This is the 3rd year we have caroled to our neighbors here in the NE Fort Wayne area. The Delagranges were with as usual, and Paul and Silas McCulfor. God blessed our time. There were three Christmas family gatherings we crashed of our Amish friends. It was striking to me how much warmer and friendlier they were with us than the first time we caroled to them. Our neighbor behind us had told me 2-3 times today that she wouldn't be home, but be sure to come to her mom's where the whole family would be. So, we did. Emily had a whole box of oranges and some candy waiting for us.
There is an Amish man that Don takes to work. We hit his family gathering which had 60 or more people at it. Fred walked between the tables telling us who his children were and some of the grandchildren. He had 33 grandchildren there in that room and 15 great grandchildren. Then Fred asked if the 'girl who went to China' could tell a little about her trip. Mikah and Don both shared some about the trip. Fred turned to his family and said, "I want you to know that these people used their own money to pay for their flights and their own money to pay for their hotels in order to tell people about Jesus."
Mikah's trip has impacted the Amish. I gave reports out to the teachers I drive and also to Emily's family. They loved reading about it and some made copies of the reports to pass out to others. They would ask me in the car on the way to school, "Have you heard any more from Mikah?" The Amish are not evangelistic in their culture so this is something rather foreign to their culture. I'm trusting it has opened their eyes and hearts to a greater vision and responsibility.
We caroled to a non-Amish couple in our neighborhood who are in their 60's and they had never been caroled to in their lives. They were sure delighted! We also caroled to the new family renting the Keyes house, and to a co-worker of Mikah's. We didn't run into any cold shoulders tonight!
Praise the Lord for the work He is doing!
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