Ongoing Christmas!

Two New Years (Western and Chinese) and never-ending Christmas celebrations dominated our month. I think our last official Christmas program was held on January 24th, but some home churches are still celebrating. It is our biggest draw of the year by far. When Sou and I came to Cambodia in 1999 we had to import a plastic Christmas tree. Now, Christmas decorations are everywhere until mid January, and they actually say. “Merry Christmas”, not “Happy Holidays”.Buddhist Cambodians openly acknowledge that the day is about the birth of Christ, and everyone is curious about what it means. So, we have tens of thousands of curiosity seekers showing up for Christmas celebrations at the church and we estimate in excess of 50,000 received Christ as savior this season.[nggallery id=1187]