Hallo und Frohe Weihnachten!  

Everything is well here in Kaiserslautern. Can't believe that it is already Christmas. "Wie die Zeit Vergeht!" I hope that everyone is enjoying there Christmas time. 

One thing that is special about Christmas time is that people tend to naturally think about Jesus Christ. The prophets of the Old Testament testified of His birth: Isaiah 9: 6 "6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." In first Corinthians 9: 15 it says "Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift." Then in the Book of Mormon we read "For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases. And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men. And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary." Without Easter, there would be no Christmas.

I hope we can all take the time to think about why we celebrate Christmas in the first place. 

Ich wünsche euch alle noch eine Frohe Weihnachten!