We celebrated Hanukkah again this year. We celebrate it with a messianic view. We read scriptures about Jesus being the light. Mary in this pictures is lighting the first candle on day one of Hanukkah which lasts 8 days.
On the 7th day of Hanukkah we were blessed to share the celebration with some new friends we have made through the homeschool group. We had them over for some Hanukkah food. Hanukkah food are deep fried to commemorate the miracle of the oil that one days supply lasted 8 days.
Rich deep friend battered chicken and potato wedges. So yummy!
Here is Rich hard at work.
After dinner we turned out the lights and had the children light 7 of the 8 candles. We read the Hanukkah blessing and scriptures. We read the story of Hanukkah to everyone and then sang some songs.
We were so blessed by the fellowship and fun of the evening. They have 4 girls with the oldest being 5 1/2. They are 20 years younger than us, the age of our nieces and nephews, but Dan and Rich have become close friends and spend lots of time talking about the scriptures together. They are very close in their beliefs and are an answer to our prayer of fellowship since we left attending traditional church 4 years ago. We pray for God to increase our numbers and be a blessing to this whole area.
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