Hacket's. It's always a busy service here - we hold it in the hall, so 200 people is a tight squeeze! The kids did really well and we drew Right Christmas to a close by handing over a cheque for £8050 to the Gulshan Literacy Project. Three times what we'd planned.

Earlier last week there was a tiny part of me which - despite the amazing total - was a wee bit disappointed that we hadn't broken £8k, as then we'd be able to feed the entire school for a year (350 kids).

On Friday when I went into the local primary school for the Christmas Assembly, the school administrator reached me a Christmas Card with a cheque for £500, written by a Bangladeshi family with a child in P1. I haven't met them yet, but would guess that they are Muslims and the donation is part of the charitable giving associated with Ramadan. There's something heart-warming that the last piece of the Right Christmas jigsaw should have been supplied in this way. There's a lovely large photo of some of us in today's Press and Journal - the broadsheet newspaper in this part of the world - made all the more special because Joseph and Mary are with us, and this year Roo was Joseph (and sang his wee socks off!).

I've been working hard all week to get up to speed for the Christmas services (like many of you, seven in about a week) and hope to be able to take the foot off the gas for a few days now that things are in the bag. Now that the prep is out of the way, I'm really looking forwards to leading worship this evening and tomorrow morning.

Hope you and yours have a relaxing and blessed few days, wherever you are.

Much Love

FBL