We hope that you have a wonderful celebration of our Savior’s human birthday.  It is amazing that God chose for Himself to have a beginning (on earth) so that we could have no end.  Thank you for each of you who have had a part this year in our ministry in Papua New Guinea, so that we will be able to share with them the reason Jesus came to earth.

 This year we find ourselves relating to the first Christmas in the fact that Mary was “great with child” and that there was “no room in the inn.”  Though Lori is not carrying the Messiah, she is great with child this holiday season and can relate to the way Mary must have been feeling.  Please remember Lori and the baby as the due date is quickly approaching.  Also, right now we are feeling like there is no room in the end.  For the moment we are without a home.  We packed up and left the mission base to go to Port Moresby to have the baby.  After the baby is born we plan on moving straight into the tribe.  Thankfully, the innkeepers (the missionary couple who look after the guesthouse in Port Moresby) have done a great job setting up the guest flat and making us feel at home.  Meanwhile, there is some trouble regarding our land situation in the tribe.  The last email we wrote shared how we were able to clear a piece of ground for our house to be built on.  Just this last week some disputes have come up in the tribe over who really owns the land.  They are not fighting over whether we should come, but who has the right to say we can come.  Because of this, at the moment, we will not be able to build there.  Pray that God will allow this situation to be resolved or for another piece of suitable land in the tribe to become available.

 Because of Christmas,

Aaron, Lori, Avalon, and ?