If you sponsor a child through Manna 4 Lempira, the deadline to send Christmas cards by physical mail was October 5. However, you may also send email letters which are due by November 5 and should be delivered around the same time.
Since most of my sponsored children are now teenagers, I decided to go a little deeper into the salvation message this Christmas. During recent conversations with others in my personal life, I've recognized a great need for sound doctrine when it comes to the gospel. I talk to my sponsored children about the bible all the time; but I want to take a step back and first be sure they know Him. I plan to continue this theme of salvation/repentance/following Jesus in my Easter letters. The younger children will receive a simpler version of the same letter. The coloring pages were all found on Google Images.
Teen Version:
Hello beautiful! How are you? I am sending this letter around Christmas 2021. I pray that your family has a beautiful Christmas together.
Christmas is when we celebrate that Jesus was born to rescue us from sin and allow us to become children of God. He was born to die to take the punishment for our sins and rise again to defeat them. Only He could do this, because only He was without sin. Sin in the world is the reason no one lives forever on Earth, but the coming of Jesus to save us is the reason we can live forever in Heaven as children of God when our lives on Earth are finished. To become God's children, we just need to believe this and turn to Him in repentance. The word "repentance" means "change of mind". It means letting go of our own ways and sins, and turning to follow Jesus. When this happens, we are born again, which means our souls are born into the family of God. When we make the decision to follow Jesus and be born again, we are His children forever, even if we make a mistake in the future.
Our Christmas decorations and celebrations are a time to remember this great gift of God. It is a hope that no one can take away from us, which helps us to celebrate it no matter what is happening. I pray that you and your family will experience the joy of Christ this Christmas. How do you plan to celebrate this year? I plan to decorate my house and give little gifts to my family to celebrate God's gift of love. Here is a picture of my mom and I with our Christmas tree last year, and a Christmas decoration for you to color.
Child version:
Hello beautiful! How are you? I am sending this letter around Christmas 2021. I pray that your family has a beautiful Christmas together.
Christmas is when we celebrate that Jesus was born to rescue us from sin and allow us to become children of God. This is a hope no one can take away from us, which helps us to celebrate it no matter what is happening.
How do you plan to celebrate Christmas this year? I plan to decorate my home and give little gifts to my family to celebrate God's great gift of love.
Here is a picture you can color. It is a drawing of Baby Jesus when he was born, with his parents.
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