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Feliz Navidad para todos, Merry Christmas


Traditionally we celebrate our Christmas on the 24th, we have dinner together with the family, we open the presents, and we rest on the 25th. This was a very different Christmas for me and my family. As part of Flamingo Road Church, we had 8 Services at Cooper City campus to share the joy of Christmas with about 20,000 people... and after the last service, we decided to do something different. We made about 30 bags with muffins and as family we went to different residential complex to visit the gards who had to work on christmas eve, and we deliver the bags to each gard... we got from an atonished gard with no expression to an crying gard on one... one small gift made the difference, not only to the gards, but also to my family, we had fun, and we had the great opportunity to deliver, more than a muffin, a little of joy and hope.
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  1. Heather PalaciosJanuary 4, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Todas las chicas en su familia estan MUY MUY bonita (o es la palabra hermosa? o es la palabra lindo?)
    Ayudame con mi espanol! ;-)

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  2. Arturo de la MoraJanuary 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Thanks Heather, It can be written like this:

    Todas las chicas en tu familia están muy, muy bonitas, hermosas, preciosas, lindas, bellas y adorables...

    Thanks for the comment! :)

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    Turin de la Morin, te quiero decir que me encanto verte nuevamente despues de 3 anos wow coo pasa el tiempo,

    Quiero agradecerte por siempre estar para mi, siempre ue te he necesitado has estado para darme un consejo una palabra una ayuda desinterezada.

    Te bendigo y bendigo a tu hermosa familia.

    Gracias por ser siempre de bendicion para todas las personas que estar a tu alrededor.

    Te mando una abrazo desde mexico

    Alma Davila

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