Immanuel - God with us.

I had a Christmas party tonight with a few of my friends on the street; it turned out to be a true celebration of God's work in our lives. Despite language barriers, I read them the story of Matthew's account of Jesus' birth in Wolof (I didn't really understand what I was reading but they helped me with the pronunciation) and thankfully a couple of them were familiar with the story. After we talked about God giving His Son to live among men, Aissatou said to me that God brought me here to be friends with them. She said that it gave pleasure to God that we were friends and then she broke out in a song about God giving us each other as friends. It was a beautiful expression of her gratitude and reminder for me that is at work among us.