Christmas,
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a time when the
world pauses for a moment,
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and whether or not
they believe in Jesus,
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the birth of our
Savior's on everyone's mind.
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We sing glory to
God in the highest,
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and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
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Celebrate this special
season and worship our Savior
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and King as we
bring you Christmas
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with the 3ABN Kids Network.
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Hello, I'm Aunt
Francine and with me
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are some beautiful children
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from the Marion
Seventh-day Adventist School.
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I'd like to say
welcome to Aubrey,
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Colton, Yosiah
Isaiah, Jaylynn and Landon.
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And I'm thankful also
to have Miss Celestine
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and Mr. Tim helping us.
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Would you kindly lead us
in "Away in a Manger" please?
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Kids will stand up.
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Away in a manger
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No crib for His bed
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The little Lord Jesus
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Lay down His sweet head
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The stars In the bright sky
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Look down where He lay
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The little Lord Jesus
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Asleep on the hay
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The cattle are lowing
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The poor Baby wakes
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But little Lord Jesus
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No crying He makes
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I love Thee, Lord Jesus
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Look down from the sky
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And stay by my side
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'Til morning is nigh
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Be near me, Lord Jesus
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I ask Thee to stay
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Close by me forever
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And love me, I pray
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Bless all the dear children
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In Thy tender care
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And take us to Heaven
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To live with Thee there
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So beautiful.
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Thank you so much.
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I'm excited to
tell you a lovely story
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that happened back
in Pepinster, Belgium.
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Do any of you know
what continent Pepinster,
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Belgium is?
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Does anybody know?
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It is in
Europe. It is in Europe.
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Good job, Isaiah.
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You're right. It is in Europe.
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And in that country,
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it is close to a
place near Holland.
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And there's lots of
water that sometimes there
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and they would have
a special wooden shoes
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and grandma love to wear them.
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And my grandmother, Louise,
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she would just
have fun with her shoes.
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And she would clock around.
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And she said, "Oh, Daddy,
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can I wear these
shoes later tonight?"
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And he said, "Oh, yes."
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Oh, Louise, would
you be willing to help me
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at the shoe store
later this afternoon?
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I think it's going
to be a little busy
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with Christmas coming around."
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And she said, "Oh,
Daddy, I would love to.
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May I, please?"
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And so she said,
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"Oh, I will be
there right after school.
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I'll try to get my
chores done, and I'll be there."
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And so Louise went to school
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and she had fun with
her friend, Mary Lou.
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And she said, "Oh, guess what?
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I get to help daddy
in the shoe store today.
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I'm so excited."
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And so she finished her chores
and washed the chalkboard.
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And she said, "All
right, Mary, let's go home.
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I'm excited to go.
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Let's go. Let's go."
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And so she walked with
Mary Lou down the street
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in Pepinster, Belgium.
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And she said, "All
right, bye, Mary Lou,
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and she opened the
door to her shoe stop.
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And there in the shoe stop,
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she saw a lady
with two children,
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a boy, a little
boy, and a little girl.
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And the boy was maybe
about six some of your ages.
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And the little girl
looked about two, four.
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And she said,
"Oh, may I help you?
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Are you looking for some shoes?"
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"Oh, yes.
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But it's not for me.
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I want it for Willy?"
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"Oh, let's see
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where if we can
find some shoes."
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So Louise went to
the shelf and she said,
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"Oh, let's see if
these shoes will fit."
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And oh, they're too big.
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And these are too small.
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Oh, I see.
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We have a problem.
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These shoes just don't fit,
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and I don't think I
can make this one bigger,
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and I can't make
this one smaller.
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I think I know what to do.
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"Would you wait
here just a moment?"
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And so she went out
to the back and she said,
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"Oh, let me grab some leather."
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And she grabbed some leather
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and she started taking
the measurements of the shoes.
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And she said, "Oh, let's see."
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Let me put... Put
your feet right here.
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She took the
measurements and she said,
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"I think I can have them,
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it would be about three weeks
just before Christmas mark."
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Oh, that would be
wonderful said Willy's Mom.
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Yes, they are really
his Christmas present.
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He needs some new shoes.
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And so Louis said, "All right,
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let me get your name and
your address just in case."
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And they will be ready
for you here in three weeks.
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Oh, thank you.
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I'm surprised. How old are you?
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And Louis said, "Well,
I'm about 10 years old,
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but I'm happy, Dad.
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This is my first day
helping out at grandma's
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and grandpa's, and my
dad's and mom's shoe store.
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And so Grandma Louise she
said, "Oh, I'm so excited."
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And say, "All right, goodbye."
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So they walked out the door.
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And just as Louise was
starting to write some notes,
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she's noticed how in the window
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were two little girls
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peering in the window.
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I've never seen those
two little girls before.
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Boy, it's cool.
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It's starting to snow,
it must be cold outside.
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So Louise would
open the door and said,
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"Would you girls
like to come in?"
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And the girls looked excited
and said, "That sounds nice."
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But the mom said, "No,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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We're not buying any shoes."
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And Louise said, "That's okay.
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There's not a lot of people
right now in our shoe store.
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They can come in and
spend some time with me.
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I can show them around."
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All right.
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And so the two little girls went
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and while mom was
talking with a church member,
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and so the girl
said, "Oh, you know what?
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I have a little snack.
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Would you like a snack?
Let me get a little snack."
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And so Louise went
out back and she grabbed
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what was left out
of her lunch pail.
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And she said, I don't have
much but I do have an apple,
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the two of you could share
and so she pulled out the apple
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and she gave it to them.
