Christmas Day 2011

Mike's 49th bday

2011 Looking Back

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Christmas news from Lyon, France

Jim Carlson writes,

We had a wonderful time at the 7th Annual Traditional Christmas Carol Celebration with over 400 people singing Christmas carols! Thanks to all for coming and for helping!

12.04.11

1. 12 Teams of Christmas---that’s right, I am praying for the 12 teams I oversee in West Europe and Montreal, Canada. These teams have a wide variety of evangelistic outreaches and special events during December and January. They also will gather with family, friends, and churches in the locations where they live and work. Please pray.

• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Birmingham, England
• Brussels, Belgium
• Flanders, Belgium
• Innsbruck, Austria
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Lyon, France
• Madrid, Spain
• Marseille, France
• Montreal, Canada
• Rome, Italy
• Toulouse, France

2. Home for Christmas--- Bethany and John will be home for Christmas. The last time we were all together was in the summer. Bethany finishes her college courses at Liberty in a few weeks. She is now working full-time as an admissions counselor, specifically helping with potential Spanish and Portuguese speaking students.

3. Home today (December), gone in January, February, March, April & May---I will be doing team assessments and long term planning with my teams:

• January-Lisbon & Madrid
• February- Brussels & Flanders
• March-Toulouse, Lyon, Hong Kong (ReachGlobal leadership gathering), & Nashville, TN (visit John over Spring break)
• April-Birmingham
• May-Lynchburg, VA (Bethany’s graduation) and Wheaton (Matt’s HS graduation)

4. Financial support --- Please help us end 2011 well through your prayer and financial support. We have some very expensive travel months in 2012.