Christmas is one of the most special times of the year for most American families. One of the hardest times to be a missionary on the foreign field can be Christmas time. They miss their families. They feel very alone. They miss all of the traditions.

Maybe it was always cold in the States when they had Christmas before and now it is hot. Maybe there are little to no toys that they can find to buy for their children for Christmas. Maybe there are no Christmas carols playing any where and it just doesn’t feel like Christmas.

Sometimes they might now want to play the carols because it just reminds them of how much they miss “home!”

Could I ask you to pray for your missionaries. Maybe send them a note. Tell them you love them and have not forgotten them. Could you pray a little extra grace from God over them?

Then pray for boldness. Some of our missionaries are facing hard times in closed countries. It is against the law to be a missionary or preacher or even a Christian. You can only imagine how much worse that makes the situation.

People get the Christmas blues even in the States. They say this is time for many to be depressed. So think about your missionary. Pray for them. Pray that God will touch them.

Pray that God will give them grace to do the job they were called to do. Pray that they will be bold in the face of persecution.

Merry Christmas to all of my missionary friends around the world. I sincerely do love you and pray for you often.

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Below you will find a letter from pastor Wilber Hallasi. His wife is the lady that was supposed to die and God miraculously kept alive. The baby was also in great danger but God pulled her through the first time.

Now things are bad again. They need your prayers and financial support. Feel free to make a comment here on the blog or to write me at gardner@bcwe .org if you want to encourage them or to help in some way.

I will translate the letter and for those of you that read Spanish you will find the original letter below. Please be in prayer. This is a super fine young man of God. He has matured beyond his years with all that has happened in his life lately.

Brethren,

My little daughter is in a very dangerous situation similar to what my wife faced when she was in the hospital. Her heart my fail at any moment and the infection will not go down. That is why we have decided to buy stronger medicines.

Now she is being treated like as though she were in intensive care in the Goyeneche Hospital. She has all the machines connected to her and medical care 24 hours a day. It would be a serious risk to move her to the other hospital in her present condition.

We decided to get intensive care nurses to watch my little daughter because there aren’t enough doctors in the emergency room. This is costing us 120 soles for 12 hours. The emergency room doctor is helping us with contacts. Pray that God will provide. (120 soles is about $40 to $50 for the 12 hour period which is super big money for this young man)

On top of that we are purchasing very expensive medicines. Pray that God will restore our daughter to health in the next few hours.

Thank you.

hermanos
.mi hijita esta muy grave su situacion es como la de mi esposa cuando estaba en uci su corazon puede hacer paro cardiaco en cualquier momento y la infeccion que no baja por eso optamos poe comprar medicamento mas fuertes
ahora ella esta como si estuviera en cuidados intensivos en emergencia del hospital goyeneche pues tiene todos los aparatos conectados y medico las 24 horas y seria riesgozo trasladarla a otro hopital en las condiciones que se encuentra mi hijita
lo que optamos es contratar enfermeras intensivistas para que la vean a mi hijtita pues las enfermeras de emergencia no se abastecen ya que mi hijta amerita un cuidado intensivo, nos esta costando 120 soles por 12 horas el doctor de cuidados intensivos nos apoyo con los contactos, oraciones para que Dios nos provea
ademas tambien estamos comprando el meropenemn y otras medicamentos caros todos los dias
por favor oren para que Dios pueda restablecer la salud de mi hijita en estas proximas horas
gracias

It would be wonderful if God would touch the heart of someone to give a special offering to help this couple. Let me know and I will tell you how to get your money to them.