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Notice: The last announcement is always going to be the last number.
Announcements
hello everyone!
how is everyone doing? i hope you guys are studying for your finals!!! naughty naughty to you if you're not! i just wanted to update you up on stuff. i think there are a few items so just bear with me:
1. visitation is this saturday at 10:00am. if you need a ride call me or dung and we'll try to arrange a ride for you.
2. that same evening, we will have the thanh/thieu nien christmas party. starts at 5:00 pm at chu khai's house. if you need directions ask me , co thao, or chu khai.
a. thieu nien, we are bringing the food. i will call you later on this week to see what you guys want to bring so start thinking now
b. if everyone can bring a small gift item between $5-$10. we will have a game (white elephant,explain later) for the presents.
c. thanh nien, i think stephen is taking care of you guys! so ask him!
3. this sunday is children's church. if annette has talked to you about the play and given to you your parts...i guess you need to look at them. i don't know for sure, but i'm sure she'll get back to you on that.
if you know of people who do not have email, can you please pass this message along. i will try to make the calls to them, but sometimes i can't get to everyone. i think that is all for now. if you have any questions call me or email me. thanks you guys
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annie
I decide to use my home page as a place for people to visit our church on the Internet, people can find out some news and something about the Vietnamese Alliance Church of Houston, you can also view the calendar to know what activities we have in the month. This could be a way to introduce our church to other people too. The purpose of this and future newsletters is to encourage, as well as to inform the readers of upcoming events within the youth group. If anyone has any contributions for the next issues, please e-mail me. (Remember don't forget to bookmark this page)
FOUR DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
It was only four days before Christmas. The spirit of the season hadn't yet caught up with me, even though cars packed the parking lot of our local discount store. Inside the store, it was worse. Why did I come today? I wondered. My feet ached almost as much as my head. My list contained names of several people who claimed they wanted nothing, but I knew their feelings would be hurt if I didn't buy them anything. Buying for someone who had everything and deploring the high cost of items, I considered gift-buying anything but fun. Hurriedly, I filled my shopping cart with last minute items and proceeded to the long checkout lines. I picked the shortest, but it looked as if it would mean at least a 20 minute wait. In front of me were two small children - a boy of about 5 and a younger girl. The boy wore a ragged coat. Enormously large, tattered tennis shoes jutted far out in front of his much too short jeans. He clutched several crumpled dollar bills in his grubby hand. The girl's clothing resembled her brother's. Her head was a matted mass of curly hair. Reminders of an evening meal showed on her small face. She carried a beautiful pair of shiny, gold house slippers. As the Christmas music sounded in the store's stereo system, the girl hummed along, off-key, but happily. When we finally approached the checkout register, the girl carefully placed the shoes on the counter. She treated them as though they were a treasure. The clerk rang up the bill. "That will be $6.09," she said. The boy laid his crumpled dollars atop the stand while he searched his pockets. He finally came up with $3.12. "I guess we will have to put them back," he bravely said. "We will come back some other time, maybe tomorrow." With that statement, a soft sob broke from the little girl. "But Jesus would have loved these shoes," she cried. "Well, we'll go home and work some more. Don't cry. We'll come back," he said. Quickly I handed $3.00 to the cashier. These children had waited in line for a long time. And, after all, it was Christmas. Suddenly a pair of arms came around me, and a small voice said, "Thank you, lady." "What did you mean when you said Jesus would like the shoes?" I asked. The boy answered, "Our mommy is sick and going to Heaven. Daddy said she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus." The girl spoke, "My Sunday School teacher said the streets in Heaven are shiny gold, just like these shoes. Won't mommy by beautiful walking on those streets to match these shoes?" My eyes flooded as I looked into her tear streaked face. "Yes," I answered, "I am sure she will."
Philip Nguyen
737, 757 Equipment Installation
(425) 965-0466 MS 9W-46
Fax: (425) 234-3859
philip.nguyen2@pss.boeing.com
Who stole Micah's Priest and idols?
a. Danites
b. Ephraimites
c. Gileadites
d. Asherites
Who were the two sons of Ranchel, the wife of Jacob?
a. Rueben and Simeon
b. Gad and Asher
c. Joseph and Benjamin
d. Gad and Zebulun
What did God make on the sixth day of creation?
a. light
b. trees
c. birds
d. animals
Who was Moses's wife?
a. Shiprah
b. Puah
c. Miriam
d. Zipporah
During whose reign was the Book of the Law found in the temple?
a. Amon
b. Manasseh
c. Josiah
d. Hezekiah
Send your answers to stephennguyen@juno.com (please copy the questions too). Each answer must include the correct Bible reference.
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© 1998 FOR VACHY
Last Update: December 14, 1998
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