Glædelig jul! Vi er lige kommet tilbage efter en stille gudstjeneste i Vejle - vi var ikke mange, men dog flere end sidste år. Duncan og jeg havde gudstjenesten sammen. Det var dejligt, for der er længe imellem vi får lov til at være sammen på den måde, og det er der noget fint ved at være. Duncan ledte gudstjenesten, hvor alle var inviteret til at tage en julegave med - og de havde gjort det! Det var sjovt ;-) Det største hit var nok det elektriske målebånd ... Jeg prædikede, men havde hård konkurrence idag. Naomi, en lille pige på to år, nyligt adopteret fra Syafrika, var nemlig med i kirke. Det er der bestemt ikke noget galt med for der hører børnene jo også til, og Naomi er et vældigt stille barn. Men hendes far havde taget sine nye tøfler med som hans julegave. Så mens jeg nok så alvorligt stod og fortalte om underet at Gud selv blev menneske, og at både krop og ånd er vigtig hvis vi skal være hele og sunde mennesker, ja, så stod Naomi og balancerede på ét ben for at prøve sin fars tøfler .... Det var temmelig svært at holde masken!
Idag ligger vi på brak, og imorgen flyver vi til Manchester for at besøge familien i England. Selvom vi skal se en masse, bliver der også tid til at slappe af og gå en god tur i Sutton Park. Vi glæder os i hvert fald til det. Og er glade for at vi i år har mulighed for at holde jul både på dansk og engelsk! // Merry Christmas! We have just come back from a quiet service in Vejle - the big Christmas service is on the 24th in the evening. It was a small number this morning, but we had a good time. Duncan and I shared the service. That was noce, because it's not very often we get to do that anymore. But it's a good way to be together. Duncan let the service, where everybody had been invited to bring along a Christmas present - and they had! It was fun ;-) I think the best one was the electrical tape measurer... I preached, but had very hard competition to dag. It just so happened that Naomi, a little girl on 2, recently adopted from South Africa, had come to church with her parents. There's nothing wrong with that - on the contrary. But Naomi's dad had brought his new slippers as his present. And so, while I was telling about the wonder of God becoming human, and that we need to remember both body and spirit if we are to be whole and healthy people, well, Naomi was balancing on one leg, to try on her dad's slippers - on top of her own shoes. It was not easy to keep a straight face!
Today we're vegging out. And Tomorrow we get on the plane to Manchester to visit familie in England. Eventhough there's many people to see, there'll be time to relax and go for a walk in Sutton Park. It'll be great. And we're very glad that this year we have the oppertunity to celebrate Christmas in both Danish and English!