Another Christmas Story

I know Christmas is long past, but I wanted to share this picture over the holidays and just never did. On Thursday mornings at the clinic, our Filipina nurse, Ling Ling leads a ladies bible study. She leads and disciples ladies from the nearby squatter settlement. Ling can minister to these women in ways I can never understand. She understands their culture, values and needs in a way a white American can not. The distance from their lives to mine is too great. They have a sister group though. One of the supporters of our ministry has a similar ladies Bible Study in Springfield, Il.--Ok so it's not composed of women from the local housing project, just ladies. This Springfield Bible Study has "adopted" the clinic ladies group and at Christmas they sent money to help make Christmas for these familes. Ling used the money to give each of them Christmas dinner. Each lady recieved a ham and other "fixin's" for their family. These are just a few of "Ling's Ladies" and their kids as they came to Ling's on Christmas Eve to celebrate the season.