Being away from our family is the only sacrifice we ever make that's worth talking about.  The Holiday Season is always a fresh reminder of that.  But God has blessed us beyond measure with lots of family here in Cameroon.  And that helps.  We host an annual Christmas party for our Cameroonian family.  We will be 26 at the table this year, ranging in age from us in our early 70s down to an 8 month old "granddaughter". 

Someday, someday soon, we will have all our family together for all eternity.  It won't be long now.  Soon we will be together, never to part again.  We won't have to apply for visas, or make sure our shot record is up-to-date. We won't have to spend obscene amounts of money on transportation.  And best of all, we won't have to pack a thing!   Or recover from jet lag once we arrive in Glory.  Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.