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And she said, "Oh, thank you".
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And Louise was
noticing while they were sharing
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the apple taking
one bite each other.
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She said, "I noticed
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that they have
holes in their shoes."
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She's thinking in her
mind and their clothes.
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I don't think they
have nice clothes like I do.
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She's like, let's pretend,
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"Hey, what if we
took your measurements?
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This is the
kind of thing I did."
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So she said, "All right, Louisa,
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would you let me
measure your shoes?"
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And so Louisa
said, "Oh, thank you.
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Oh, this is fun."
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And so her sister,
Ella, said, "Oh, yes.
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Measure mine too.
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Measure mine too."
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And so Louise took
down the measurement
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and traced the leather
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just as if she was
really going to make the shoes.
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And Louise
thought, I don't know.
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I know they can't
afford this kind of money.
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And so she was asking them.
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Well, tell me a
little bit about you?
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Where are you from?
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We're from the
countryside far away.
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And we've just
moved here into Pepinster
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and there's not a lot here.
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And my dad is sick.
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He has tuberculosis.
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And so we're just trying
to figure out what we can do.
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And so they thought,
Oh, Louise said, "Oh my."
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And by that time her
mother came into the store.
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All right,
girls, you ready to go?
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All right.
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And so the girl said,
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bye said Louise
to her new friends.
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That evening, she
decided to ask her parents
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about it when they
were in family worship.
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And Friday night,
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they would often
sing songs in French,
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and they would...
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Louise would play the
piano not as well as Mr. Tim,
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but she loved to play the piano.
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And she would also
sing with her family,
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and while her father
would play the violin.
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And sometimes
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they would just sing
Christmas songs especially.
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But Louise seemed a little sad.
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And so her mother said, "Louise,
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I noticed that
you're a little bit sad.
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What's wrong? What's wrong?"
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She said,
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"I saw two little
girls today in the store
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and their clothes were
rattled and their shoes,
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their shoes had holes in them
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and they must be
cold and wet in the snow."
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And so, "Mama,
you remember that doll
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that you gave
me for my birthday?
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Would you mind
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if I give it to
the little girl?"
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Mom said, "You
would give your nice doll,
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your birthday present
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for Christmas
present for another girl."
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"Oh, yes, Mama, can I do that?"
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And then I know the
other sister would love
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my other Christmas present
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that you gave me
last year of my doll.
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And she said,
"You would do that?"
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"Yes, Mama, but they
really need new shoes.
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I know I can
save up a little bit
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of money with the money
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that I'm helping
at the shoe store.
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Could I make some shoes
for these two little girls?"
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And mom and dad had to
look give each other the wink.
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Have you seen your parents
give each other that wink
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every once in a while.
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They gave a wink and said,
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"Wow, little Louise
was willing to do that."
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Now she didn't have her
shoes ready for Christmas.
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But she did go find
those girls a few houses down.
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And she said, "Oh,
here's a doll for you."
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Now this isn't the doll she gave
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because she gave the doll.
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This happens to be
my grandmother's doll
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when she was little.
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But this is the
only doll she had left
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because many times
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she would give her
nice dolls to her friends.
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She tried to give
her very best to them.
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And, you know, God wants us
to give your very best to Him.
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But it doesn't mean
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that you have to
give your best toys.
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Is that what that means?
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Not necessarily.
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But He does want you to
see needs and eventually,
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you know, she
was able to be kind
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and do something
nice for somebody else.
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And that's sometimes
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when we ask you
every once in a while,
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when you see somebody in need,
do you help somebody at school,
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or maybe sometimes we
can share a little snack.
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Would you be
willing to sometimes see
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where somebody
else could do something?
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I hope you too at home
can also think of times
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when you can help Jesus.
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And this reminds
me of a favorite song
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that my
grandmother loved to sing.
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Of course, it was in French,
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and it was said
something like...
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Now I'm not expecting you
to be able to say it in French,
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but I think we
could possibly, would you,
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do you think you'd
be willing to sing it
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for me in English?
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That would be so special.
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I would really like that.
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So if you please,
let's go ahead and sing.
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Kids, lets stand up.
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Now is born the divine
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Christ child Play the musette
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Play the tuneful oboe
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Now is born the
divine Christ child
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Sing we all And rejoice this day
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He was born in a stable bare
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On bed of straw How
He sleeps so soundly
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He was born in a stable bare
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Let us worship and to Him bow
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Now is born the
divine Christ child
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Play the musette
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Play the tuneful oboe
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Now is born The
divine Christ child
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Sing we all And rejoice this day
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Ages long since
are past And gone
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When the wise men
foretold His coming
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Ages long since
are past And gone
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When the wise men
foretold His birth
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Now is born The
divine Christ child
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Play the musette
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Play the tuneful oboe
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Now is born The
divine Christ child
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Sing we all And rejoice this day
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Thank you.
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Jaylynn, would you mind
having closing prayer for us?
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Thank you for coming as a baby
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and begin the
light of the world.
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We have a lot to be
thankful for and to rejoice
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in your promises.
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Please help us share Your love
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with others this
Christmas season.
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We love You, Jesus.
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Please come into
our hearts, amen.
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How many of you are
willing to be like Louise?
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I do.
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Remember that
when you help others,
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it says, if Jesus is
living in your hearts,
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and would you be willing
to share the light of Jesus?
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I hope so.
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Yeah, the Christmas
season is a special time
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to be able to do that
because we want to wish
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everyone a very
special Merry Christmas!
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