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San Ming Times Updates
Version 2 Vol. #7 December 30th, 2008
Greeting from the Unique City of San Ming, China,
We had a Christmas party Friday December 26th 2008 for the children at the Children's Village. We were pleased to have a group from Los Angeles join us for our Christmas celebration. We had a big supper of shrimp, sugar peas, Christmas cookies (made by yours truly), pig bone soup, fried chicken legs, and fried squid. After the supper we had a program. The San Ming Children's chores blessed us by singing in English the song White Christmas. Two children dressed in red suits and gave out some Hershey's chocolate candy from America. The Vice Principle (Joyce Mah) gave a short lesson on loving and how the true meaning of Christmas is giving love. She went on to explain that it was because of Christ's love we even have Christmas. Joyce also told the children that giving love is contagious. At the end of her speech every child was give a candle. We turned out all the lights and only keep one candle burning. From this one candle all the children lighting their candles. This was to represent the love that God gave us, and how when touched by this love can touch other people's lives and they in turn can touch other people's lives etc... It was a very beautiful touching moment to see all one hundred + candles lit by one candle. After the program we had a picture taking time.