Last Sunday night we went to a local church that does an annual "Walk thru Bethlehem". They construct an actual working "city", duplicating the days during which Christ was born. A guide takes you through....you pay your tax to Caesar at the city gate, you meet the 'leper' at the entrance, you encounter Roman guards....you visit the doctor, fruit vendor, typical house, weaver, baker, ....go to the inn and ask for a room (sorry, no room at the inn) then on to see a newborn with his parents recently born in a stable (!) .....(the baby Jesus was a month old and his parents were actually Mary and Joseph. They were brave first time parents to take this on!! ) You find Wise Men who actually have the same 'gifts" brought to Jesus...then you hear the story of the cross....All using scripture directly taken from Luke, Romans, and Isaiah to name a few. It was remarkable and a must do for every year from now on! We went with our friends the Easthams who have 3 lovely children and are hopefully completing their paperwork to adopt from China as this is being posted:)! The VanLue group also had the excellent addition of Cade who was letting his parents have a couple of days vacation. Mom Jo came along to help.....and the entire group topped off the evening at Jason's Deli. A great time was had by all! Cade's new claim to fame is that he's had his diaper changed in Bethlehem!
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We had a great time!! We'll put it on the calendar for next year too!!
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