May you all have a Holy and Peaceful Christmas!
This Christmas in the Year of our Lord, 2013, we feel especially blessed to celebrate this sacred season with new friends. John and I have made a conscious choice not to decorate our apartment or worry about presents for each other. In past years, we have loved having a shining Christmas tree and our small displays of Nativity scenes throughout our house. We loved the shopping, baking, and all the "Drum und Dran" (outer signs of Christmas) of the season.
This year we can honestly say that we have Christmas in our hearts and the joy we feel is so much greater than ever before. Being called as Disciples of Christ has touched us in many unexpected ways. We have learned to love more deeply, sacrifice more fully, and feel such a fullness of gratitude for our beloved Savior. We would sing with the choirs in heaven "Wonderful! Counselor! The Mighty God! The Prince of Peace".
Our love for family and friends at home is peacefully contained within the knowledge that our Father in Heaven will look over you and keep you in the next months to come.
May your joy be full. May you take a minute to reflect on the greatest Gift of all...the babe in Bethlehem that made it possible for us to return to our heavenly home.
Frohliche Weihnacten! Alles Gute zum Neuen Jahr!
Elder and Sister Didenhover
This Christmas in the Year of our Lord, 2013, we feel especially blessed to celebrate this sacred season with new friends. John and I have made a conscious choice not to decorate our apartment or worry about presents for each other. In past years, we have loved having a shining Christmas tree and our small displays of Nativity scenes throughout our house. We loved the shopping, baking, and all the "Drum und Dran" (outer signs of Christmas) of the season.
This year we can honestly say that we have Christmas in our hearts and the joy we feel is so much greater than ever before. Being called as Disciples of Christ has touched us in many unexpected ways. We have learned to love more deeply, sacrifice more fully, and feel such a fullness of gratitude for our beloved Savior. We would sing with the choirs in heaven "Wonderful! Counselor! The Mighty God! The Prince of Peace".
Our love for family and friends at home is peacefully contained within the knowledge that our Father in Heaven will look over you and keep you in the next months to come.
May your joy be full. May you take a minute to reflect on the greatest Gift of all...the babe in Bethlehem that made it possible for us to return to our heavenly home.
Frohliche Weihnacten! Alles Gute zum Neuen Jahr!
Elder and Sister Didenhover
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| First Presidency Christmas Card 2013 |
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