Merry Christmas from Russia!  We live in Berdsk, a city of about 90,000 people and a suburb of Novosibirsk, a city of almost 1.5 million people. Here in Berdsk we never have to wonder if we will have a white Christmas! We’ve had quite a lot of snow and cold weather already in December. One [...]

Christmas at Peace In Jesus is a busy and exciting time.  One highlight of this season of preparation and celebration of the Savior’s birth is Christmas Eve.  Congregational members assist in the planning, shopping, and cooking for our Christmas Eve celebration.  Nguyet Tran has served as the coordinator and point person for the gathering which [...]

As a kid, I used to participate in a program called “Warm Hearts, Cold Noses.” The program was all about bringing a little warmth into the life of a shut-in or a sick person. I would go and visit the elderly or the sick with my dog, Lady. Thus the WARM HEARTS were the sick, [...]

In America Christmas is celebrated for a season. During the Christmas season one is accustomed to hearing Christmas music.  One is accustomed to seeing stores, neighborhoods, homes, churches and trees decorated with lights and objects which reflect the season. One is accustomed to attending Christmas concerts, employee parties, neighborhood and church parties.  In American homes [...]

We live on a street where, every Halloween, our neighbour turns his house into a giant haunted house, and half of Mississauga shows up on Halloween to go through it.  Not only that, but all through the month of October, people are constantly stopping in the middle of the street to gawk at it and [...]