An amazing thing happened on Christmas Eve which I wanted to share with you all. I decided it was worthy of having it’s own special post, which is why it isn’t in my big update.

A few days before Christmas we were all praying as a team about getting post. Here, post arrives in a box about half an hour’s drive from where we are living, so once a week we go to collect it. We all wanted post in time for Christmas so were praying things would arrive. We said we hope we either all get post or none of us do.
On Christmas Eve we went to get the post. All the rest of the team recieved post but I didn’t. Surprisingly, I wasn’t too upset, I really thought I would be. That evening we went to the office to use the internet. The front gate was rusted shut because there was a massive storm the previous night. We tried for 10 minutes but couldn’t open the gate. In the end we went round the back of the office to get in through the back door. Laying by the back gate was a letter. It had clearly been there all night and was covered in mud from the rain. It was addressed to me.

The envelope was full of sand when I opened it. But it was a Christmas card. It was from my next team in Salford, who had the street adress rather than the post box address. The street post is notoriously unreliable. But there it was, just in time for Christmas, having survived the biggest storm we have had since we have been here. I was so overwhelmed. God really is amazing. He can turn little things like Christmas cards into real life miracles. Thank you so much Salford Team, you really don’t know how amazing it was to recieve your card!