Happy New Year

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you had a good and pleasant time celebrating the birth of the Lord and the beginning of the New Year. As we think back about the year that has ended. As we consider the past year we can see how God has been faithful, which also gives us hope for the new year.

We have had a full holiday time with both family and a work team here from Georgia. I will give you a fuller update on the team in a few days.For now I wanted to reprint something that I posted two years ago for the New Year. You probaboy don't remember it and perhaps will find it informative.

What are your New Year traditions? Here are a few Bolivian customs:

Want to travel next year? Take a walk around the block at midnight with an empty suitcase in your hand. Eating 12 grapes right at midnight will bring you good luck for the next 12 months. Counting some bills from your wallet as the new year strikes will bring you wealth. It is also lucky to be showering as the new year begins. And finally, pay attention to the color of your underwear. Red will bring love and passion into your life. Yellow is for happiness and money. Green will bring prosperity. If you want more friends wear pink. White will give you hope. Want a new wardrobe for the coming year? Wear your underwear backwards New Year's Eve or wear new clothes to the party. While all this will happen if you buy the underwear you are wearing, the results will be even greater if the underwear you are wearing was given to you as a gift.

Have a good beginning of 2012 and may God bless you richly throughout the coming year.