Elle* is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. They are grateful they were spared the worst of the recent cyclone and are unaware of any badly injured in their area. Christmas there is a strange season, as no-one is celebrating the season or the incarnation. The recent translation of Matthew’s Gospel into the local language has given Elle the opportunity to start sharing the story from this account, and she had some good discussions about the meanings of the names Jesus and Emmanuel.

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